The Knowledge Platform with the working title of 'ERA-volution' is a community space for dialogue on current EU initiatives between policy makers and stakeholders in Slovenia in the fields of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. In this way, we aim to strengthen the co-design and joint implementation of policies in these areas, to support cooperation of Slovenian stakeholders in EU initiatives, and effectively promote synergies between the fields.
Innovation Tag: People Networks/Communities of Practice
The Women in Rural Brazil website offers gender-strategic information to subsidize innovation projects and development initiatives whose goal is to improve the quality of life of women living in rural areas of Brazil. Approximately one million women manage agricultural enterprises and 4,5 million work in the agricultural and livestock sector. Although these women constitute a large demographic group, there is still very little research, development and innovation projects which target their…
Case Study
A network-based Competence Centre for Sustainable and Innovative public procurement in Finland
The Finish Government established a network-based Competence Centre for Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement (KEINO) in 2018. The Centre provides, free of charge, advisory services to public procurers, promotes the strategic importance of procurement competencies in public management, facilitates creation of buyers’ groups among procurers, and disseminates information and good practices. The network consists of five public organisations.
The Secretariat for Management - SEGES (Secretaria de Gestão) provides an inter-institutional cooperation environment for the implementation of the TransformaGov.BR Programme (Programa TransformaGov.BR) through the creation of a collaborative network in the states. The TransformaGov.BR Network brings together representatives of agencies and entities that have units outside Brasília with the objective of promoting the exchange of experiences, leveling governance and management practices and…
The Greek education system needs about 50,000 substitute teachers every year to staff schools. In order to begin teaching, these teachers have to travel to their district education headquarters to sign their one year contract with the state. Through the Substitute Teachers Platform, the contract is signed digitally, avoiding unnecessary travelling and allowing for the necessary information systems of the public administration to be updated in an interoperable way. This innovation thus saves…
Emilia-Romagna’s Digital Agenda led a significant innovation process for public administration decision-making. The process resulted in a co-design phase with local administrations to structure and publish online the first geo-referenced regional Observatory on ultra-broadband connectivity in Italy. Multi-stakeholder participation made it possible to identify and highlight the various strengths and weaknesses of the tool, enabling its optimisation.
The Local Wealth Building Challenge Fund is designed to provide financial and non-financial support to develop new products and services to tackle challenges. One aspect of this Challenge Fund which is unusual is the focus on developing innovations that will be procured by the challenge holder, providing additional incentives and focus. Public and third sector organizations often have issues that can be solved not by getting new skills or more workers, but by being innovative. The Challenge…
CopiCola tackles the problem of knowledge loss in the public sector by investing in the registration of initiatives that can inspire civil servants, facilitate processes and reduce risks. The programme identifies, records and disseminates innovative practices with the potential to be adopted in different public management contexts. Knowledge is passed from civil servant to civil servant, facilitating the connection between actors and enhancing learning from the cases recorded.
Implemented in 2021, the Identification Card of the Person with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Carteira de Identificação da Pessoa com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (CIPTEA), is a digital and/or physical document, which aims to facilitate and enable people with autism to receive comprehensive care and priority care to public and private services. The Card is a fundamental instrument to guarantee rights, since it avoids constraints due to the different characteristics and behaviors that are not…
„Gemeinsam Digital: Berlin“(Together Digital: Berlin) combines the digital and smart city strategies. We define smart as solving future challenges in creative, open, experimental and participatory ways. This strategy helps to establish new work approaches, agile methods, competence building, and a systematic knowledge transfer between the administration and its inhabitants. By aligning technologies, methods, and cultural processes, it supports existing strategies to reach their respective…