All posts tagged "Policy & Governance"

  • French prime minister backs civil service pay rise

    French civil servants could see their pay increase from 2017, as the country’s prime minister Manuel Valls expressed he was determined to override labour union opposition to a plan for

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • Finland publishes €1bn implementation plan

    The government of Finland has released a detailed plan on how it wants to implement key projects worth more than €1bn. The Implementation plan for the key projects and reforms

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • British civil service is world leader, says top civil servant

    The British civil service is world leader in behavioural insights and evidence-based policy, its most senior civil servant has claimed. Speaking at an event in London last week, cabinet secretary

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Australia government agency looking for new MD

    Australia’s rural development agency is looking for a new managing director. The Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC), which was established by the Australian government to work with industry

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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  • ‘Speak from the heart’, review tells government agency in New Zealand

    New Zealand’s government agency responsible for hiring and training senior officials should “communicate with passion” and articulate messages to civil servants “from the heart, not from an email,” a review of the

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • Nigerian officials sacked over ‘irregularities’

    Three Nigerian civil servants have been dismissed over irregularities found in their employment process, it has been reported. The employees of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) lost

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • Pakistan civil service to undergo radical reforms

    The government of Pakistan has announced radical plans to reform its civil service, including the introduction of a performance management system, changes to its recruitment system and increased civil service pay.

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

    All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • Oliver Robbins, now heading up the Brexit unit in the Cabinet Office, moved to the Home Office last year, from his previous role as the UK's DG for civil service reform in the Cabinet Office
    UK’s DG for civil service reform moves to Home Office

    The UK government’s director-general for civil service reform, Oliver Robbins, has been appointed to the newly-created role of second permanent secretary for the Home Office. At the Home Office, Robbins

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • Australia appoints new reviewer of security agency

    Robert Cornall has been announced as Australia’s new Independent Reviewer of Adverse Security Assessments, examining one of Australia’s security agencies. Cornall started the role on Thursday and has been appointed for a

    • Posted September 7, 2015
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