All posts tagged "Germany"
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The missing link in national climate plans – cities, green pledges in UK election manifestos, and more
Welcome to this month’s Global Government Forum Sustainability Monitor, bringing you the latest government news on this topic from around the world. We want these newsletters to provide insight on
- Posted June 11, 2024
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‘Imagine a head of efficiency for government’: Five minutes with Stephanie Kaiser, chief product officer at Germany’s DigitalService
Stephanie Kaiser, chief product officer at Germany’s DigitalService, discusses her ambition for digital services to make people smile and be accessible for all. This is part of a ‘Five minutes’
- Posted March 18, 2024
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Building strategic capacity: what governments in Asia and Europe can learn from each other in the age of polycisis
Countries face a shared set of problems, and governments need to develop strategies to meet them. A new paper by Professor Jochen Prantl and Professor Evelyn Goh sets out the
- Posted January 22, 2024
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Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformation
Hack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. In this second part of our investigation into
- Posted January 21, 2024
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COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a ‘loss and damage’ fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Met
- Posted December 4, 2023
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Fraud fighters: public authorities look to fuse technology with data to battle criminals
Government agencies and law enforcement bodies are looking to combine the latest technology with digital data to combat fraud. Ian Hall reports on a Global Government Fintech webinar exploring the
- Posted December 3, 2023
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Public servants around the world raise alarm over increasing workload
A majority of public and civil servants around the world have said that their workload has increased since 2020 – and an even higher proportion think that their workloads are
- Posted September 12, 2023
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‘Across the public sector there is a sense of excitement but also worry, and both feelings are justified’: can governments ensure AI is equitable?
Concerns are growing about artificial intelligence and its ability to exacerbate inequalities. Global Government Forum convened a panel of public servants from around the world for a webinar on how
- Posted August 7, 2023
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From AI to net zero: what governments are focusing on around the world
Government are dealing with major trends influencing the work of public services around the world. This article examines issues from artificial intelligence and building citizen trust and engagement, to the
- Posted July 13, 2023
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Finding your identity: how three governments are developing digital ID
Digital ID is an essential building block for rapid progress on transforming public services – but only a handful of governments have launched effective, popular systems. At the Global Government
- Posted March 23, 2023