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PANEL DISCUSSION: Sustaining public sector transformation beyond crisis

How not to waste a crisis? Given the terrible costs of the crisis, this is the question many citizens, organisations and governments are asking. The responses to the pandemic have shown that the public sector can move with incredible speed and shift processes overnight. How can public servants leverage this tragic opportunity for transformation even when the immediacy of the crisis recedes?

Speakers: 

• Juhani Damski, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Finland
• Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform,
  Ireland
• Marta Arsovska Tomovska, Director of Team for Public Administration Reform at the Office of the Prime Minister, Serbia
• Teresa Gerton, President and CEO of the US National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), United States
• Moderator: Amanda Clarke, Associate Professor, Carleton School of Public Policy and Administration, Canada

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