On 9 March 2022, The French Directorate-General for Administration and the Civil Service and National Association of Human Resources Managers signed a partnership agreement to share best practices and initiatives being carried out on both sides. It is also an opportunity to work on shared problems such as quality of life in the workplace, shared responsibility, legislative changes, and lifelong training and career guidance.

A legal framework for blended working has been reached for Irish civil servants, formalising a practice that has gradually expanded over time to become the norm. The framework, agreed with unions, gives all civil servants the right to apply for remote or blended working and, if their application is turned down, to have the decision reviewed. Departmental policies must also set out a decision-making process that ensures a consistent approach to assessing applications, which ensures fairness across the organisation.

As part of its EATS (ecosystems for healthy work environments) initiative, the Portuguese civil service has created a laboratory that will study the health and wellbeing of workers and organisations. The goal is to promote their protection without neglecting performance. Working as a network, under a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, the lab will bring together researchers, experts, academic institutions, non-profits, non-governmental organisations and government departments.