Sixth session of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies
10 - 11 October 2013
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Introduction
The objectives of the sixth session were to discuss and address topical, substantive issues related to the programme of work of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies (TOS-ICP), review the outputs and activities carried out since the fifth session, including in conjunction with other relevant thematic areas under the UNECE Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration (CECI), review the implementation plan for the remainder of 2013, and make proposals for the programme of work in the next biennium 2014-2015.
Substantive segment:
Innovation in the public sector plays an increasingly important role in today’s world. A world where the public sector at national, regional and local level is under pressure to find new ways of delivering better public goods and services with fewer resources. But also a world where the rapid pace of innovation in many fields creates tremendous opportunities for improving the cost-effectiveness and impact of the public sector, including through new ways of cooperation with the private sector.
Documents
Presentations
| Session title and speaker's name | Presentation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION 1. PROMOTING PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION: MAIN ISSUES AND POLICY CHALLENGES | |||
| Dennis Leyden, Professor, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA | |||
| Tomasz Jerzyniak, Coordinator of the European Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard, DG Enterprise, European Commission | |||
| Alexander Heichlinger, Manager European Public Sector Award (EPSA), European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) | |||
| Peter Gruenenfelder, President of the Swiss State Chancellors Association and Secretary General, Swiss Society of Administrative Sciences, Switzerland | |||
| Jakob Schjørring, Project manager, MindLab, Denmark | |||
| SESSION 2. NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND GOOD PRACTICES | |||
| Melani Oliver, Director for Local Government Innovation, NESTA, United Kingdom | |||
| Françoise Waintrop, Chef de la mission, Méthodes d'écoute et d'innovation, Service Innovation, Secrétariat Général de la Modernisation de l'Action Publique, France | |||
| Irene Ek, Policy Analyst, Swedish Agency for Growth Analysis, Sweden | |||
| Adriana Alberti, Senior Officer, Division for Public Administration and Development Management,United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs | |||
| Igor Yegorov, Deputy Director, Institute for Economics and Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine | |||
| SESSION 3. CASE STUDIES IN SPECIFIC SECTORS AND METHODS | |||
| Stela Mocan, Executive Director, eGovernment Center, Government of the Republic of Moldova | |||
| Antonello Zanfei, Professor, Urbino University, and Manager, Technology Adoption and Innovation in Public Services (TAIPS) project, Italy | |||
| Ailbhe McNabola, Director of Policy and Research, Design Council, United Kingdom | |||
| Hannes Leo, CEO, cbased, Austria | |||
| Matt Poelmans, Director, BurgerVisie, Netherlands | |||