Toward a more efficient public administration
Work4Germany is the German federal government's fellowship for new ways of working together in a sustainable, digital state.
This is Work4Germany
The Work4Germany Fellowship brings experts in new ways of working from the private and non-profit sectors into the federal administration to provide new perspectives and build expertise. During the fellowship, they work together with employees of federal ministries and top-level federal authorities on specific projects to tackle challenges in (collaborative) work, redesign workflows, and focus on collaborative, agile, and competence-based ways of working. The goal: to promote better project and product management as well as modern teamwork and leadership. They are supported by our experienced fellowship team and a supporting program with tailored exchange formats.
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Who can take Part
Fellows
Every year, we look for motivated and experienced experts for new work in the private and non-profit sectors. Together with pioneers from the federal administration, you will drive change for a limited period of time by translating proven methods from the private sector into the administrative context and bringing them to life.
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Federal authorities
Do you work in a top-level federal authority – and do you and your team repeatedly face challenges in internal or external collaboration that you would like to overcome more effectively? Would you like to work with a Work4Germany Fellow to explore innovative methods and apply them to your work in order to redesign processes and workflows?
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How Work4Germany works
The fellowship is designed to take us closer to a viable digital administration by creating the basis for more efficient and effective collaboration at various levels. After all, digitalization is not solely about tech-driven transformation – it also means changing the ways in which we collaborate. With the help of new working methods, Work4Germany wants to strengthen the effectiveness of federal public administration in the digital age. This is being achieved within the fellowship at individual level, in teams, and across organizational boundaries.
Long-term objective: to change the framework and structures so that ministerial staff are encouraged and supported to work independently, responsibly, and collaboratively. This will improve project implementation and result in better digital applications for administrations and citizens.