All posts tagged "digital skills"

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  OECD warns ‘institutional incoherence’ is undermining members’ digital ambitions

  Report identifies five challenges to digital transformation and a “common thread” of a lack of join up across individual initiatives, policy instruments and digital components The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in

  • Posted June 18, 2026
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  Future-proofing government digital capability

  For more than a decade, governments have treated digital capability as a strategic priority, with access to digital expertise repeatedly framed as central to effective transformation. Significant progress has been

  • Posted June 9, 2026
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  US government launches Tech Force to bring in digital talent

  The US has announced a new cross-government initiative to “recruit top technologists to modernise the federal government”. Through the US Tech Force, an initial cohort of around 1,000 technology specialists

  • Posted January 8, 2026
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  Research identifies top skills that support innovation in government

  When asked about the top skills for civil servants to develop so they can better drive innovation, adaptability to change is viewed as the most essential, with nearly 60% of

  • Posted July 17, 2025
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  Australian Public Service to release digital workforce plan in 2025

  The Australian Public Service (APS) plans to release a strategy next year for attracting and retaining digital talent in the government workforce. Speaking after the publication of the APS’s 2024

  • Posted December 18, 2024
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  AccelerateGOV 2023 as it happened

  AccelerateGOV 2023 brings together public service leaders from around the world to explore how public servants in all relevant disciplines and roles can best promote digitalization and transformation.

  • Posted October 3, 2023
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  AccelerateGOV conference returns to spur digital transformation in government

  AccelerateGOV is back for its second year, bringing together civil and public servants from around the world to Ottawa, Canada, on 3 October for an agenda packed with sessions on

  • Posted August 30, 2023
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  Digitising Europe’s economies through Digital Country Partnerships

  Governments across Europe have bold aspirations when it comes to harnessing technology to advance the digital transformation of their economies. The EU’s Digital Decade policy programme aims to equip 80% of the

  • Posted April 27, 2023
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  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

  • Posted April 3, 2023
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  Strategy school: digital leaders debate how to drive transformation

  At the Global Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from around the world discussed how – and whether – to produce a digital strategy, and pitched their ideas on how best

  • Posted March 29, 2023
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