Interview with CIO Dr Martin Hagen: “When it comes to the digitalisation of public administration, people often focus solely on the technological aspect”

Dr Martin Hagen has been the Green Party State Councillor for Budget, Human Resources and Digitalisation within the Finance Department of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen since 1 August 2020. A graduate in computer science, he began his career with the Senator for Finance in the field of IT and digitalisation in 2001. In conversation with VdZ, he discussed, amongst other things, the OZG service ELFE, which enables parents to submit digital applications for child benefit and parental allowance; recruitment of young talent for the public sector; and what remote leadership means during the pandemic.

Read the full interview with CIO Dr Martin Hagen