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Key findings of the research paper include: Co-operation with the private sector is an increasingly apolitical issue because of the growing pressures to reduce costs and improve service quality. Service improvements are becoming as important a motivation for relationships with the private sector as cost-cutting. The Internet will affect government as profoundly as the private sector. Governments are turning to innovative deal structures to cope with a rapidly changing environment. This is in response to the pressures for better service and the need to take a broader view of risk and return. Civil servants must learn new skills to manage these new structures. This research paper will help you to: Assess which traditional government services can be outsourced to the private sector. Understand the particular demands of public-private partnerships. Choose the most appropriate partnership structure. Develop the skills required to manage a flatter, more virtual organisation. Discover how the 12 pioneers of private sector co-operation. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the UK and the US. are managing partnerships and exploring new forms of co-operation. Manage your staff and internal knowledge to make these partnerships run smoothly and efficiently. This report will benefit anyone with strategic involvement in government services, either within or outside government: Senior civil servants engaged in procurement, outsourcing, public sector reform or operations management Private sector executives providing products or services to government