All posts tagged "EU"

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  Eight countries set out principles for the future of digital ID

  A working group on digital identity which comprises eight member states has drafted a set of high-level principles to support the development of mutually recognised and interoperable digital ID systems

  • Posted February 28, 2022
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  From response to recovery: public service leaders reveal their standout COVID-19 innovations

  From tracking apps to continent-wide collaboration, public and civil services around the world have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with a series of impressive new tools and approaches Faced with

  • Posted January 26, 2022
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  Brexit battle scars: in conversation with Theresa May’s chief of staff

  As senior aide to Theresa May, Gavin Barwell was in a unique position to guide the prime minister as she tried to navigate the UK’s turbulent split from the EU.

  • Posted November 7, 2021
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  COP26 roundup: world leaders’ key commitments on climate change

  We outline the major pledges to have been announced in the first days of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, including commitments to cut methane emissions, address deforestation,

  • Posted November 3, 2021
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  Dutch tax office falls foul of GDPR rules

  The Dutch tax office breached privacy rules for seven years by holding data on more than a quarter of a million citizens in a list of possible fraudsters, a data

  • Posted November 2, 2021
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  Italy mandates vaccine passports for all workers

  Italy’s prime minister Mario Draghi has made vaccine passports mandatory for its 1.2 million government and local authority employees and all private sector workers. It is the first EU country

  • Posted September 16, 2021
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  Scottish power-sharing deal brings independence referendum a step closer

  A second Scottish independence referendum has come a step closer, following the formation of an alliance between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group to

  • Posted August 24, 2021
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  EU funds vaccine drive for eastern neighbours

  The European Union has pledged €35m (US$41m) to boost COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in six countries lying to the East of the bloc, as the global vaccine shortage bites. The aid

  • Posted August 17, 2021
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  UK civil service improves diversity, but gender pay gap remains

  The UK civil service has improved overall diversity but the gender pay gap – while smaller than in 2020 – remains, new workforce statistics show. In 2021, representation of female,

  • Posted July 29, 2021
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  Nordics lead EU’s innovation league table

  An annual exercise to assess which countries in the EU and beyond have created the best environments for innovation across their private and public sectors has hailed Sweden as the

  • Posted June 24, 2021
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