
The Innovation in Politics Awards 2020
Become a part of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2020 and help us to improve politics and democracy in Europe. Nominate a project! Become a juror! Spread the word!

Political strategy powerhouse formed in Vienna
Act.Now and The Innovation in Politics Institute are merging into one company. From now on, their combined knowledge and international network will be available to its clients and partners in politics and civil society in an integrated form.
Josef Lentsch
Josef Lentsch is Managing Partner of the Innovation in Politics Institute Germany. Until December 2018, he was Founding Director of NEOS Lab, the think and do tank of NEOS, a political party in Austria. In

Coping with the Crisis
The coronavirus crisis poses major challenges for everyone. We collect, document and provide innovative practices in dealing with the crisis across Europe and at all political levels. On this platform we make the best practices available to politics and society.

COVID-19: The difference between living IN and living AS a community
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has not only made a lot of shortcomings around the globe visible, it has also shown a lot of engagement, selflessness and empathy from the people impacted by it.

8 things I have learned about political innovation
Josef Lentsch, Managing Partner at the Innovation in Politics Institute Germany, returns from a week at the Political Startup Incubator in Johannesburg to share his insights.

Launching the Political Start-Up incubator in johannesburg
On 2 March 2020 the first week of the Political Start-Up Incubator, a launchpad for centrist political start-ups in African countries, began.

Help to improve politics in europe!
We invite you to apply for jury membership. 1,000 citizens – representative of the European population − will be selected to join the 2020 Awards jury.

10 THINGS POLITICIANS SHOULD BE THINKING OF RIGHT NOW
Examples from bright spots in political leadership on the coronavirus.

Submit or Nominate a project!
Do you innovate? Then join us in this year’s Innovation in Politics Awards! Submit your project or nominate your favourite political initiative in Europe.

Space for Encounter – Overcoming Division
Open, inclusive, candid and on equal terms: the 7th International Mayors’ Conference NOW offered innovative formats in order to provide space for encounter and find ways to overcome division.

THE INNOVATION IN POLITICS INSTITUTE EXPANDS ON PARTNER LEVEL
Former Austrian Ambassador to Slovakia, Helfried Carl, and Josef Lentsch, one of the Neos founders, are new managing partners of the institute Helfried Carl joined the Innovation in Politics Institute in Vienna as a partner