Public Sector

Opportunities:

✓ Growing influence of local and regional governments in Europe calls for a stronger European public-affairs approach.

✓ Governments are taking the lead in major public investments — from recovery funds and infrastructure renewal to housing and social innovation.

✓ Rapid adoption of digital tools and citizen-service platforms creates opportunities to modernise public service delivery.

✓ Rising demand for transparency and inclusion rewards organisations with credible, proactive stakeholder strategies.

✓ Increasing overlap between policy domains (environment, digital, health, social) opens space for integrated, cross-sector solutions.

 

Challenges:

ⓧ Rapid political and administrative change both at a European and national level

ⓧ Declining trust in government institutions

ⓧ Growing expectations of transparency and accountability

ⓧ Complex and fast-evolving regulatory frameworks, especially at EU level

ⓧ Fragmented stakeholder landscapes that complicate consensus-building

ⓧ Pressure on public-sector budgets, staffing, and performance

ⓧ Geopolitical uncertainty and shifting regulatory dynamics