Past events
Measuring productivity in the public sector
26th October
Robert Arnott, Head of Value for Money & Productivity Unit, Home Office
Sir Peter Gershon, former Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce
Joe Grice, UK Centre...
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Public expenditure management in the Netherlands: Prudent budgeting, fiscal retrenchment and market reform
29th September
Prof Rick Van der Ploeg, former Chief Financial Spokesperson and Member of Parliament (1994-98), currently New College, Oxford
Helmer Vossers, Director of Budget Affairs (Ministry...
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Using performance data to inform budgetary decisions
13th July
To what extent is evidence used in budgetary decision making between the Treasury and departments and within departments? Are some incentives more effective than others for encouraging...
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Fiscal institutions and budget oversight
15th October
Prof Simon Wren-Lewis, Merton College (Oxford)
Prof Lars Calmfors, Chair Swedish Fiscal Policy Council
Sir Alan Budd, Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury
Robert Chote,...
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Public expenditure management in Sweden
From 15th September to 16th September
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Göran Persson, Prime Minister (1996-2006) and Finance Minister (1994-96)
Further...
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The Spending Reviews and Operational Efficiency Programme: strengths, weaknesses and lessons learned
From 1st July to 13th July
The Operational Efficiency Programme is looking at improving back office/IT, collaborative procurement, asset management/sales and property and a Public Value Programme has also...
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