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Policy Development

A picture of the wreckage in the city of Kahramanmaraş after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey.

UN warns governments that disaster risks are ‘out of control’ as lessons are ignored

The United Nations has urged governments around the world to learn lessons on how to respond to disasters as it warned action to better protect people from major catastrophes had […]

Innovation 2023 five minutes with… Paul Morrison of the UK Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who spoke at our Innovation conference. The event took place in […]
A photo of the digital transformation session at Global Government Forum's Innovation 2023 conference.

Innovation 2023 as it happened

Relive the day when global public service innovators came together on 21 March in London to share insights on how they are transforming government The Innovation conference was held in Central Hall […]

UK chief operating officer tackles the constraints on innovation in government

At the Innovation conference in London on 21 March, UK civil service chief operating officer Alex Chisholm mapped out the barriers to innovation in government, and suggested ways to tackle […]
A man sits at his laptop with Indian flags above his head and his wife and child next to him.

Indian government to establish fact-checking network; Australia’s Robodebt inquiry delayed: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Indian government working to establish network of ‘trusted fact checkers’ India’s Ministry of Electronics […]
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‘It’s a break from the norm’: how moonshot approaches can drive government innovation

At a time of unprecedented crises, governments need to innovate to meet massive – and fast-changing – challenges. In a Global Government Forum webinar, panellists looked at whether mission-based approaches […]

Australia to update science frameworks in renewed commitment to evidence-based policymaking

The Australian federal government is to refresh documents that guide its science and technology priorities in a move to bolster evidence-based policymaking. Ed Husic, the minister for science and industry […]
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Staying in the loop on your commute or on the beach: the best public policy and government podcasts this summer

Podcasts have become a key information source for public and civil servants. Along with books, periodicals and social networking, podcasts are key elements of the media landscape for officials around […]
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Letter from Ottawa: After a winter of shocks, Canada’s Budget is the latest sign of stability

A political agreement that increased the durability of the government and a Budget that that launched a number of policy reviews indicate that the government in Ottawa is trying to […]
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UK spy chief welcomes Russia invasion intelligence shift; US watchdog’s top trends shaping government; Singapore signs space accord: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed UK spy chief welcomes shift to publish more intelligence around Russia’s invasion of […]