At a time when local governance is fundamentally changing, national and local governments have to redefine their role and functions, with a greater focus on digital innovation and citizen engagement in order to maximise ‘local knowledge’. Good leadership matters more now than ever. This Forum will boost your knowledge and skills and help you exercise leadership in the highly complex public environment. You will learn to:

• detect the key challenges for your own administration, working with the principles of good governance;

• list priority areas suitable for change, maximise the potential of your HR management, work with targets, improve partnerships, and develop networking skills.