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Government Tomorrow Summit’s Workshop on Bureaucracy: Building New Expertise
Government Tomorrow Summit’s Workshop on Bureaucracy: Building New Expertise

On October 15th, 2025, Government Tomorrow Forum has opened its first Summit in Paris with a workshop focused on tackling bureaucracy. For the first time in Europe, Executive Director of the UAE’s “Zero Bureacracy” program participated in a working session with ministers, business founders, investors, and academics.

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Mikko Mattinen, director of the Finnish Digital Agency: “We can build a digital Europe that is not only efficient, but also profoundly human.”
Mikko Mattinen, director of the Finnish Digital Agency: “We can build a digital Europe that is not only efficient, but also profoundly human.”

Mikko Mattinen, director of the Finland’s digital agency:
“Digitalisation is close to saturation: most governments have digitized the basics. But many citizens of many countries will tell you: digitization alone does not guarantee better experiences.”

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NYC Director/City Chief Procurement Officer Lisa Flores: “Technology enhances efficiency and accountability, but people remain at the heart of public procurement.”
NYC Director/City Chief Procurement Officer Lisa Flores: “Technology enhances efficiency and accountability, but people remain at the heart of public procurement.”

In this interview with the Government Tomorrow Forum Insights, the Director / Commissioner of New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Contract Lisa Flores explores the City’s procurement strategy, its use of technologies, and gives inspiring advice to the procurement leaders for governments and municipalities worldwide.

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Government Tomorrow Forum Insights: interviews, articles, comments
GTF Survey: Why governments might fail AI implementation in the public sphere
GTF Survey: Why governments might fail AI implementation in the public sphere

We start a new series of articles on GTF Insights based on the recent survey about AI adoption. Conducted with the participation of experts in AI from academia, business, and consultancy sectors, our new survey employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to gauge expert opinions and identify the top challenges for national and regional governments in implementing AI technology in the public sphere and the top application areas to start with for winning fast results and public trust.

Carsten Claus: "Citizens are not marketing material for tourism and investment promotions, but actors with a say"
Carsten Claus: "Citizens are not marketing material for tourism and investment promotions, but actors with a say"

“As a citizen, you are part of a country's tax base, and there is a lifelong contract issued by one side. And depending on the government, it might not even end when you move away. “

Igor Lys: “Governments are the bearers of the ultimate responsibility in a world full of unpredictable dangers”
Igor Lys: “Governments are the bearers of the ultimate responsibility in a world full of unpredictable dangers”

“Everyone must play a role, but at the end of the day, everybody turns to the governments for solutions because through power and reach, it is they who are responsible for maintaining stability and ensuring growth and development.”

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Government Tomorrow Forum is the world’s center for excellence and thought leadership on the future of our societies.

GTF explores the influence of technology on governments and public services, helps formulate strategies for talent management for the public sector, invents and improves government services, and connects talented thinkers from around the world on a unique research platform: GTF Labs.

GTF presents its work at one of the world’s main governance-related events — the Government Tomorrow Summit.

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Jean-Michel Beacco (1964-2025), executive director of Louis Bachelier Institute, the leading French economic think-tank, co-founder of the Forum

“Governments of tomorrow need good ideas today, as well as engineers, experts, talented students and, frankly speaking, a lot of enthusiasm”

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GTF founding seminar in Paris, December 2022

GTF has organized a 2-days working session for its core experts in Paris early December 2022 to discuss the latest trends in government-related thinking, the influence of technology on how states are managed, and the latest economic and geopolitical trends.

The seminar helped finalize the the GTF general report for 2022, and prepare the key topics of the GTF activities in 2023.

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