The international organization has published the first edition of a new annual publication on public employment and management issues, with a vision of the future. The document provides insights to help governments through comparative data and analysis, with illustrative case studies and expert commentary. Public service leadership and recruitment systems are highlighted and illustrated in the report.  

A step forward in improving women’s access to the German senior civil service should be reached by 2025. Although the current rate is 36%, the new Equal Opportunities Act, which was passed in late 2021, provides that equal participation must be achieved by 2025 in all federal government ministries or departments under federal supervision. The measure also covers all companies in which the government holds a majority stake.

As it is a profession the public sector has difficulty recruiting for, the Norwegian government is exclusively offering its future tech specialists the opportunity of working full-time from home. Once hired, they have to take a two-week onboarding course at one of two sites (Oslo or Trondheim). The initiative has already proved to be very popular with candidates.