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May 28 2010
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Many of you will have already heard that Secretary-general Roel Bekker stopped working for the Central Government Reform Programme on 1 May. You are probably wondering whether the reform programme will be discontinued, or whether it is now “rudderless”. No. Only the programme’s management will change.

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April 9 2010
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Lecture by Secretary-general Roel Bekker Institute for Government, London, 31 March 2010. Download speech: speechroelbekker_londen.pdf (93 Kb)Pdf-icoon

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Better policymaking

Better policymaking doesn’t mean generating more policy. Indeed, the opposite is often true. The Cabinet believes that it is both desirable and possible for central government to reduce the number of policy measures it produces, transfer policy matters to lower tiers of government, and eliminate or trim policies from the past.

Government and civil servant of the future

Government and civil servant of the future

The theme 'Government of the future' is meant to encourage stakeholders to express their views on the conditions, structure, and performance of government in the future.

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Video Secretary-General Roel Bekker for Central Government Reform

Speech by Roel Bekker, Secretary-General for Central Government Reform, at the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) National Conference, Brisbane, 19-20 November 2009.

Secretary-General Central Government Reform Programme, Roel Bekker

Secretary-general Roel Bekker

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Sweden and Denmark with the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. My purpose was to acquaint myself with how government performs there and how these countries are working to improve that performance. Both countries have a lot to teach us, with an excellent calibre of government.

The Swedish model

How much progress has the reform programme made?

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The latest progress report on the Central Government Reform Programme speaks optimistically about the quality of government. On the whole, the project results are satisfactory.

How much progress has the reform programme made?
 

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