All posts tagged "Global Government Summit 2020"
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New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law
New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services
- Posted July 27, 2020
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Pointing the way forward on civil service reform
Delivering reforms means “changing the engine as the plane is in flight”, Singapore’s civil service head Leo Yip told colleagues from 17 countries at the 2020 Global Government Summit. Matt
- Posted May 25, 2020
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Beyond the gifted amateur: building a professional workforce
Civil services need both the specialist professional expertise to deliver for ministers, and the authority to advise ministers on what is deliverable. At the Global Government Summit, top officials from
- Posted May 15, 2020
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From clenched fists to handshakes: top officials debate how to get departments working together
In almost every country, governments are organised vertically – but the challenges they face run horizontally across departmental boundaries. Earlier this year, civil service leaders from 17 countries met to
- Posted May 7, 2020
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How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’
When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top
- Posted May 3, 2020