I recently participated in a virtual public administration conference hosted from the South Pacific. I wouldn’t normally be funded to travel to an event like this, so the COVID-safe format was a real advantage for me, and I found the event very interesting. I “met” many likeminded civil servants from all around the world and, especially, the Pacific Islands, some of whom had been attending the annual conference face to face for years. One thing I noticed very quickly is that, while there was a lot of age and experience in the virtual room, the public servants from one of the participating...
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