New podcast in the great series 'Once Upon a Pandemic' by dr Eric Paglia at Stockholm Resilience Centre. Me in conversation wit Eric, looking back at the first 12 months of the C19 crisis, and looking ahead to possibly even tougher year(s) to come: tunein.com/podcasts/News-…

3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor theconversation.com/3-ways-to-vacc… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

How can public organizations survive and thrive in turbulent times? This is the topic of our upcoming online symposium (29 March). Join us for an afternoon of informative, case-study based discussions with academic and practitioner experts: bit.ly/2ZuxD2j. USBO

Maart is 'Diversiteitsmaand'. Ook de Universiteit Utrecht organiseert deze maand extra evenementen die in het teken staan van inclusie, diversiteit en gelijkheid. Meer weten? Kijk dan hier 👇 uu.nl/en/news/march-…

"Gender equality must be at the heart of the post-pandemic recovery." Statement by the European Commission ahead of International Women's Day 2021 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Event reminder: Join us on 29 March in conversation with former CEO of Parks Canada Alan latourelle, Director of Staatsbosbeheer Sylvo Thijsen (and many more!) on how public organisations survive and thrive in trying times: bit.ly/2ZuxD2j.

The climate crisis and poor infrastructure means flooding and New Orleans go hand in hand. But the @CityofNOLA is working with its residents to rebuild #trust and tackle the problem by asking 'Why' as part of Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative series bit.ly/2OCip95

Online, open access seminar, 29 March: Guardians of Public Value: How Public Organizations Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times ipac.ca/iCore/Events/E…

What does the IPCC have in common with Amsterdam’s concert orchestra, India’s election commission, Rijkswaterstraat and Médecins Sans Frontières? Join us on 29 March for a conversations about how these organisations have survived and thrived: bit.ly/2ZuxD2j.

Symposium places still available by registration only! We’ve had 150+ people register for the Guardians of Public Value symposium Monday 29 March, but if you’d still like to attend please email: [email protected].

Thanks to all who attended today's symposium on Guardians of Public Value! Special thanks to: Alan Latourelle, Bert Koopman, Charles Parker, Liesbet Heyes, Margo van den Brink, Susan Ostermann, Sylvo Thijsen, IPAC Toronto Region, IPAC PEI, International Leadership Association, and @VBbestuurskunde

This will be a good candidate for a future study of cases of successful crisis management: ‘We’re in a really good place': is Israel nearing the Covid endgame? theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

Cutting edge work on public accountability by my #USG colleagues: Management of Multiple Accountabilities Through Setting Priorities: Evidence from a Cross‐National Conjoint Experiment - Aleksovska - - Public Administration Review - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Duiding van en oplossingen voor het vaccinatiedrama? Er zijn geen betere dan die van Wim Derksen (wimderksen.com/2021/04/13/vac…) en Pieter Derks (nporadio1.nl/de-nieuws-bv/o…)

Together with Sydney Policy Lab, we’ve spent the last few months talking to public servants who are working in ways which centre care, relationships and complexity Then we worked with Sh8peshifters to turn what we heard into something beautiful (David Murikumthara) centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/what-…

What makes collaboration work? What do we need to scale up collaborative governance research? These and other questions will be answered during an online seminar organised by members of the SPG-team. See the flyer for more information and to register: bit.ly/3wEg0vt.

Interested in researching what makes collaborations work? In our online seminar three scholars tell you about their #OpenData initiatives to facilitate collaborative governance research. Register now: bit.ly/3x3cgEN

'Als we een betere overheid willen, zullen we ook succesverhalen moeten herkennen en doorvertellen. Om te markeren wat we wél willen en om te versterken wat goed gaat.' Aldus Scott Douglas USBO Utrecht University platform_O Tijd voor een verhalenfestival platformoverheid.nl/gezocht-succes…

Wat nou als het lukt? Het Succesverhalenfestival Succesverhalenfestival 2021 (2 november) zoekt mooie, waargebeurde verhalen over kleine en grote overwinningen in de publieke sector. Stuur jouw succesverhaal dus in voor 22 oktober. Meer info: uu.nl/agenda/de-over…