CAPABILITY REFORM:

BLAVATNIK SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE LATEST POLICY -RELEVANT RESEARCH CAPABILITY REFORM: A SYSTEMATIC AND SUSTAINED STRATEGY FOR THE INTERSECTION OF ECONOMICS AND SECURITY Amina Adjerid January 2024 Copyright for the working paper remains with the author Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford 1 Executive Summary The intersection of economic prosperity and national s. [...] The approach includes establishing a structured programme of reforms for the long term that target the building of skills, expertise and experience required for people to straddle both the security to economic and the international to domestic intersections. [...] This had a tangible impact in government, leading to the establishment of the Skills and Curriculum Unit part of the Government People Group within the Cabinet Office, the Fast Stream and Apprenticeship Reforms, and the Leadership College for Government. [...] The announcement of £2 million funding in each of the next two financial years to embed the CfNS into the national security architecture alongside the launch of the first UK National Security Curriculum which draws on the expertise both within and outside of government signals significant progress, and a genuine commitment from government to properly fund and promote the initiative. [...] Building on the foundational levers of the Government Campus and the Leadership College for Government, the Fellowship recommends working closely with teams to introduce a package of training, assessment, incentives, placements, and exchange to establish a standardised bar for foundational and universal skills and knowledge at recruitment, junior and mid-level in all domains.