Career Development, Skills & Training

News in brief: UK government offers training for new ministers, Australia’s Net Zero Economy Authority passes Senate, and more

Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK government offers training to new ministers  Incoming UK government ministers have been receiving training for the first […]

UK to launch cross-government platform for civil service training and workforce planning

GGF’s Management and Workforce Monitor newsletter is taking a break in August, but we are still covering the latest government news in this area.  Sign up to receive email updates […]

‘Upskilling civil servants will boost efficiency’: Five minutes with Karl Andreas Sprenk from Estonia’s Government CIO Office

Karl Andreas Sprenk, digital skills coordination director in Estonia’s Government CIO Office, discusses starting out in the civil service, inspiration from overseas, and the success of the Digital Leaders development programme. This […]

‘Bring humbleness and creativity’: five minutes with Spain’s Israel Pastor Sainz-Pardo

Israel Pastor Sainz-Pardo, director of the Learning Department at Spain’s National Institute of Public Administration, discusses his career in the civil service, projects that inspire him and advice for the […]
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speaking with prime minister Rishi Sunak in October 2022. Photo: No 10 Downing Street Flickr

UK chancellor caps size of civil service

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced he will cap the size of the UK civil service at its current headcount as part of a renewed government effort to reduce the […]
Attendees of the Global Government Digital Summit, in Ottawa, Canada.

Today’s government digital leaders ask: where are tomorrow’s?

In the battle to attract digital professionals, governments find themselves outgunned on pay by the private sector. At the Global Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from 12 countries explored the […]
Illustration of a training session.

Exclusive: majority of civil servants crave better training opportunities, global survey finds

Just over a third of civil and public servants (36.3%) are satisfied with the training options available to them and only 40.7% of managers feel they have sufficient training budgets […]
A person's hands working at a desk keyboard

Top teleworking tips: OPM shares performance management advice for hybrid-working US federal government

The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has circulated information to human resource directors at federal agencies setting out how to operate a performance management process for employees in a […]

Lessons from history: can the COVID crisis boost science skills in government?

Criticisms about the lack of science skills in the UK civil service have been acknowledged by the government’s top official. Do previous crisis show how Whitehall can adapt? In November […]

Taking stock of the pandemic response: building human resilience in civil services

Managing COVID-19 has placed huge demands on public and civil servants everywhere. Una O’Brien, leadership coach and former permanent secretary at the UK’s health department, explores what research tells us […]