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COVID-19: Innovative responses update #9

Call for Innovative Government Responses to COVID-19

This is our ninth update about innovative responses (including public sector innovation, digital government or open government) being undertaken

Launch | Global Trends 2020: Innovative Responses to COVID-19

Under normal circumstances, the OPSI and the UAE Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government

What can public sector governance learn from three stone cutters?

The world is facing major societal challenges such as climate change, health and digital transformation. Rapid advances in technology are

Anticipatory Innovation Governance in Gipuzkoa

Future-oriented change in an environment of radical democracy Over the past few months, we have been

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Innovative Covid-19 Responses

Governments are working hard to rally resources and unify experts from across sectors and

Anticipatory Innovation Governance

AI holds great promise for the public sector, and governments are in a unique

OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation

The OECD Declaration puts the spotlight on innovation The OECD Declaration is an official

Public Sector Innovation Facets

A diamond shape made up of four smaller diamonds. The point of the diamond on the left points towards the words certainty and exploiting/incremental. The point of the diamond on the right points towards the words Uncertainty and exploring/radical. The point of the diamond at the top points to the words Directed and shaping/top-down. The point of the diamond at the bottom points to the words Undirected and responding/bottom-up. The four smaller diamonds are all labelled. the one on the left being 'Enhancement-oriented innovation', the one at the bottom 'Adaptive innovation', the one at the top 'Mission-oriented innovation', the one on the right 'Anticipatory innovation'. The four smaller diamond shapes are separate from each other by an X shape. In the words between each of the diamonds, are descriptions. Between Enhancment-oriented innovation and mission-oriented innovation there is 'sustaining change', between mission-oriented innovation and anticipatory innovation there is 'transformative change', between anticipatory innovation and adaptive innovation there is 'disruptive change', and between adaptive innovation and enhancement-oriented innovation there is optimising change.

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) sees public sector innovation as a 'many-splendoured'

Country Studies

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) undertakes country studies in order to help

Innovation Lifecycle

The innovation lifecycle is an attempt to understand the different stages of the public

Toolkit Navigator

What is the OPSI Toolkit Navigator? Toolkits are a great way to share innovative