{"id":27691,"date":"2022-03-21T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T08:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oecd-opsi.org\/?post_type=work-area&p=27691"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:45:55","slug":"innovative-capacity","status":"publish","type":"work-area","link":"https:\/\/oecd-opsi.org\/work-areas\/innovative-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strengthening<\/span> government capacity<\/span> to innovate<\/h2>

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About Innovative Capacity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPSI undertakes country studies and action-oriented work in order to help governments better understand how to strengthen their innovative capacity to meet national and global goals.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Integrating innovative capacity across public systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Innovation is a strategic function that cannot exist in isolation from broader public sector governance. For innovative practice to be successful, it must be integrated across existing functions and mechanisms of government \u2013 be it regulatory policy, budgeting, audit, digitalisation or human resource management. Such elements can enabler, hinder or influence the way innovation takes shape as well as the capacity for governments to innovate. Governments need to move away from viewing innovation as a sporadic activity and instead treat innovation as a strategic and explicit approach, to be systemically embedded it into the very foundations of the public sector system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Like the human body, which is made up of many biological systems and muscles, innovation can be viewed as a key muscle that needs to be trained and developed to support other existing elements which collectively contribute to the effective function of the whole system.”<\/em>
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A systems-approach to public sector innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OPSI\u2019s Innovative Capacity Systemic Framework provides a practical and systemic framework and guidelines to make innovation an integral part of policy making and administration. It helps governments to understand, evaluate, monitor and enhance their innovative capacity, ultimately aiding in their ability to adapt to changing environments and deliver more impactful and sustainable policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Framework takes a systemic view of the elements within a public sector system, including the individual and organisational actors as well as elements taking place at the system or broader environmental levels. The Framework and analysis rests on four focus areas:\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n