This Wednesday, Francis is due to speak at the World Bank Future of Government Debate on how will governments be more productive. Francis will be discussing why all government’s need to implement the functional model, create priority units and tap into private sector capability to improve productivity and be more innovative.
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The UK Government has given its backing to a new industry-led Taskforce to increase private investment supporting the global recovery from the pandemic. The Taskforce will focus on finding investment solutions that have environmental or societal benefits, as well as generating financial gains.
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Francis is delighted to be attending the Prespa Forum Dialogue (PFD) in Ohrid from the 1st - 2nd July. The PFD was created by the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia to enable countries, leaders, organizations, and citizens to build long-term relationships and strengthen partnerships. The PFD aims to inspire and promote good-neighbourly relations and cooperation.
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This week Francis Maude, Sir Nicholas Soames and Nick Boles spoke at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. From the new EU/UK trade deal to the roll-out of the recovery and resilience plan, 'Greece 2.0' and transatlantic relations in the Biden era, our senior team shared their insights with over 2,500 global attendees ranging from government, finance, science, business, and academic sectors.
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FMA Co-founder and Managing Director, Simone Finn has taken up the role of Deputy Chief of Staff to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in No 10 Downing Street.
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With over 200 participants from across government attending, Francis discussed all things GDS, functional reform, as well as offering advice to Jaimie and the digital team from BC.
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In a series of tweets analysing recent attempts of civil service reform by the Johnson Administration, Ciaran Martin, former Head of the National Cyber Security Centre reflects on the success Francis Maude had in this area during his time as UK Minister for the Cabinet Office between 2010-2015.
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This week Francis participated in the Institute for Government’s live event reform at the centre of government. The event explored Francis’s recent review into the performance of the Cabinet Office.
Over the last few months, Francis has conducted a short pro bono review of cross-cutting government functions, spend controls and progress towards implementing Civil Service reform.
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FMA hosted a very successful webinar with the Caribbean High Commissioners last week to discuss confronting fiscal challenges after coronavirus. The panel included Francis Maude, Simone Finn, Philip Hammond, Nick Hurd and Sir Nicholas Soames.
This week Francis was the guest speaker on The City View - City AM’s Daily Podcast.
Francis, who was a signatory to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, talks about the ongoing Brexit negotiations, stating he has no doubt that the UK Government’s strong preference is to leave with a deal.
As the architect behind civil service reforms between 2010-2015, Francis also offers insight into the current efforts from Boris Johnson’s Government to improve the quality and efficiency of Whitehall.
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Simone recently participated in the Policy Exchange event, What do we want from the Civil Service? During the event, Simone warned against a culture that rewards Civil Servants for ‘observing the status quo’ rather than risk-taking and finding a better way of doing things.
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Francis is delighted to be speaking at the London Fraud Forum Annual Conference on Thursday 22nd October. His presentation will cover the topic of tackling financial loss in Government.
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FMA hosted a productive webinar with the Latin American Ambassadors to the UK. Francis, Simone, Philip and Nick discussed the daunting fiscal challenges that COVID presents to the countries of Latin American and how FMA would be able to support them in the road to recovery from the crisis.
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‘Lord Maude is conducting a short review on how to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of government functions and spending’
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Coming up in November, Francis is the keynote speaker at GovX 2020. The conference brings together senior officials from all levels of government who have driven public sector transformation. As Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis led one of the most significant government transformation programmes in UK history.
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Baroness Finn, FMA Managing Director and co-founder, recently participated in the Institute for Governments (IfG) live discussion on ‘behind the scenes work of Special Advisers (SpAds).’ Between 2010-2015 Simone was Francis Maude’s principal adviser in government.
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Baroness Finn, FMA Managing Director and co-founder, took part in this year’s Creative Women Conference discussing the role of women in public life and the challenges for equality still faced by women today.
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