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AI training for the Public Sector
Public authorities and local councils face a double squeeze: the digitalisation of public services is accelerating while skilled staff are scarce and caseloads keep rising. Generative AI can noticeably relieve caseworkers – drafting decisions and replies to citizens, summarising submissions in public consultations, turning official language into plain language and preparing committee and council papers. AI assistants also help staff navigate legislation and administrative guidelines more quickly. At the same time, the public sector faces particularly high standards for lawfulness, transparency, data protection and IT security. Introducing AI means building approval rules, record-keeping duties and final human decision-making into the process from day one.
Who is this course for?
- Caseworkers in federal, regional and local government
- Managers of departments and public agencies
- Digital transformation and e-government leads
- Staff in citizen service centres and contact centres
- Committee and council secretariat staff
Typical challenges we address
- Rising caseloads combined with staff shortages
- Complex legislation and administrative rules that change frequently
- Citizen communication that must be legally sound yet easy to understand
- Media breaks between specialist systems, electronic files and paper records
Practical scenarios from your field
Drafting decisions and letters
Using standard clauses, the facts of the case and the relevant legal provision, AI drafts hearing letters, statements of reasons or requests for documents, which caseworkers review, adapt and sign off under their own responsibility.
Answering citizen enquiries
An AI assistant drafts replies to frequent enquiries by email or web form, points to the responsible office and online services and keeps a friendly, accessible tone.
Plain language and translation
Leaflets, form guidance and web content are rewritten in plain or easy-read language and translated into common languages, improving accessibility of public services. Technical terms are explained as well.
Analysing public consultations
Large numbers of submissions from citizens and statutory consultees are grouped by topic, summarised and transferred into a response table that serves as the basis for professional assessment.
Committee papers and minutes
AI helps structure decision papers, condenses expert reports into status updates and turns notes into structured minutes for committees and council meetings. Proposed resolutions are kept clearly separate from the facts.
Preparing procurement documents
Specifications, selection criteria and award matrices are pre-structured from requirement descriptions and checked for completeness; legal responsibility under procurement law remains with the contracting authority.
Possible hands-on projects
Deadline and follow-up board
A simple internal tool that records cases with deadlines, shows follow-ups due and gives teams a shared overview of pending processing steps.
Standard clause assistant
A small app that makes approved standard clauses searchable and assembles a draft letter from selected clauses and case data.
Consultation clusterer
A tool that imports submissions, groups them by theme and exports a table with summaries and source references for the assessment.
All 15 courses for the Public Sector
AI for business (12)
- ChatGPT for the Public Sector
- Claude for the Public Sector
- Microsoft 365 Copilot for the Public Sector
- Google Gemini for the Public Sector
- AI Agents for the Public Sector
- Prompt Engineering for the Public Sector
- Generative AI for the Public Sector
- n8n for the Public Sector
- Make for the Public Sector
- Perplexity for the Public Sector
- Mistral Le Chat for the Public Sector
- EU AI Act & AI Compliance for the Public Sector
Vibe & agentic coding (3)
Data protection & compliance
Administrative and citizen data is subject to the GDPR, national data protection law and, where applicable, social security or tax secrecy; AI may only be used in approved, secure environments and not for automated individual decisions without a legal basis. The EU AI Act, e-government legislation, procurement law and staff council participation must also be observed.
Prerequisites
Experience with administrative procedures and casework; no technical background required.
Frequently asked questions
May a public authority produce decisions with AI?
AI may prepare drafts, but the decision and signature remain with the responsible officer. Fully automated administrative acts are only permitted with an explicit legal basis and no discretion involved. The course shows how to review AI drafts in a documented way to ensure lawfulness and traceability.
Which AI tools are suitable for public administration?
Suitable tools are those your organisation has cleared for data protection and security, such as AI assistants provided centrally by government IT or enterprise editions with EU data processing. The course is tool-neutral and teaches working methods that transfer to whichever tools are approved in your authority.
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