Rising areas of challenge in a changing local government landscape

Significant times of change lie ahead for local government. Over the coming years, local government leaders – politicians, Chief Executives, Finance Directors and their respective management teams – will be faced with difficult decisions regarding the very purpose of the local authority, which services are core and non-core, and in what ‘organisational shape’ to move forward.

In this environment, managing greater risk and uncertainty will be a critical challenge.

   » New World of Risk Executive Summary

This paper is a companion paper to the Briefing Paper Building Resilience: developing a ‘whole risk’ approach to managing risk and uncertainty, where Zurich Municipal outlines the appropriate response to this new world of risk; an integrated approach to managing risk that focusses on building resilience.

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