All posts tagged "European Commission"

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  EU ‘on course to achieve 2030 emissions target’

  The European Union is “well on track” to meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of the decade. The European Commission’s assessment of National

  • Posted June 5, 2025
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  UK prime minister pledges ‘defence dividend’ from highest spend since Cold War 

  Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK government will cultivate what he called a nationwide “defence dividend” that will boost job creation and opportunity as a result of the country’s

  • Posted May 21, 2025
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  Estonia exceeds Trump’s defence spending target with 5.4% GDP pledge

  The Estonian government has approved a defence investment programme that is expected to raise its annual defence budget to an average of 5.4% of GDP from 2026 to 2029. The

  • Posted May 1, 2025
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  UK government readies launch of defence innovation unit after 2.5% spending pledge

  The UK government is to launch a new defence innovation unit that is expected to foster the development of cutting-edge military technology. The chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the UK

  • Posted March 17, 2025
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  US government employee burnout ‘stubbornly high’, EU establishes AI Office: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence In this edition: 41% of US government workers report burnout Burnout among US government employees has dropped from 47% but

  • Posted June 20, 2024
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  Beyond budget cuts: Experts discuss strategies for boosting government productivity while protecting services

  Governments globally are working to manage funding to maintain financial stability at a challenging economic time. On a recent Global Government Forum webinar, experts from the United Kingdom and the

  • Posted April 10, 2024
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  Challenging the accepted wisdom: why economics isn’t ‘up to the job’ of tackling climate change

  Finance leaders are key to the economic and governmental changes required to reach net zero – but the Global Government Finance Summit heard fears that they have not yet understood

  • Posted October 1, 2023
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  G7 leaders ‘take stock’ of AI amid calls for shared governance standards

  National leaders from the Group of Seven have vowed to work together and with other international partners to achieve “the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI”. The development of

  • Posted May 25, 2023
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  Experimenting with flexible working: testing out what works in the new world for public services

  Around the world, the way public servants work is a far cry now from pre-pandemic, with hastily-organised remote working giving way to a more considered hybrid model approach. At a

  • Posted May 1, 2023
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  ‘Mature, sensible diplomacy’: UK and EU agree new trade agreement for Northern Ireland in Brexit breakthrough

  The UK and the European Union have agreed a new deal over post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland, after months of negotiations over a highly contentious protocol agreed in 2019.

  • Posted February 28, 2023
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