Success factors of Government Innovation Labs
Alexander Grünwald from GovLabAustria provides his reflections on the three success factors outlined above and how they are incorporated in the work of GovLabAustria.
Circling back to the benefits of a Circular Economy
We spoke with Cynthia Reynolds about the avenues through which Circular Regions support digital infrastructure and approaches to help both urban and rural communities make the shift from a linear to a circular economy.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA AWARDS 2021
The iValues Awards 2021 received 279 project submissions from all over the MENA region – more than anyone expected. We are excited to see such an outstanding number of participants and have now invited citizen
The key success factors of Government Innovation Labs
Government Innovation Labs (GIL) use creativity as well as systematic innovation processes and projects to find solutions to problems citizens and public administration face.
What is political innovation? 11 experts share their perspective
We invited eleven innovation-driven project owners, local changemakers and best practice creators to share their views on what constitutes political innovation today.
ProxyAddress: Lifeline for UK’s homeless
ProxyAddress, winner of The Innovation in Politics Award 2020 in the category Human Rights, gives UK’s homeless their lives back by giving them an address. We spoke with architect Chris Hildrey about how he came up with the idea and how not even a pandemic could stop him from making the project come to life.
Join the 1,000 jurors who choose the best political innovations in Europe
We’ve asked our Innovation in Politics Awards jurors why they joined the Jury. Here’s why you should become a juror, too!
4 projects that foster equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community
During Pride Month 2021, we look at four projects from our Showroom of innovative political practice, that promote inclusive rights.
This municipal farm changed the eating habits of a whole community
We spoke with Gilles Pérole, Mayor of Mouans-Sartoux, and Léa Sturton, Head of the sustainable food department in the municipality of Mouans-Sartoux, about what it takes to change the eating habits of a whole community.
Political Intrapreneurship: Stage 1 – Understanding the party as a system
If Political Entrepreneurs do not fully understand critical aspects of the political system they want to disrupt, they will fail. And by understanding I mean a deep intellectual and emotional appreciation; an intimacy that is comparable to love – even though sometimes mixed with hate for some aspects of it.
The art of Fluid Thinking: Healing Cities one waterscape at a time
Today in times of climate crisis and loss of nature we need to expand. We must reinvent landscape architecture and grasp it in a more modern inclusive way.
Political Intrapreneurship: An Introduction
Political parties are the most complex social organisations on earth. They are among the most long-lived, and among the most structurally conservative. All those attributes are the reason why political parties are incredibly hard to innovate.
