Government news in Europe

An overview of news, trends and research in the Government industry in Europe:

Analysis: The new climate & energy policy of the Dutch government In July, the new right-wing Dutch government unveiled its key policy plans for the next four years, with climate and energy one of the focal pillars for the years ahead.
20 July 2024
Advisors support French state with purchase of Nokia’s subsea division The French government has acquired the submarine cable unit of Nokia for an enterprise value of €350 million, with advisors supporting the landmark deal at both sides of the table.
28 June 2024
Norway's NPRA selects Capgemini for data transformation project The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has selected Capgemini to support a major digital transformation journey aimed at making the organisation more data-driven.
16 April 2024
March McLennan helping Ukraine with public-private transformation Representatives from professional services firm Marsh McLennan met with leaders from Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council in order to discuss the war-torn nation’s strategy for transformat
17 January 2024
Swiss government taps Alvarez & Marsal for Credit Suisse rescue The Swiss government has hired consultants from Alvarez & Marsal to facilitate its role in the acquisition of failed Swiss bank Credit Suisse by UBS.
05 May 2023
EU selects Capgemini to coordinate Next Generation IoT program The European Union has selected Capgemini to coordinate its ‘Next Generation IoT’ program.
26 April 2023
EU hires Nordic consultancies to develop European Digital ID Wallet The European Commission has tasked Nordic technology firms Scytáles and Netcompany-Intrasoft with helping develop a secure European digital identity system.
20 December 2022
Valcon develops data platform for Covid-19 vaccination roll-out Valcon has supported the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands with the development of a data platform that facilitates the distribution and roll-out of C
01 April 2022
Macron rallies Europe to build ten €100+ billion tech behemoths French president Emmanuel Macron is rallying the EU to produce ten tech behemoths worth €100 billion in the next decade, based on new analysis by Scale-Up Europe – a collaborative initiative that cou
12 July 2021
Big Four bag millions for Structural Reform Support Programme Big Four accounting and advisory firms Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC together won over €156 million in contracts from the European Commission (EC) in 2020 alone.
05 July 2021
Capgemini Invent leads 'next leap forward' of Data.Europa.EU The European Union has renewed its collaboration with Capgemini Invent in the field of open data services.
08 June 2021
Flanders awards €1 billion framework agreement to IT companies The government of Flanders has awarded a new mega IT contract worth €1 billion to technology companies Atos, Cegeka, DXC, Cronos and Proximus.
12 May 2021
EC taps Guidehouse and Frontier Economics for hydrogen study The European Commission has hired Guidehouse and Frontier Economics to support policy makers with the design of a regulatory framework for hydrogen.
29 March 2021
Bercy selects 22 consultancies for restructuring framework agreement The French ministry of Economy and Finance – also known as ‘Bercy’ – has appointed over twenty consulting firms to its national framework agreement for restructuring and turnaround services.
23 February 2021
McKinsey draws ire for 'ban' of Moscow staff political participation McKinsey & Company’s Moscow Managing Partner has drawn consternation from his own staff, after issuing a dictate seemingly banning them from political expression.
02 February 2021
Seven charts on the state of the Belarus economy Based on a survey of more than 400 executives and business owners in Belarus, consulting firm Civitta provides a strategic perspective into the state of the country’s business landscape.
28 January 2021
French government hires McKinsey to support vaccination rollout The French government is working with consultants from McKinsey & Company on the massive task of vaccinating the country’s 67 million strong population.
06 January 2021
Ukraine's government selects KPMG for large privatisation project Ukraine’s government has selected KPMG to serve as the lead advisor for the privatisation and sale of the JSC First Kyiv Machine Building Plant, one of Eastern Europe’s larger manufacturing plants of
28 October 2020
German Government enlists consultants for BaFin reform The Federal Government of Germany has tasked consultants from Roland Berger, KPMG and Sopra Steria with assisting an overhaul of the nation’s financial watchdog BaFin.
08 October 2020
Grand Paris Express selects Eurogroup Consulting, EY and McKinsey Grand Paris Express, one of Europe’s largest currently running transport projects, has appointed three consultancies to its management consulting framework.
16 July 2020
How BearingPoint is helping governments navigate the coronavirus Since the start of the coronavirus, BearingPoint has supported several governments and dozens of public sector organisations with the delivery of critical Covid-19-related public services.
06 July 2020
BCG and Grundfos pushing Denmark to green its constitution Boston Consulting Group has been working with engineering group Grundfos on a project to help Denmark make its constitution more environmentally friendly.
19 June 2020
Dutch government spending on external staff to record high The spending of the Dutch government on external consultants, IT professionals and flexible workers has reached its highest point in history, despite continued efforts by the government to curb spend
28 October 2019
Consulting spend for German highway reform driving up A major project in Germany to reform the country’s federal highway is seeing its consulting costs spiral out of control.
25 October 2019
EC hires Capgemini Invent for European Data Sharing unit The European Commission has awarded Capgemini Invent a three-year contract to set up the European Support Center for Data Sharing (SCDS).
08 July 2019
How collaboration can benefit asset management Managing public infrastructure assets is becoming increasingly important, not only to improve cost efficiency, but also to improve services, safety and availability to those who ultimately pay for th
20 June 2019
The government of the future is organisationally ambidextrous Growing demands from businesses and citizens are putting pressure on the public services provided by government.
26 April 2019
Governments can reap major benefits from the data economy In today’s digitised economy, data is everywhere.
01 April 2019
70% of French civil servants will see job impacted by digitisation A study commissioned by the French government shows that up to 70% of civil servants could see their jobs change profoundly with the rise of automation and digitisation.
23 January 2019
Estonia has 35,000 e-residents, most are Finnish, Russian and Ukrainian Estonia is attracting consultants from around the globe with the nation’s digital identity cards for business.
15 May 2018
Capgemini Consulting leads the development of Europe’s Open Data portal The European Commission has engaged a consortium of consultancies and academic institutions across the continent to support the further development of its European Open Data portal.
18 April 2018
The European governments with the best digital | online services The project to provide a broad range of digital services to citizens and businesses across the EU is in full swing.
19 December 2017

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