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Ireland: Towards an integrated public service

The key findings of this review remain relevant, even though it was undertaken before the economic crisis.

The key public service reform challenge for Ireland going forward is for the different parts of the Irish Public Service to work cohesively together, with a more integrated approach at the national and local levels.

This will allow Ireland to more effectively identify and achieve wider societal goals, and to deliver more coherent services to citizens.

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Finland: Working Together to Sustain Success

Finland has long history of strong public sector governance and management.  However, its traditional Nordic model is under pressure due to a rapidly ageing society, the global economic crisis and growing societal disillusionment.

To sustain and preserve its global position in the future will require a public administration that is strategically agile in order to maintain fiscal sustainability and to respond to a complex and rapidly-changing environment.

It will also require the capacity to work together – across the public administration at the state and local level, and with society as a whole.

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Estonia: Towards a Single Government Approach

Since the restoration of independence in 1991, Estonia has met the challenge of establishing a fully functional, stable, and modern state.

This review looks at how, building on its significant accomplishments to date, the Estonian public administration can work together as a single government to improve and sustain service delivery to citizens and to meet new challenges on the horizon.

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Greece: Review of the Central Administration

Greece faces an immense, perhaps unique and increasingly urgent challenge. It needs to reform in depth, reconciling emergency measures with long lasting reforms.

The future crucially depends on the government's ability to link short term austerity measures with a long term vision and structural reforms aimed at restoring growth and improving the population's welfare.

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