Although they have broad autonomy for human resources management, public employers must convey common values to their staff. To this end, online training modules have been developed for them. These include a series of topic-based podcasts. This is a medium that is in great demand from managers as it is the best adapted to their time constraints.

The federal government is conducting joint discussions on the concept of leadership by sharing experiences. To this end, and to ensure optimum representativeness, meetings are held between staff of all ages, from all hierarchical echelons (whether having management duties or not) and from all types of departments. The results of the work will be used as the basis for a new strategy.    

In order to adequately address the changes relating to the rollout of digital technology, the Directorate-General for the Public Service at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the two major trade union federations (DBB for established civil servants, VerDi for contract staff) are in the process of drafting a collective bargaining agreement that will regulate issues such as specific qualifications, involvement in new forms of work as well as the right to disconnect and data protection.