Governments of the future will need to adapt and continuously evolve to create value. They need to stay relevant by being responsive to rapidly changing conditions and citizens’ expectations, and build capacity to operate effectively in complex, interdependent networks of organizations and systems across the public, private and non-profit sectors to co-produce public value.
Open government represents an emergent movement worldwide, although national governments will continue to differ with respect to the definition and implementation of these ideas. Clearly, sharing best practices and lessons that work as experience accumulates will be crucial.
The report emphasizes the importance of carefully planned workforce reductions coupled with the significant organizational, technological and workforce advances inherent in FAST governments to build slim and streamlined organizations that can thrive in the new world order. Adaptive governments that share labour, services and resources through networked approaches and Gov 2.0 strategies can remain slim while delivering on their mission in effective and innovative ways.
(Weforum.org)
