Global Government Forum (GGF)
GGF is a publishing, events and research business that helps senior civil servants around the world to meet shared challenges by building their skills, knowledge and connections.
Founded in 2013, it publishes news, features and interviews for a global audience – covering topics around policymaking, public service delivery, civil service leadership and organizational change. It operates a busy events program, including webinars, workshops, conferences, and three annual summits: informal discussions serving the heads of civil services; the leaders of finance departments; and national digital leaders. And it carries out research, including its long-running Women Leaders Index – which tracks the proportion of women among senior officials – and its Digital Leaders program. Almost all of its services are provided to public servants free of charge, with funding from private sector partners.
In 2021, GGF ran the Civil Service Data Challenge with the UK’s Cabinet Office, the Office for National Statistics and NTT DATA UK. The Public Sector Data Challenge was inspired by this UK program.