July 2010
The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD presented Sylda Langford, Chair, CIB with a Public Service Excellence Award this month at Dublin Castle. The award was made to CIB for the losingyourjob.ie website. The site was developed to help people who have lost their job or are being put on reduced working hours to get clear, comprehensive information about their rights and entitlements.
The website takes a fully integrated, life event approach to the information surrounding job loss, connecting people to all the public services involved and providing a comprehensive, one-stop guide to the services available. It was a finalist at the European eGovernment Awards last year.
The Taoiseach's Awards take place every two years and are designed to showcase and celebrate public service projects that make a particular difference to the way the citizen can avail of services. The Awards promote innovation and excellence and the creative use of resources.
Speaking at the award ceremony the Taoiseach said: "success requires leaders who champion change on their own initiative - individual public servants and teams of public servants - who see how their work can be redesigned in a more effective and efficient manner, and who drive that change. It will also require public servants, as managers and colleagues, who embrace and foster innovation and change."
Pictured: Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD presenting Sylda Langford, Chair, CIB with a Public Service Excellence Award
