All posts tagged "Policy"

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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  COVID-19 and Brexit driving need for major civil service reform, says UK Cabinet Office perm sec

  The combination of the pandemic, Brexit, ‘levelling up’, ‘net zero’ and other pressing agendas are driving a need for big reforms in the UK civil service, Cabinet Office permanent secretary

  • Posted July 15, 2020
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  Australian Public Service sets new diversity targets

  The Australian government has released a five-year workforce strategy that aims to boost the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in public service. It has set a target

  • Posted July 8, 2020
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  Top Australian former officials blast country’s ‘failure’ on climate change

  Former Australian civil service leaders have condemned successive governments’ failure to tackle climate change, with former Australian Public Service chief Martin Parkinson calling their efforts “incoherent” and ex-Treasury secretary Ken

  • Posted May 20, 2020
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  Restarting the economy: why trade shows matter – and how to make them safe

  As governments begin to look towards life after lockdown, they have two key priorities: managing the public health crisis, and getting economies up and running again. Events industry stalwart Douglas

  • Posted May 19, 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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  UK financial authorities launch ‘grid’ to map out regulatory pipeline

  UK financial regulators have launched a ‘grid’ to outline details of upcoming regulatory initiatives and highlight timetabling changes resulting from the coronavirus crisis. The Regulatory Initiatives Grid has been launched

  • Posted May 14, 2020
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  OECD AI policy unit can help bolster national standards, report finds

  The function of the OECD AI Policy Observatory as an international hub for artificial intelligence (AI) governance may help avert a race to the bottom in AI tech, according to

  • Posted May 14, 2020
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  The UK must urgently renew its approach to developing regulations

  As the UK prepares to repatriate the EU’s responsibilities, an OECD review has identified the challenges facing civil servants charged with building the new regulatory frameworks required to safeguard the

  • Posted May 10, 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
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