Governments need to continuously innovate as they are at the forefront of mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other threats. One way to do this is by strengthening and upskilling the civil service, which requires developing the various capacities of the public sector workforce. The experience of various countries has shown that innovating civil service is doable. They focused on training and retooling their people, providing career incentives to hire better and motivated workers, and encouraging creativity and development of innovative ideas among civil servants. Replicating these innovations in the Philippines requires an environment where innovative ideas from civil servants are encouraged; continuous learning, internal feedback, and public consultations are promoted, and capacity building through education and training programs is sustained.
Browse through the slides to know more about innovating the civil service, which is among the topics featured in this year’s Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) celebration.
Click the link of the DPRM website (https://dprm.pids.gov.ph/) to know more about this year’s DPRM theme and activities.
The content of this slide show was based on the PIDS discussion paper titled “Innovating governance: Building resilience against COVID-19 pandemic and other risks”. Download the full text here: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications/7126.
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