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This is the third blog of a series on innovation portfolio management for international development organisations. The first blog outlined our approach to designing tailored innovation portfolio management approaches for development funders. The second blog shared insights from our collaboration on innovation portfolio management with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland. This third blog summarises key takeaways from our collaboration with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and…

A challenge every government faces  Every citizen has a story about a time when public services felt distant, bureaucratic, or designed for the system rather than for them. We’ve all been there — facing a form we can’t understand, an office we can’t access, or a process that seems to serve itself rather than its purpose.  Governments across the OECD know this too. That is why, one year ago, OECD countries came together to adopt…

This blog is part of a series on the experiences and results of the government teams which participated as “challenge owners” in the OECD Gov2Gov Innovation Incubator. They were prepared by the teams themselves in order to offer first-hand accounts of their expectations, learnings, pain points, and overall assessment of the initiative. Written by Mayara Soares Faria, International Advisor; Ricardo Poppi, Product Manager; & Carla de Paiva Bezerra, Director of Digital Participation and…

This blog is part of a series on the experiences and results of the government teams which participated as “challenge owners” in the OECD Gov2Gov Innovation Incubator. They were prepared by the teams themselves in order to offer first-hand accounts of their expectations, learnings, pain points, and overall assessment of the initiative. Written by Paul GRIGNON, Project manager Data-AI & Behavioral Science at Ecolab (CGDD/SRI), French Ministry of Ecological Transition. This was the…

This blog is part of a series on the experiences and results of the government teams which participated as “challenge owners” in the OECD Gov2Gov Innovation Incubator. They were prepared by the teams themselves in order to offer first-hand accounts of their expectations, learnings, pain points, and overall assessment of the initiative. This blog was written by Emanuele Colini, Manager “Agile Enablement & Delivery”, Direzione Centrale Tecnologia, Informatica e Innovazione, Istituto…

This blog is part of a series on the experiences and results of the government teams which participated as “challenge owners” in the OECD Gov2Gov Innovation Incubator. They were prepared by the teams themselves in order to offer first-hand accounts of their expectations, learnings, pain points, and overall assessment of the initiative. This blog was written by the team at the General Secretariat for Public Administration of the Regional Government of Andalusia. From September 2024...

Around the world, governments are adapting to a rapidly evolving policy environment shaped by new technologies, rising citizen expectations and complex social and economic pressures. These changes demand more than good intentions or strong policy design on paper; they require deep understanding of how people actually experience government in their everyday lives.  That’s why more than 180 delegates from 44 countries came together in Paris for the 9th meeting of the Behavioural Research in…

What conditions need to be in place to consider a mission-oriented innovation approach in a low or middle-income country? How can policy makers assess government capabilities, innovation ecosystem maturity and the international development cooperation sector dynamics to take informed decisions related to mission-oriented innovation? As the interest in mission-oriented innovation is growing among policymakers worldwide and in the development cooperation sector, there is a growing appetite in…

Are you eager to work on innovative and interesting projects, push the boundaries of what’s possible in the public sector, and help advance open and democratic societies? The OECD’s Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division (INDIGO) is searching for multiple talented individuals in pursuit of graduate degrees (e.g. master’s, PhD) to join our team for paid internships for the period of Autumn 2025 (six-month internship, with the possibility to extend up to 12 months). The...

This blog post is part of a series on public sector innovation skills and applied capabilities, focusing on the conceptualisation of public sector innovation skills and applied capabilities, the practical pathways for development within the constraints of public administrations, and the connection between innovation skills and meaningful public sector transformation and impact on strategic goals and policy priorities.  Innovation is fundamental to our role as civil servants in the UK. Whether…