Innovation Portfolios Archives - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/category/innovation-portfolios/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:03:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 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 Missions & Transitions: Insights from the Netherlands https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/missions-transitions-insights-from-the-netherlands/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/missions-transitions-insights-from-the-netherlands/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:55:10 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=44452 Systemic challenges like climate change, sustainable agriculture, and a future-proof and digital economy require governments to go beyond traditional approaches. At RVO, the Netherlands Entreprise Agency, we’ve embraced transition management and mission portfolio management to guide our role in these dynamic transitions. Our journey in operationalising these approaches has shown us that addressing complex societal challenges requires more than predefined frameworks or traditional approaches. By combining adaptive structures, continuous learning processes, and collaborative engagement, we...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/missions-transitions-insights-from-the-netherlands/feed/ 0 OECD Gov2Gov Innovation Incubator: Submit your innovation challenge https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/gov2gov-innovation-incubator-challenge/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:17:17 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=38926 Years of experience of working with governments on harnessing innovation in the public sector have shown that innovation challenges are often common across governments. By the same coin, many governments have experiences of successfully overcoming a comparative challenge. They can act as beacons, shedding light and expediting innovation learnings and solutions. To bring a collaborative and transformative leap in overcoming innovation obstacles, the OECD is launching a Government-to-Government (Gov2Gov) Innovation Incubator from October 2024 to...

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]]> Innovation Portfolio Management in the Public, Non-profit Sector https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-portfolio-management-public-non-profit-sector/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-portfolio-management-public-non-profit-sector/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:33:42 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=38145 A matter of methods, mindsets, and mechanisms. Why innovation portfolio management? Innovation Portfolio Management has long been used by the private sector to improve returns on investments. The potential of using the same approach to improve social returns is huge. A growing number of OECD Member countries and organisations in the international development sector are exploring innovation portfolio management. Follow, for example, the exciting work of OECD-OPSI, OECD INDEF, CGIAR, UNDP, UNICEF and others. Based...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-portfolio-management-public-non-profit-sector/feed/ 0 From scattered to strategic: Iceland’s evolving innovation portfolio for international development – Part 2 https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/iceland-innovation-portfolio/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:15:43 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=37414 This is the second post of a series on innovation portfolio management for international development organisation. In the first article we laid out our approach to designing tailored innovation portfolio management models and approaches for development funders. In this post, we share insights from our collaboration on innovation portfolio management with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland. Iceland: A small but energetic player For most development organisations and funders, innovation remains a sprawling collection of...

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]]> Innovation Portfolio Management for International Development Organisations – Part 1  https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-portfolio-for-development-part1/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:12:06 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=36867 Innovation portfolio management enables not only commercial actors but also public sector organisations to systematically manage and prioritise innovation activities according to concurrent and diverse purposes and priorities. It is a core component of a comprehensive approach to innovation management and a condition to assess the social return of investment across an entire portfolio. The OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) has worked in this space for a number of years. By gathering the...

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]]> The Innovation Barometer: Measuring innovation in Finland https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-barometer-finland/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-barometer-finland/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=35852 Finland conducted its first public sector innovation barometer in the Central Government. The results are in and once again reaffirm that Finland gets many things right. 93% of organisations innovated during 2020-21. Innovation activities are motivated in particular by the needs of citizens and clients, productivity and new technologies. Drivers of innovation activities are also reflected in individual innovations and their effects. Innovation Barometer: what and why? The Innovation Barometer is the world’s first official...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-barometer-finland/feed/ 0 Orientation Failure? Why Directionality Matters in Innovation Policy and Implementation https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/orientation-failure-why-directionality-matters-in-innovation-policy-and-implementation/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/orientation-failure-why-directionality-matters-in-innovation-policy-and-implementation/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:08:55 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=27619 This blog is part of a series introducing the OECD Mission Action Lab (MAL), an initiative supporting countries to turn mission-oriented innovation into action. Find out more about the OECD Mission Action Lab or contact us at missionlab@oecd.org. The Unevenly Distributed Future Picture two mules and a wooden wagon right next to a space rocket. Now picture a world in which the richest 1% have more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people,...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/orientation-failure-why-directionality-matters-in-innovation-policy-and-implementation/feed/ 0 Mission-oriented Innovation in Healthcare: Applying Missions to Beat Cancer https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/mission-oriented-innovation-in-healthcare-applying-missions-to-beat-cancer/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/mission-oriented-innovation-in-healthcare-applying-missions-to-beat-cancer/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:52:34 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=27581 Individualised cancer care, better screening, translational research and improved treatment: countries across the EU are on a mission to beat cancer. In 2019, Sweden launched Vision Zero Cancer, a national mission to combat cancer. It relies on mission-oriented innovation, a policy approach that engages stakeholders and citizens across disciplines and sectors to define the actions and strategies required to achieve this goal. The mission is financially supported by the Swedish Innovation Agency, Vinnova.  In 2021,...

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]]> https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/mission-oriented-innovation-in-healthcare-applying-missions-to-beat-cancer/feed/ 0 2021: A Year in Review at OPSI https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/2021-a-year-in-review-at-opsi/ https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/2021-a-year-in-review-at-opsi/#respond Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:02:47 +0000 https://oecd-opsi.org/?p=27479 2021 was yet another busy year at OPSI! As the rate and complexity of global challenges increases, so does our work. In cooperation with partners and counterparts, we complete another successful year of leveraging our expertise in global trends, public sector innovation systems, transformative technology and innovation skills, processes and methods. We held over 50 workshops, webinars and events Issued 13 reports Published 46 blogs And held hundreds meetings to drive the point home: that...

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