Central government jobs in Italy now fall into four categories: operatives, assistants, civil servants (senior supervisors) and high-level experts. The new model includes criteria for flexible responsibilities which better match the requirements of the organisations. It should also facilitate HR management by providing staff with an agile and motivating career path.

Increasing numbers of young jobseekers are also carers. To show them that their circumstances are fully compatible with public employment, the British civil service is conducting a campaign in which it highlights its two star measures: the carers’ charter, which is mandatory in all establishments, and the carers’ passport issued to each new employee enabling them to retain, in the long term, the adapted working conditions to which they are entitled.

As part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union which has just started, 13 countries have pitched their innovative solutions for governments’ digital transition to a panel of European experts. Seven of them were chosen on the basis of their reproducibility, in particular, and will be presented during the European Public Administration Network (EUPAN) meeting on 17 March in Strasbourg.