All posts tagged "post covid"

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  Pilot project launches to get Canadian federal workers back to the office

  Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has launched a voluntary, pathfinder project to support a return to office work. More than 200 employees in the national capital region, which includes

  • Posted August 5, 2021
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  UK’s green recovery plan lacks ambition and co-ordination, think tank warns

  The UK government is lagging behind other countries in its green post-COVID recovery plans, according to a London-based think-tank. The government’s ambition for a green recovery is “modest” compared with

  • Posted July 12, 2021
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  Autumn for urbanism? Cities after the pandemic

  Since COVID-19 arrived, demand for homes and offices has moved out of city centres – raising questions over their future. Adam Branson asks whether this shift will endure, and considers

  • Posted June 28, 2021
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  Nordics lead EU’s innovation league table

  An annual exercise to assess which countries in the EU and beyond have created the best environments for innovation across their private and public sectors has hailed Sweden as the

  • Posted June 24, 2021
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  Today’s headlines, tomorrow’s to-do list: key takeaways from the G7 for civil servants

  The G7 leaders met in Cornwall last week, with an agenda dominated by the COVID-19 recovery. What tasks are likely to end up on officials’ desks? Karen Day reports on

  • Posted June 16, 2021
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  WHO to recommend a global health board to oversee pandemic preparation and response

  A World Health Organisation commission is set to recommend the creation of a global health board to oversee the world’s preparation and responsiveness to future pandemics, according to a former

  • Posted June 14, 2021
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  Governments’ vital role to help small businesses flourish in a post-COVID world

  Two things that united us during the pandemic were the recognition that small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities, and our collective determination to keep them afloat. They are

  • Posted June 11, 2021
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  There’s no going back: the future of hybrid working in civil services

  Research shows that many officials do not want to return to the office full-time after the pandemic. At a recent GGF webinar, experts from across the world discussed how governments

  • Posted June 10, 2021
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  UK government needs a chief risk officer to boost resilience, experts say

  The UK government should adopt a “three lines of defence” model and establish a chief risk officer (CRO) to improve the country’s resilience, experts have suggested. Future Proof, a new

  • Posted June 4, 2021
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  Public trust in government isn’t only essential to service delivery – it restores the public sector too

  Opinion: Trust strengthens links with communities, and those bonds help to attract broader talent into public service, writes former New Zealand civil service chief Iain Rennie. After COVID-19, we must seize the

  • Posted June 2, 2021
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