Updates on OPSI Archives - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/category/updates-on-the-opsi/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:45:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 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 Call for Interns: OECD Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division (INDIGO) https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/indigo-internships-autumn-2025/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/indigo-internships-autumn-2025/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:28:13 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44821 Are you eager to work on innovative and interesting projects, push the boundaries of what’s possible in the public sector, and help advance open and democratic societies? The OECD’s Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division (INDIGO) is searching for multiple talented individuals in pursuit of graduate degrees (e.g. master’s, PhD) to join our team for paid internships for the period of Autumn 2025 (six-month internship, with the possibility to extend up to 12 months). The...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/indigo-internships-autumn-2025/feed/ 0 Call for Co-Creation Bootcamp: Improving civic participation with emerging technologies https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/call-for-co-creation-bootcamp/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/call-for-co-creation-bootcamp/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:49:29 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44388 Are you passionate about the potential of emerging technologies for democracy? Do you want to co-create innovative solutions that address real-world challenges in civic participation? We are looking for developers, designers, researchers, or technologists to join public sector teams to jointly create solutions to civic participation challenges in our co-creation bootcamp in Lisbon from 26 to 27 February 2025. Regardless of your sector – including whether it be academia, a start-up or a civil society...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/call-for-co-creation-bootcamp/feed/ 0 Building Anticipatory Capacity in Governments: Reflections and resources from project LIMinal’s closing event https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/anticipatory-capacity-in-governments-resources/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/anticipatory-capacity-in-governments-resources/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:19:58 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44287 On October 1, 2024, the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) celebrated the conclusion of project LIMinal, a two-year initiative funded by the European Commission involving Lithuania, Italy, and Malta. This project focused on strengthening anticipatory innovation governance in these countries through the development of practical tools and resources, including a curriculum to foster futures-thinking and innovation capabilities among foresight practitioners, policymakers, and senior decision-makers in government. The closing event not only highlighted the...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/anticipatory-capacity-in-governments-resources/feed/ 0 The OECD Innovation Playbook Goes Digital: Virtual insights for real-world impact https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-innovation-playbook-goes-digital/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-innovation-playbook-goes-digital/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:25:09 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44184 “It’s nice in principle, but where do we start?” In our collaboration with countries, this is a question we often encountered in relation to the application of the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation. We learned that identifying the first step is often the hardest. In response, the OECD Innovation Playbook 1.0 was launched in 2022, offering public officials and managers a solid starting point to apply these principles effectively. Today, we’re excited to introduce...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/the-oecd-innovation-playbook-goes-digital/feed/ 0 OECD OPSI Call for Interns https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/oecd-opsi-call-for-interns-2024/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:04:21 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44017 Are you eager to work on innovative projects and push the boundaries of what’s possible in the public sector? The OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation is searching for multiple talented individuals to join our team for a six-month internship experience in Paris (with the possibility to extend to 12 months)!   The deadline for application is Sunday, 20 October, 2024, 23:59 CET (instructions below).   The OECD Internship Programme is designed to provide highly qualified and motivated students from diverse backgrounds the...

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]]> Innovation roundup: What is on the minds of public sector innovators in national governments right now? https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-roundup-what-is-on-the-minds-of-public-sector-innovators-in-national-governments-right-now/ Thu, 30 May 2024 11:35:33 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=43044 What is at the top of the minds of government officials working in public sector innovation? OPSI convenes a network of officials for the purpose of international exchange of practices, development of common guidance and principles among OECD Members, and identification of emerging topics faced by national governments in their innovation efforts. The OPSI National Contact Point meeting in April was one in a series of twice annual gatherings from national governments, represented by centres...

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]]> The Devious Dozen: 12 fallacies behind innovation lab “failures” https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/12-fallacies-innovation-labs/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/12-fallacies-innovation-labs/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 15:03:34 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=42857 Times are tough. Governments across the globe need to find ways to keep up with ever-faster changing times, move beyond the constraints of traditional approaches, and leverage innovation to improve public policies and services. One way many governments have sought to advance innovation was by establishing public sector innovation labs over the past 20 years or so. In our first post we outlined the main purposes and learnings of public innovation labs. In this post,...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/12-fallacies-innovation-labs/feed/ 0 Towards a Futures Guidebook: A customisable curriculum for anticipatory governance https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/towards-an-anticipatory-guidebook/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:16:43 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=42664 The need for strategic foresight and anticipatory governance cannot be overstated. Governments worldwide are grappling with the challenge of preparing for future uncertainties while ensuring their policies and strategies are resilient and adaptive. The OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) is working to develop a curriculum and guidebook to bolster anticipatory governance capabilities based on our ongoing learnings from project LIMinal, with the governments of Lithuania, Italy, and Malta. Our team extensively reviewed examples...

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]]> Rehearsing the future: Turning anticipation into action in Sweden https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/rehearsing-the-future-in-sweden/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:09:30 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=42295 Innovation has always happened in the public sector and often in response to crises. Necessity is the mother of invention and crises force governments to act and innovate as we go, but who is capturing those insights, adapting dynamically, and changing the way “business as usual” is carried out in the public sector? As a recent experience revealed in Sweden, for successful proactive and anticipatory governance, suspension of disbelief and rehearsal are key, as are...

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