All posts tagged "COVID"
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The green gold rush: a sustainable future for finance policyFinance departments have rarely been the loudest champions of environmental sustainability – but at the Government Finance Summit, it was clear that some of their underlying assumptions have shifted: in
- Posted December 20, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: After a winter of shocks, Canada’s Budget is the latest sign of stabilityA 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
- Posted April 11, 2022
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Canadian federal Budget announces strategic policy review amid spending restraintCanada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced a “strategic policy review” in the 2022 federal Budget to ensure that spending matches government’s priorities, while also setting out plans to rein
- Posted April 10, 2022
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Taking stock of the pandemic response: building human resilience in civil servicesManaging 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
- Posted July 6, 2021
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Autumn for urbanism? Cities after the pandemicSince COVID-19 arrived, demand for homes and offices has moved out of city centres – raising questions over their future. Adam Branson asks whether this shift will endure, and considers
- Posted June 28, 2021
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Infection barriers: the emerging ecosystem of COVID passportsAs ever more governments introduce COVID passports, experts from the private sector and three national civil services explored the issues at a GGF webinar – debating both their potential to
- Posted June 21, 2021
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Today’s headlines, tomorrow’s to-do list: key takeaways from the G7 for civil servantsThe G7 leaders met in Cornwall last week, with an agenda dominated by the COVID-19 recovery. What tasks are likely to end up on officials’ desks? Karen Day reports on
- Posted June 16, 2021
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WHO to recommend a global health board to oversee pandemic preparation and responseA World Health Organisation commission is set to recommend the creation of a global health board to oversee the world’s preparation and responsiveness to future pandemics, according to a former
- Posted June 14, 2021
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There’s no going back: the future of hybrid working in civil servicesResearch shows that many officials do not want to return to the office full-time after the pandemic. At a recent GGF webinar, experts from across the world discussed how governments
- Posted June 10, 2021
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UK government needs a chief risk officer to boost resilience, experts sayThe UK government should adopt a “three lines of defence” model and establish a chief risk officer (CRO) to improve the country’s resilience, experts have suggested. Future Proof, a new
- Posted June 4, 2021
