After having put a similar bilateral approach on a formal footing with Belgium last year, the French civil service has just executed two new agreements with Spain (22 February) and Italy (8 March). Cooperation will be concentrated on three objectives: greater mobility and exchanges of civil servants between the countries, bolstering partnerships between public service academies and stepping up the sharing of best practices.

The British civil service is set to introduce new initiatives to make it even more representative of British society: 50 Enterprise Advisers will be tasked with promoting careers in schools and colleges, work on the appeal of the Civil Service will be carried out with five local authority areas where there are major social problems, and 1,000 prison leavers will be recruited by the end of 2023 to give them a second chance in life.   

The Slovenian Inovativen.si team has introduced a barometer to coordinate all innovation-related initiatives. By compiling them in a monitored and structured manner, it is easier to analyse the degree of implementation and any problems encountered. To this end, a detailed questionnaire – drawn up using Copenhagen manual methodology – will be sent to all manager.