We are excited to share the launch of the APS Economics Community of Practice (CoP) next Wednesday on the Masked Economist.
The CoP is a network of public servants interested in furthering the quality and use of economic reasoning in APS public policy development and implementation to:
- promote the recognition and application of economic analysis in policy making and implementation.
- enhance economic capabilities in the APS and expand career paths.
- create a valued identity as an economist in the APS.
- improve collaboration – within economic networks and between economists and the wider APS
It’s open to any Australian government public servant – please join via our GovTEAMS Channel and share this invite with APS colleagues who may be interested.
We’re very pleased that Dr Steven Kennedy PSM, the Secretary to the Treasury, has agreed to be our inaugural champion.
Steven began his public service career in 1992 as a cadet at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Steven holds a PhD and a master degree in Economics from the Australian National University, and a bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney. Prior to joining the public service, he trained and worked as a nurse.
To launch the Community of Practice, Secretary Kennedy will be joining us on Wednesday, 19 July at 4pm at the Department of Finance. We’ll discuss his career in economics, before formally launching the community.
We have a limited number of seats available for a live audience for this event. For those interested in attending the launch in-person please reply to maskedeconomist@finance.gov.au with the subject heading: CoP Launch RSVP
To be manually invited to join the Economics Community of Practice Gov TEAMS channel please reply to maskedeconomist@finance.gov.au with the subject heading: Request to join CoP GovTEAMS
A link to the recording of this event can be accessed via the Economics Community of Practice Gov TEAMS channel
If you have any questions please reach out to the maskedeconomist@finance.gov.au