Monday, October 31, 2011

Update - the British School of Government axed! (part VI)

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The UK’s National School of Government – which I indicated (in my recent table about such national Institutes) had been reprieved from closu...

The future of public service training - Part V

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Imagine yourself the Director of one of the Institutes I have been talking about…. There were periods last year when you didn’t have the cas...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Can training make a difference? Part IV

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Having suggested that few new Member States in central and eastern Europe seem to have managed yet to establish a proper training system fo...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Evidence, dear boy? Training - Part III

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I have made a lot of assertions in my two recent posts on EC-funded training – based solely on my (limited) experience in 10 countries over...

making training effective - Part II

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Part I suggested that the billions spent by the EC on training public officials over the past decade or so in ex-communist countries have...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Our Gaddarene swine

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This blog generally tries to steer away from crises since there are so many others in the blogosphere who have more insights than me on thes...

Is training a waste of money? Part One

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Christmas may still be 2 months away but one reputable blog has come with the sort of quiz we play at that time of the year - asking people ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Downside of Sofia Charms?

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I’ve talked several times on the blog about the charm of central Sofia – with its parks and buskers with their retro music; narrow streets, ...