Having been instigated by the coordination team of the Incentive System for Innovation which called on a broad range of partner government departments for its preparation, this Collaborative Work Plan aims to provide support for officials in their new work environments. It puts forward tailored and tangible solutions for their changing activities which are drawn up using feedback and in a participative manner.

Following the example of the existing private sector model, a new Commission represents civil servants on the Tripartite Council, the national body for social dialogue. It is tasked with negotiating and executing – at national, regional or even sector level and for fields for which it is competent – collective bargaining agreements with the various public employers. It must also be consulted in other cases.

The civil service is looking to gather impressions and proposals for improvement from officials and management on agile and flexible work methods, which have been mainstreamed in recent weeks. The data collected during the consultation should supply a knowledge base which will support innovation policies with an eye to determining which methods best meet the requirements expressed.