Celebrating excellence in operational delivery
The Operational Delivery Profession celebrates all the nominees for the 2015 Dame Lesley Strathie Operational Excellence Award, underlining the sheer range of work they cover.
Ten tips for leading organisational change
Pete Vowles passes on some of the practical lessons he's learned helping to lead a change programme at the Department for International Development.
Apprentices who remind us why we do the job
DFID Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock reflects on what apprentices bring to the Civil Service.
Civil servants in the 2016 New Year's Honours list
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Jeremy Heywood congratulates the civil servants recognised in the New Year's Honours list.
Christmas in Kabul
...as usual But other than these two days, it will be business as usual for the mission. We will be back at work by Sunday, 27 December, pushing forward work...
Becoming a better civil service - the power of learning and collaboration
As UK representative on the OECD's Public Governance Committee, Liz McKeown has seen how learning from and collaborating with international partners can make us a more effective civil service.
Campaigning home and abroad on equality issues
...help of any sort. The Government’s manifesto commits it to lead efforts to tackle violence against women and girls. DFID manages 115 programmes with VAWG components, spanning across 29 countries....
The productivity challenge - and how we're meeting it
Mark Lowcock looks at how the Civil Service is becoming more productive and improving services in ways that make a positive difference to people's lives.
Stepping out of the shadows
The Shadow Civil Service Board was created below Senior Civil Service level to support the Civil Service Board. Mita Samani, a Shadow Board member from DFID, explains what's involved and how you can put forward your own "radical ideas".
Reflections on the Nepal earthquake
Beverley Warmington, Asia Director for DFID, looks at the part the UK has played in bringing aid and recovery to Nepal since the April 2015 earthquake.