Publications

Complexity is a core feature of most policy issues today and in this context traditional analytical tools and problem-solving methods no longer work. This report explores how systems approaches can be used in the public sector to solve complex or “wicked” problems . The report discusses the need for systems thinking in the public sector; identifies tactics that can be employed by government agencies to work towards systems change; and provides an in-depth examination of how systems…

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 OECD and the European Commission supported a series of studies to better understand the innovation process. This study looks at the aspects and core processes of finding and filtering ideas in 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.

The OECD and the European Commission supported a series of studies to better understand the innovation process. The intent of this study is to explore how public sector organisations and public servants can start the innovation process with a stronger understanding of where they actually need to innovate.

The public sector has to become more innovative if it is to tackle today’s complex challenges and meet changing expectations. But becoming truly innovative requires deep and broad changes to organisational culture and operations. Drawing on evidence emerging from OECD-OPSI ’s collection of innovative practices from around the world, the report looks at how to create a government where innovation is encouraged and nurtured.