Publication Category: Innovative Capacity

Governments must innovate if they are to be effective. This report explores the past, present and possible future journey of the innovation system of the Brazilian public service. It outlines a systemic approach for innovation to mitigate existing biases, and identifies a range of options for the development of a consistent, deliberate and reliable approach to innovation in the public service of Brazil.

Governments require a systemic approach to public sector innovation to develop and deliver novel solutions that meet the existing and emergent needs of citizens. This report looks at the experience and context of the Public Service of Canada, where significant emphasis has been placed on innovation, and proposes a new public sector innovation system model to assist Canada and other countries.

To meet public policy challenges – continued fiscal pressures, rising public expectations, more complex public policy issues – there is a fundamental need to increase the level of innovation within the public sector of OECD countries and EU states.

Public sector innovation does not happen by itself: problems need to be identified and ideas translated into projects that can be tested, implemented and shared. Drawing on country approaches compiled and analysed by the OECD-OPSI, the report presents a framework for collecting and examining data on the ability of central government to foster public sector innovation.

The annual trends report by the OECD-OPSI and the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) provides a global overview of new ways in which governments are transforming the lives of their people. The report was published in conjunction with the 2017 World Government Summit.