The European Summit for Government Transformation brings together key policy makers, prominent thought leaders as well as senior representatives from European public sector agencies. This one-of-a-kind gathering – organized jointly by the Lisbon Council, Accenture and the College of Europe – facilitate a timely debate on the role of innovation in public sector modernization and the importance of state institutions in driving forward growth and productivity in the economy at large.
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The 2012 European Summit for Government Transformation took in Brussels on the 27th of June, under the timely theme : “How Public Service Innovation Will Drive Sustainable Growth”.
It gathered an eclectic and high-powered group of experts, policy leaders and practitioners to explore key topics of economic growth and state transformation. Among the highlights were The 2012 Jean Monnet Lecture delivered by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, prime minister of Denmark and head of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, who gave a powerful speech on the eve of the European Council, and a keynote from Robert-Jan Smits, director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission.
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The 2011 Government of the Future Summit, held in Brussels, focused on Leading Public Sector Innovation: Modernizing the State for the Post-Crisis World.
Keynote speakers included the prime minister of Luxembourg and president of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, along with Pierre Nanterme, chief executive officer of Accenture and Paul Demaret, rector of the College of Europe. More than 200 of Europe’s leading policymakers, public managers and other senior representatives from public agencies came together to rethink policies, reshape delivery mechanisms and restructure public services. This flagship event also served to launch the Government of the Future Report, “Driving Public Entrepreneurship: Government as a catalyst for innovation and growth in Europe,” which was developed in collaboration with Oxford Economics.
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