Statements of Strategy

This is the Statement of Strategy for the Office of Public Works (OPW) for the period 2023-2026. As per the provisions of the Public Service Management Act 1997, following the appointment of a new senior Minister at our parent department, Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform (DPENDPDR) in December 2022, the OPW has re-evaluated its Statement of Strategy which was drawn up in 2021. This new Strategy sets out our vision, mission, our purpose and our values. It updates our strategic objectives and priorities and reasserts the themes that will inform our work over the next three-year period.

This is the Statement of Strategy for the Office of Public Works for the period 2021–2024. It sets out our vision, mission, our purpose and our values. It describes the current environment in which our specialist and public services are to be delivered. It identifies a number of underlying themes that will inform our work over the three-year period and is the foundation for our three year business plans that will outline the actions we will take, to achieve our four strategic objectives.

The overriding commitment in the mission statement to providing “effective, sustainable, responsive and innovative services to the public and to our clients, with competence, dedication, professionalism and integrity.”

The government is committed to public sector reform leading to a public service that is better integrated, responsive, efficient and more focused on strategic goals, on service users and on reducing the cost of delivering public services. The OPW's Statement of Strategy outlines our contribution to these reforms over this period

The Office of Public Works aims to play a significant role in delivering modern public services more efficiently and more imaginatively, over the course of this 3-year plan.

Change and modernisation are strong themes throughout the Strategy.

The OPW is determined to succeed in an era of change and to continue to position itself at the centre of its area of remit as an organisation offering excellence to all its customers and to government.

The strategy for the three years ahead sets out what needs to be achieved, how to marshal resources and how to deal with the opportunities and threats faced by the Office of Public Works.