Government beyond Recovery - towards a future fit public sector

Government beyond Recoverytowards a future fit public sector Qualitätsdialog 2021 November 18, 2021

Barbara Zupanc Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia

Key „Quality“ activities during Slovenian CEU Presidency • Study on CAF Impact on HRM nad People • Study on Ageing and Talent Management in European Public Administrations

• BRIQ (Better Regulation, Innovation, Quality ) Conference, October 2021

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“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste” • Government beyond Recovery- Towards a future-fit public sector • October 18-19, 20021, organized in cooperation among the Slovenian CEU Presidency, Observatory of Public Sector Innovation, European Institute for Public Administration ant the European Commission • 2100 registered participants from 117 countries • 17 panels, 95 panelists

Government Beyond Recovery: towards a future-fit public sector, 18 - 19 oct 2021 - YouTube Quote: Paul Romer [Professor, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,2018] 18 November 2021

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Covid 19 crisis

Government

We did it quite good .. but how can we do it better?

Public sector

Citizens and bussiness

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Good old normal- never again!

• Invest in public sector capacity • Digital infrastructure • Strategic forsight • Democratic reset

TRUST

• Innovation and experimentation • Cooperation 18 November 2021

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Aging and Talent Management Study • Megatrends: globalization, digitalization, demographic changes • The public sector tends zo be older that the general labour market • In EU, one in four workers in the central PA is over 55 18 November 2021

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45 years or younger

Other

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Oldies goldies?

• Older workers possess valuable professional experience and job- related insights and they will retire in the short to medium term.

• Ensuring that older workers are able to contribute these skills as effectively as possible.

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How goverments tackle issues of age and talent management?

• Gradual transition from work to retirement

• Internally-focused job boards

• Knowledge transfer systems from older workers to younger employees

• Identification of ‘star performers’

• Succession planning, measures designed to better leverage the experience and knowledge of older workers, special health measures directed to older workers and tools for promoting a greater diversity and inclusion among the workforce…

• Use of an internal talent exchange programs • Management training

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But very few systematic, strategic, consistent approaches 18 November 2021

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Multigenerational workforce • Take a strategic approach to talent management…

• … which draws on a broad range of talent management tools...

• …which are well adapted to the EU’s ageing multi-generational public service workforce…

• … support knowledge transfer across generations, and the needs of older workers…

• … support knowledge transfer across generations, and the needs of older workers…

• …and skilled public managers and HR professionals.

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19 November 2021 Slovensko predsedovanje Svetu EU

THANK YOU barbara.zupanc1@gov.si

Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union