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SUMMARY:CMCE - Lessons Learned: The Government’s Use of Ex
 ternal Consultants
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 "font-style:italic\;"><span style="font-size:18px\
 ;"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma\,Geneva
 \,sans-serif\;">Lessons Learned: The Goverment's U
 se of External Consultants</span></strong></span><
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 <span style="text-decoration-thickness:auto\;"><sp
 an style="text-decoration-style:solid\;">The <b>Le
 ssons Learned: The Government’s Use of External Co
 nsultants</b> report published recently by the Nat
 ional Audit Office (NAO) shares lessons to help <s
 pan style="color:#0b0c11\;">the government maximis
 e the value it achieves from its use of consultant
 s. </span></span></span></span></span></span></spa
 n></span></span></span></p>\n \n <p><span style="f
 ont-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma\,
  Geneva\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000
 \;"><span style="font-style:normal\;"><span style=
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 l\;"><span style="text-decoration-line:none\;"><sp
 an style="text-decoration-thickness:auto\;"><span 
 style="text-decoration-style:solid\;">These lesson
 s are equally important for providers of consultan
 cy services\, and we are delighted to welcome two 
 of the reports co-authors\, <b><i>Maria-Christina 
 Eskioglou</i></b> and <b><i>Brian Kennedy</i></b> 
 to discuss their insights into: </span></span></sp
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 #242424\;"><span style="border:1pt\;padding:0cm\;"
 >How consultants provide value to government</span
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 op:16px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span st
 yle="font-family:Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;"><
 span style="color:#242424\;"><span style="border:1
 pt\;padding:0cm\;">Good practice examples of gover
 nment using consultants </span></span></span></spa
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 le="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Tah
 oma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#2
 42424\;"><span style="border:1pt\;padding:0cm\;">B
 arriers and opportunities for SME consultancies</s
 pan></span></span></span></li>\n </ul>\n \n <p><sp
 an style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-fami
 ly:Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;">We will send yo
 u and your guests the Zoom link for the event clos
 er to its date.</span></span></p>\n \n <p><span st
 yle="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Ta
 homa\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;">A List of Participan
 ts can be found <u><a href="/civicrm/event/partici
 pant?reset=1&id=872">here</a></u>.</span></span></
 p>\n \n <p style="text-align:justify\;"><span styl
 e="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Taho
 ma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#FF
 0000\;">Dress code is " "Smart Casual"​</span></sp
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DESCRIPTION:Lessons Learned: The Goverment's Use of External C
 onsultants\n \n \n The Lessons Learned: The Govern
 ment’s Use of External Consultants report publishe
 d recently by the National Audit Office (NAO) shar
 es lessons to help the government maximise the val
 ue it achieves from its use of consultants. \n \n 
 \n \n These lessons are equally important for prov
 iders of consultancy services\, and we are delight
 ed to welcome two of the reports co-authors\, Mari
 a-Christina Eskioglou and Brian Kennedy to discuss
  their insights into: \n \n \n \n \n 	How consulta
 nts provide value to government\n 	Good practice e
 xamples of government using consultants \n 	Barrie
 rs and opportunities for SME consultancies\n \n \n
  We will send you and your guests the Zoom link fo
 r the event closer to its date.\n \n \n \n A List 
 of Participants can be found here (/civicrm/event/
 participant?reset=1&id=872).\n \n \n \n Dress code
  is " "Smart Casual"​\n \n 
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