Having an interview with a civil servant who has chosen to leave their position in order to know all the reasons is still fairly uncommon. The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) is looking to raise awareness of this issue and is providing a script for managers – and HR departments – to conduct these ones and then to analyse and document the results. It aims to better identify expectations and avoid mistakes when hiring.

After having been introduced during the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2021, a pilot programme to enable intermediate public sector executives to take part in leadership development discussions has now taken shape. Immersion sessions foster the exchange of information, experience and best practices. Five countries (Belgium, Spain, France, Portugal and Slovenia) and the European Union are active participants

Finding and attracting specific profiles such as application designer or data analyst is a major challenge for French government departments to which these experts do not spontaneously apply. A new website has just been launched to present the government’s digital assignments and projects, and the related job offers. There are testimonies describing the different professions and sectors of activity.