Observatory of Public Sector Innovation https://oecd-opsi.org/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:14:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Where are we now? Latvia’s public sector innovation laboratory https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/where-are-we-now-latvias-public-sector-innovation-laboratory/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/where-are-we-now-latvias-public-sector-innovation-laboratory/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:26:34 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45608 In the past three years, the Latvian State Chancellery’s Innovation Laboratory, with the assistance of the OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation, has strengthened its efforts to improve public sector innovation in Latvia. As 2026 marks the KPIs and deliverables for improving operational capacity being reached and exceeded, this blog reflects on Latvia’s recent work and offers a perspective on how to adapt future work to accommodate the increasing demand for strategic design support. “In...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/where-are-we-now-latvias-public-sector-innovation-laboratory/feed/ 0 OECD Call for Government Innovations: Deadline extended to 14 April! https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-call-for-government-innovations-2026-edition/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-call-for-government-innovations-2026-edition/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:12:42 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45241 Want to share your innovative work with a global audience? Submit your government innovation by 14 April and help inspire others around the world!    The OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) is excited to launch the 8th Call for Government Innovations!  As the world changes – from advances in technology to shifts in citizens’ expectations – government changes. This global call will help to identify and share the innovations enabling governments to meet citizens needs in a fast-paced world.    What are we looking for?    The call is open to examples of innovation in government that meet...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-call-for-government-innovations-2026-edition/feed/ 0 Evolving innovation for humanitarian responses with a portfolio approach: insights from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/evolving-innovation-for-humanitarian-responses/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/evolving-innovation-for-humanitarian-responses/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:18:34 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45063 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 Development Office (FCDO) on mapping and advancing the humanitarian research and...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/evolving-innovation-for-humanitarian-responses/feed/ 0 From Recommendations to Real Change: How the Innovation Booster Helps Public Servants Transform Services  https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/from-recommendations-to-real-change-how-the-innovation-booster-helps-public-servants-transform-services/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/from-recommendations-to-real-change-how-the-innovation-booster-helps-public-servants-transform-services/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:45:22 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45089 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 the Recommendation on Human-Centred Public Administrative Services. Its ambition...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/from-recommendations-to-real-change-how-the-innovation-booster-helps-public-servants-transform-services/feed/ 0 Creating meaningful participation and building trust: The journey of Brasil Participativo https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/creating-meaningful-participation-brazil/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/creating-meaningful-participation-brazil/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:17:23 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45025 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 Network Communication,...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/creating-meaningful-participation-brazil/feed/ 0 How can we engage the general public, particularly actors involved in public policies, in common data spaces? Insights from Ecolab (France) https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/how-can-we-engage-the-general-public-france/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/how-can-we-engage-the-general-public-france/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:03:38 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45015 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 innovation challenge...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/how-can-we-engage-the-general-public-france/feed/ 0 “It Will Never Work.” And Yet It Did: How We Built a Real IT Community at INPS (Italy) https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/it-will-never-work-and-yet-it-did-italy/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/it-will-never-work-and-yet-it-did-italy/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:39:07 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=45002 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 Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/it-will-never-work-and-yet-it-did-italy/feed/ 0 ELA 360: Humanizing public services through collaborative innovation in Andalucia (Spain) https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/ela-360-humanizing-public-services/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/ela-360-humanizing-public-services/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:33:49 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44999 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...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/ela-360-humanizing-public-services/feed/ 0 Shaping the Future of Policy with Behavioural Science: Key Takeaways from the 9th OECD BRAIN Meeting https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/shaping-the-future-of-policy-with-behavioural-science/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/shaping-the-future-of-policy-with-behavioural-science/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:28:04 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44980 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 Action...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/shaping-the-future-of-policy-with-behavioural-science/feed/ 0 Closing the Gender Digital Divide: A Mission-Readiness Exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean   https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/closing-the-gender-digital-divide-a-mission-readiness-exploration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/closing-the-gender-digital-divide-a-mission-readiness-exploration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:27:36 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44899 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 exploring how such concepts practically apply across high,...

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