This presentation by Michael O'Neill, OECD, on the "OECD National Schools of Government Network" was made at the meeting of the OECD Working Party on Public Employment and Management on 20-21 April 2015. For further on information on the OECD work on Public Employment and Management please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/pem/.

1. OECD NATIONAL
SCHOOLS OF
GOVERNMENT
NETWORK
Public Employment and Management
Skills in the Public Sector: the 21st Century Public Servant

2. • Established in 2104 to highlight role
played by national training and
professional development institutions in
public sector capacity-building
• A community of practice that fosters
knowledge creation and a platform for
exchange among practitioners and
academics
About the National Schools of
Government Network

3. • Contribute to tools development for national
public service capacity-building efforts and
skills development
• Strengthen the link between international
policy dialogue and national public service
training and development
• Support exchange among national schools of
government on current policy priorities and
capacity building, policy implementation and
research needs
Objectives of the Network

4. • Global in reach with 79 participating
members
– 49 OECD and non-OECD member countries
represented
– 33 participating national institutions from
OECD member countries
– 29 participating national institutions from
non-OECD countries
Membership in the Network

5. • Network platform and newsletter
– Information sharing and community of practice
development
• Annual meetings
– Forum for exchange, collaboration and planning
projects beneficial to Network members
• Outreach
– Present in practitioner and academic forums
• Research and benchmarking
– Survey of National training and development
institutions, their activities and priorities
Activities of the Network

6. Learning arrangements in the civil
service
Is there a single institution responsible for co-ordinating, promoting and administering
learning for civil servants in your country at the central/federal level of government?

7. Top five priority themes for teaching
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Economic and social institutions and processes
Legal expertise
IT training
Openness, transparency and accountability
Innovation
Civil service values and ethics
Organisational behaviour
Others (as mentioned in Q11e)
Management of networks and partnerships
Project management
Information management and new technology applications
Change management
Public procurement
Strategic planning
Budgeting and financial management
Delivery of public goods and services
Administrative and constitutional law
People management
Policy and programme formulation and analysis
Organisational effectiveness and quality management
Leading institutional and organisational transformation

8. • Annual meeting, 6 July 2015 in Paris
• Panel presentation, Developing the skills for
successful Alternative Service Delivery,
IASIA Annual Conference, 7 July 2015
• Continued development of joint training
modules on Open Government and
Leadership
• Forthcoming report: National Schools of
Government: Past, present, future (tentative
title), Autumn 2015
National Schools of Government
Network: Next steps

9. • Please contact: Michael A. O’Neill via
email at michael.oneill@oecd.org
National Schools of Government
Network: For more information

10. THANK YOU