All posts tagged "OECD"

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  New report calls for New Zealand AI watchdog

  A new report has called for the creation of a regulatory body to oversee the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the New Zealand government. Researchers from the University of

  • Posted June 4, 2019
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  Turning protest to participation: civic tech in France

  France’s ‘gilet jaunes’ movement prompted the government to launch a massive, tech-enabled consultation – and it’s attracted more people than the ongoing street protests. This week a Paris conference explored

  • Posted March 20, 2019
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  Behavioural science could boost gender equality, says OECD

  A ‘behavioural insights’ approach to promoting gender equality in public services could help overcome the shortcomings of targets and regulatory approaches, according to a report by the OECD. The organisation

  • Posted March 17, 2019
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  Guarding the public finances: the power of fiscal rules

  When politicians are feeling virtuous, they introduce fiscal rules. When they succumb to temptation, they break them – and the public suffers the consequences. Gavin O’Toole explores their power and

  • Posted March 14, 2019
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  OECD report highlights ethical risks around use of algorithms

  Governments around the world are experimenting with the use of data-driven algorithms to develop policy, but the technique raises new ethical risks and challenges, according to a new report on

  • Posted February 18, 2019
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  Canadian and Brazilian innovation win mixed reviews from OPSI

  Public sector innovation is advancing in Canada and Brazil, but has yet to be a core objective, according to the preliminary findings of research by the OECD’s Observatory of Public

  • Posted December 5, 2018
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  New toolkit navigator aims to stimulate innovation

  A new ‘Toolkit Navigator’ has been launched by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with the goal of helping public servants to identify innovative techniques and technologies for

  • Posted November 29, 2018
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  Taxation in a digital age: Global Government Finance Summit, part 6

  Individuals and businesses are increasingly generating value in the digital sphere, but governments’ systems of taxation remain rooted firmly in the physical world. At the 2018 Global Government Finance Summit,

  • Posted November 14, 2018
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  Should we put our trust in blockchain?

  Blockchains could validate people’s rights – but, misused, they could as easily steal them. David Whitehouse finds that building trust will be key to realising the technology’s potential Blockchain has

  • Posted November 6, 2018
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  OECD launches open consultation on public service leadership and capability

  The OECD has launched an online consultation on a set of 14 principles designed to help countries create a “fit-for-purpose public service”, with a particular emphasis on recruiting and developing

  • Posted August 13, 2018
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