2. Welcome to the UK Presidency from July to December 2005!

3. Objectives during the Presidency - UK
Taking forward the EU agenda in an efficient,
business-like and effective way
Joined up Government
Better Regulation (part of the broader Lisbon Agenda
on good governance and sustainable development)
with emphasis on consultation and rigorous impact
assessment, including a competitiveness test and a
greater awareness and use of alternatives.

4. Objectives during the Presidency - Departmental
Introducing others to the UK’s broad experience and
expertise in improving public administrations
Highlighting the importance of the customer with an
emphasis on personalisation and choice
To agree new e-government policies at the
Commission/UK e-government conference in
November.
Pursuing new work on innovative methods and ideas in Human Resource Management.

5. Objectives during the Presidency - IPSG
To take forward the work of the Luxembourg team in
finalising, agreeing and moving ahead with the Mid-
Term Programme of activity.
To facilitate and encourage the further development of
existing IPSG work on Benchmarking, Knowledge
Management, Learning Labs, the websites and CAF.
To lead the work on investigating a European
approach to measuring customer satisfaction
including hosting an expert meeting.

6. Objectives during the Presidency - IPSG
To undertake a thorough review of Quality
Conferences.
To be business-like and efficient, making good use
of electronic as well as face-to-face meetings to push
our work forward.
To ensure a smooth handover to our Austrian
colleagues and finally…
Look out for a “different style” DG meeting
in December!

7. KEY DATES DURING UK PRESIDENCY

8. The UK Team
Roy Stephenson Tel. (020)
Jane Jones Tel. (020)
James Airey Tel. (020)