With the support of French ministerial transformation and HR innovation funding, an an educational game was developed (En quête d’intégrité, or “seeking integrity”) to help players better understand the different types of corruption offences (bribery, influence peddling, favouritism, unlawful taking of interest, misappropriation of public funds, extortion by public officials), learn how to identify high-risk situations and find out about preventive measures.

Announced as the “centrepiece” of the British management skills development reform, the Leadership College for Government will open in April. It will focus on training government managers in three main areas – people, performance and partnership skills – to equip them to solve today’s most complex problems. It will include an accelerated development scheme.

Communicating online and on social media, working with open data, managing interoperability – these are some of the strategic skills the Italian government wants to equip its civil service with. To do so, it has launched a wide-ranging certificate training programme available to all public employees. Developed by educators and experts, the course will be made up of 12 two-hour sessions. More than 1,500 people have already enrolled.