“While Public Sector Management (PSM) reforms promise high returns for development, they are also inherently uncertain. PSM is one of the most challenging reform areas: changing how governments operate is not easy. Beyond making superficial changes in the formal rules of the game, effective change requires that many thousands of public agents alter their behaviour.” World Bank Approach to Public Sector Management 2011-2020: Better Results from Public Sector Institutions
What is clear from decades of reform initiatives are that ‘magic bullet’ theories of governance are great for speeches but do not to deliver where it counts, to the citizen on the ground. Governments have to wrestle with the complexities of delivering efficient and effective public services in globally challenging times, and with regional and local crises to contend with, sometimes daily and often dramatically.
Our programme offers a practitioner-focused colloquium for senior officials and those tasked with ‘operationalising’ public sector reform and modernisation initiatives. Participants will be offered to review and evaluate key insights from international public management experts, as well as from senior civil servants active at the core of public sector modernisation in the UK.
Furthermore, our dedicated forum will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss challenges and issues in a supportive and inclusive setting. They will be offered a variety of options to support task and organisational goals. Finally, participants will study, discuss and assess key aspects of the public sector reform process and will be able to adapt relevant initiatives from the UK and elsewhere.