The Data Science Accelerator is a capability-building programme which gives analysts from across the UK public sector the opportunity to develop their data science skills. Aspiring data scientists work on a project of real business value, supported by an experienced mentor. Graduates of the programme take their new-found skills back to their respective organisations.
Innovation Tag: Public Service Delivery
The establishment of the Civil Service Management Board (CSMB) was a pivotal step in setting the future direction of strategic leadership in the Irish civil service. The CSMB enabled all Secretaries General/Heads of Offices, for the first time, to meet collectively to have strategic discussions on issues affecting all Government Departments and Offices. The CSMB implements the Civil Service Renewal Plan (CSRP), which seeks to tackle the biggest challenges facing the Irish civil service.
Two decades ago, 80% of Indonesia’s timber exports consisted of illegally-sourced wood. In order to combat this problem and to promote more sustainable forest management, the Government of Indonesia developed an innovative multi-stakeholder approach to ensure that wood products and raw materials would only be obtained or come from sources whose origins and management were legal and sustainable. Thus, the Timber Legality Assurance System (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu – SVLK) was born.
Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced the as a measure to enhance the city’s age readiness by supporting the younger elderly. The plan is one of the SMG’s social innovation model that has transformed towards the convergence of public policies to utilize the 50+generation as a meaningful social capital to cope with the city’s aging issues.
“Kanyashree Prakalpa” (Kanya means daughter, Shree means prosperity) is a unique end-to-end ICT driven Conditional Cash Transfer programme- aims at improving lives of millions of adolescent girls having poor socioeconomic background through Educational, Social, Financial & Digital Empowerment. It has so far changed lives of 4.2 mn adolescent Girls in 4 years.
The Social Outcomes Fund (SOF), launched in 2012, was the world’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB) linked to government outcomes. This £20m fund catalysed the use of SIBs to address complex social issues in the UK by helping to align local and central government budgets. Today, the UK has had over 50 SIBs helping to improve people’s lives across the UK, and a substantial proportion of this growth has been stimulated by SOF.
The Health Office launched a partnership Strategy program to promote the uptake of midwives and health facilities, establishing a synergy between Shamans and Village Midwives. The results of this problem have cut by more than half the maternal mortality rate during child birth.
Insights.US is a tool that helps governments and cities obtain insights directly from their stakeholders, and update participants on their personal impact on the final decisions. This method makes the public be more engaged in the outcome of public governance.
Better Reykjavik is a co-creation project of the Citizens Foundation, Reykjavik City and its citizens that connects them and improves trust and policy.
It’s a platform for crowdsourcing solutions to urban challenges and has multiple democratic functions: Agenda setting, Participatory budgeting and Policymaking.
Innovations include unique debating system, crowd-sourcing, submission of multimedia content and extensive use of AI to improve the user experience as well as content submitted.