All posts tagged "Skills"

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  The one-two punch: protecting living standards in an era of conflict and inflation

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating first how to protect

  • Posted July 18, 2023
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  Today’s government digital leaders ask: where are tomorrow’s?

  In the battle to attract digital professionals, governments find themselves outgunned on pay by the private sector. At the Global Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from 12 countries explored the

  • Posted April 3, 2023
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  ‘Empathy is needed to build a brighter future’: five minutes with Global Government Summit participant Katsura Ito of Japan

  Katsura Ito, commissioner, National Personnel Authority, Japan, tells Global Government Forum about boosting Japan’s standing on the world stage, digital literacy, and her passion for promoting sake In this sister

  • Posted January 15, 2023
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  Exclusive: majority of civil servants crave better training opportunities, global survey finds

  Just over a third of civil and public servants (36.3%) are satisfied with the training options available to them and only 40.7% of managers feel they have sufficient training budgets

  • Posted November 20, 2022
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  ‘There’s quite a lot of myth-busting we can do’: how the UK civil service can remain an attractive employer

  While governments around the world warning of a ‘war for talent’, government in the UK is fighting its own battle amid government plans to cut 91,000 officials. In a recent

  • Posted September 26, 2022
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  Boosting skills for sustainability: how governments can make every job a green job

  A major climate report has highlighted the need for green skills investment. Craig Burnett, editor at climate change charity Ashden, explains how governments can do it Last week, a major

  • Posted March 4, 2022
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  Top job application tips for digital roles in government

  A UK civil servant has set out a series of job application tips to help would-be public servants make the most of their application for digital roles in government. In

  • Posted January 23, 2022
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  Necessity is the mother of innovation: turning burning platforms into launchpads for reform

  In the face of the pandemic, civil servants have taken big risks to protect their populations – short-circuiting established processes to launch innovative services and transform working practices. At a

  • Posted September 20, 2021
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  Australian Public Service launches new professional development academy

  The Australian Public Service (APS) has launched a new, service-wide learning and development (L&D) hub to build capabilities and set standards for professional training. The APS Academy aims to foster

  • Posted July 27, 2021
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  Making artificial intelligence fit for a life inside government

  Move fast and break things; reward risk-taking; scale fast. These three credos have allowed technology companies to upend our everyday lives in the past two decades, while producing fortunes for

  • Posted July 16, 2021
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