All posts tagged "Policy"

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  Former UK cabinet secretary backs call to publish civil service policy advice

  The UK’s policy process is ‘broken’, says former UK education permanent secretary Jonathan Slater – and former civil service chief Gus O’Donnell has backed his proposals for radical change. Matt

  • Posted March 9, 2022
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  Australian privacy regulator reform plan, White House sustainability talks, Davos summit’s ‘uncertainty’ warning: policy & delivery roundup

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Privacy regulator calls for more powers to enhance national regime The Office of

  • Posted January 28, 2022
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  COP26 roundup: multilateral move to end oil and gas, as talks enter crucial phase

  Ten national and subnational governments have announced an end to the exploration and extraction of oil and gas at the COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow, UK. The Beyond Oil

  • Posted November 11, 2021
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  COP26 roundup: world leaders’ key commitments on climate change

  We outline the major pledges to have been announced in the first days of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, including commitments to cut methane emissions, address deforestation,

  • Posted November 3, 2021
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  A good buy: commissioning for social value

  When commissioning goods or services from the private sector, civil servants have an opportunity to secure wider public goals. At a recent webinar hosted by WT Partnership, experts from both

  • Posted November 1, 2021
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  COP26: Governments must do more to help businesses tackle climate change, CEOs say

  Policymakers must work more closely with corporates if countries are to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a group of more than 90 CEOs has said as world leaders arrive in

  • Posted October 31, 2021
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  Friends in NED: why the UK government needs independent non-executive directors

  Growing allegations of cronyism have raised questions about non-executive directors’ influence and put pressure on the UK government to be more transparent about their appointment. Jack Aldane hears from current

  • Posted October 13, 2021
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  Finding the growth elixir: how to build high-tech business clusters

  Thriving in the pandemic, digital and science firms promise renewed growth to governments that can foster world-class tech hubs. But how can civil servants help researchers and start-ups to build

  • Posted August 2, 2021
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  UK creates science & tech office with $10bn funding pledge

  Boris Johnson’s government has announced a pivot towards science and technology as a means to deliver “solutions for the public good”, in a bid to capitalise on the UK’s success

  • Posted June 25, 2021
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  Lessons learned: policy must focus on pandemic prevention, not just preparedness

  As the world looks to a future after COVID-19, experts are urging governments to concentrate on preventing viruses from spilling over into humans. But this takes cross-departmental co-ordination, bringing together

  • Posted May 18, 2021
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