A Public Service Renewal Results Plan represents the last stage in public sector reform. Three outcomes are being aimed for: a Public Service that enables new and existing public servants to be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right things, that has efficient and effective processes, tools, practices and organisational structures and that embodies a healthy workplace. Eight specific actions are being taken to achieve these outcomes, and their implementation and progress will be tracked and reported back to employees and Canadians using indicators.

When they move to the private sector, Spain’s high-ranking civil servants have to inform the Conflicts of Interest Office (which reports to the Ministry of Finance and Civil Service) of the duties that they will take up. Since early February, the government has been publishing personal information regarding authorisations issued by the civil service on its transparency portal.

The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) has established a new framework to improve the effectiveness of organisational layers in the agencies. Developed by the Deputy Secretaries Efficiency Working Group, the framework lays down five robust HR notions: hierarchy restricted to five organisational layers,   delegation of decision making, process streamlining, innovation and adaptability, and consistent classification of jobs.