The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon is the Founding President of Public Governance International (PGI), President Emerita of the Canada School of Public Service and Project Leader of the New Synthesis Initiative (NS). Madame Bourgon has had a distinguished career in the Canadian Public Service where she led the Public Service of Canada through some of its most important reforms. She served as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet […]
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PGI pays special attention to capturing and sharing the results of its work. As a result, an abundant literature is available to public sector leaders interested in joining the effort to modernize public governance or in lunching their own New Synthesis initiative in their country. The New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st century Bourgon, 2011 The New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st century […]
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NS Workshops are designed for groups interested in applying the NS framework and the NS exploratory cycle in their own context to address issues of particular interest to them. The New Synthesis (NS) workshops are designed for a particular organization. They aim at generating solutions to real-life public challenges. No two workshops are the same. What to expect from a NS Workshop? The sessions are facilitated by PGI President, […]
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PGI maintains ongoing relationship with selected public organizations through fellowships multiyear agreements and other arrangements. Partnership arrangements are tailored to the interest of the host organization. Multiyear agreements allow for deeper relationship and to oversee changes over an extended period. Organizational capacity building consists of multi-year relationship between PGI and a public organization. The focus on this partnership is tailored according to the organization’s needs. PGI’s main focus is to […]
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Every year, PGI participates in a number of international events and conferences as a way of disseminating its work and key findings. President Jocelyne Bourgon delivers each year a limited number of keynote addresses at the request of interested organizations. The following provides an illustration of recent keynote addresses at international events, and other similar international activities: French Embassy in Ottawa Program Review discussion, 2023 30 years ago, Canada invented […]
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