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Supporting the Centre of Government

Managing and mitigating a pandemic
How can central government agencies – Presidents and Prime Ministers’ Offices, Cabinet Secretariats and special coordinating units – manage and mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis?
View PaperCOVID-19: Supporting the Centre of Government to respond to the crisis
This brief provides guidance on strengthening the ability of central government agencies – Presidents and Prime Ministers’ Offices, Cabinet Secretariats and special coordinating units – to manage and mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis sweeping the globe. It highlights the critical need for informed central government decision-making and outlines some areas of possible international support.
Effective coordination and leadership by the centre of government are critical to the success of national responses and eventual recovery for a number of reasons, which the paper goes into more detail in.