Aug 28, 2024 · Foreword: Lord Gus O’Donnell GCB As Cabinet secretary, I worked for three different prime ministers, including one who headed the first coalition government in the UK for 65 years. Regardless of political party or personal style, what always struck me as being key to the smooth running of government was having clarity from the PM and their ministers on what they wanted to deliver and, in ...

Dec 27, 2024 · After another busy year for public servants, we round up some of Global Government Forum’s top news stories and features from the last 12 months, highlighting the trends, challenges and opportunities facing civil services around the globe. A historic year of elections Image: Element5 Digital on Unsplash 2024 was the biggest year in modern history for elections around the globe. Citizens of ...

Dec 20, 2024 · About Pallavi Sethi Pallavi Sethi is a Policy Fellow (Climate Change Misinformation) at the Grantham Research Institute. She leads research on climate change misinformation in the UK and analyses its causes, impacts, and countermeasures. Her focus extends to exploring effective strategies, including the role of …

Nov 28, 2024 · Global Government Forum has today launched the agenda for the 2025 Innovation conference, with the event focusing on providing civil servants in the UK and beyond with the insights and skills they need to deliver high-quality services for citizens.

Dec 16, 2024 · Two millennia ago, Hippocrates devised an oath to bind practitioners of the emerging practice of medicine. Now a modern equivalent is required to address the equally transformational arrival of AI, top digital leaders heard at a Washington DC roundtable “I think we need a Hippocratic Oath for AI: ‘First, do no harm’,” said Jeffrey Saviano. “We’re missing a layer of fundamental ...

Dec 17, 2024 · The government of Canada has announced the creation of a working group to boost public service productivity, with a mandate to provide advice on how government can be more innovative, flexible and efficient in delivering services for Canadians by the end of March 2025. Confirming the formation of the working group, Anita Anand, the president of the Treasury Board and minister of transport ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The Digital Leaders 2024 report examines how ready the UK is to realise this potential of AI. Global Government Forum and knowledge partner Cognizant interviewed 10 UK leaders in government to understand how ready the state is to transition to AI.

Dec 11, 2024 · Singapore has come out on top of a new ranking of the performance of 120 public administrations around the world, with Denmark, Canada, Norway and Finland completing the top five.

Jan 23, 2025 · Governments around the world have rarely faced as much pressure as they do now. Already this decade, governments have faced a once-in-a-century pandemic, high inflation, budgetary pressures, volatility caused by global conflicts, and increasing workplace pressures. Amid these pressures, how can government services still work effectively? This webinar will look at how government can work to ...

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