Initial findings and discussion from the 2019 ‘State & Administration’ Future Panel
The findings of the ‘Future Panel: State & Administration 2019’ study were presented during the press and expert discussion entitled ‘Tackling the digitalisation of public administration! Old problems, fresh ideas’.
In the survey, senior officials identified two very clear key challenges: digitalisation and the staffing situation. Furthermore, over 90 per cent of respondents prioritised cyber security as a particularly important area for reform. A clear majority of respondents believe that the public sector in Germany is not sufficiently protected against cyber-attacks. The importance attached to citizen participation and involvement by public authorities remains very low.
The full analysis of the study is due to be published early next year. An expansion of the Future Panel to cover the D-A-CH region is due to be published before the 8th Future Congress. The Future Panel is a collaboration between Wegweiser GmbH and the Hertie School and was carried out in 2019 with the support of Deloitte.
The press release and results of the study can be found here.
You can find our editorial team’s report on ‘Administration of the Future’ here.