Whole-of-government collaboration requires public servants to work together across their organisations to develop better co-ordinated public services and policy which enables delivery of the Programme for Partnership Government. This is a key element not just of national policies, such as the National Planning Framework, but also in the achievement of sectoral strategies, for example the Healthy Ireland strategy. The Reform and Delivery Office in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Local Government Management Agency, and other relevant government departments and public service organisations will be responsible for implementing the action.

See fully expanded description of this action on P.26 of Our Public Service.

While this action was not selected as a specific action for 2018/2019, the core values are being progressed as part of other actions in Our Public Service 2020, including:

• Action 6: Promote a culture of innovation in the public service
• Action 11: Embed a culture of evidence and evaluation
• Action 14: Continuous and responsive professional development