Skills for Policymakers for Evidence-Informed Policy Making Presentation by Tanya Verrier, European Commission, Director at the Secretariat-General. Evidence-informed Workshop (OECD, 9-10 April 2018)

1. Skills for Policymakers for Evidence-Informed
Policy Making
Tanya Verrier
European Commission
Director at the Secretariat-General
OECD/JRC joint workshop
Paris, 9 April 2018

2. Skills for the future – need for a long-term vision

3. Professional
skills/ expertise
Strategic
orientation
Innovation
capabilities
OECD 2017: Future of skills for highly performing civil
service – a framework

4. What do we train staff on, today?

5. What do we train our staff on, today?

6. Need for
speed
Keeping
policy-
makers up-to
date
Defining
success?
Dealing with
irrationality
& emotions
Ignorance
and biases
Challenges

7. Levelofcurrentskills
Skills important in the future
Skills of the future
Strategic Skill Gap
High
High

8. Rethink what and how we train staff