1. Global Centre for Public Service Excellence
Singapore

2. Interest in figuring out the process of co-creation…
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Hackathon?
Social Innovation Camp?
Design Jam? Lab?

3. Social Innovation Camp Asia 2013
7 Southeast Asian Countries, 8 Cities, 1 Regional Summit

4. Social Innovation Camp Asia 2013
September – November
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SICA
Methodology
Local Partners
Coordination
Mentoring
=
GCPSE
PSI Track
Linkage to CO
and Govt
Base Funding
&
Local Partners
Call for Ideas
Preparation
Fundraising
Moderation
Intl. Partners
Mentoring
Networks

7. SINGAPORE
Urban Poverty
• Education (14 ideas)
• Employment (9 ideas)
• Financial Empowerment (11 ideas)
• Personal Empowerment (8 ideas)
• Social Connectedness (14 ideas)

10. Recycling, Used Goods Donation Matching,
Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning, Public
Service Feedback, Commuter Information,
Dengue Fever Mapping, Online Education
Platform, Nutritional Info Tool for Healthy
Eating, Safety Alert Tool for Older Persons,
Photo-sharing Campaigns, Disaster Response
Coordination, Street Crime Information
Crowdsourcing, Crowdfunding, Urban
Poverty, Missing Children, Income Generation
with Rural Tourism, Connecting the Elderly
with their Family, Network for Migrants

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1 implementing partner
8 locations / 7 countries
Partners = 10, Sponsors = 40
440 innovators (average: 55)
Ideas submitted = Ø 70
Prototypes = ca. 52

12. Public Service Innovation Lab
SICA 2013...
Singapore
29 Nov - 1 Dec

13. Public Service Innovation Lab
… and beyond
• Centre Horizon Scanning on PSI
Investigate – Connect – Make Sense – Take Action – Connect - ….
• Network Building with COs, UNDP Centres and external partners
• Evidence Building and pitch for engagement at Country-level

14. Public Service Innovation Lab
Early stage reflections.
• High Interest generated with Country Offices,
Government, Academia
• Engagement of Country Offices in board to follow-through
• Mentoring of teams crucial
• More time than a weekend (pre- and post-engagement) –
like SG?
• Focused questions / challenges >>> better prototypes

15. Public Service Innovation Lab
Consultation on the Co-Design of Public Policy and Services
Singapore, 1 - 3 Dec

16. Public Sector Innovation Ecosystem
(see Christian Bason / MindLab)
Singapore, 29 Nov - 3 Dec
• Consciousness / awareness
concepts, notions (terminology, language, examples), climate,
reflections over own practices
• Courage / leadership
• Co-creation / process
• Capacity / structure
context, strategy, organisation, people, culture
Moving from random incremental innovation to a strategic
& systematic approach to innovation in the public sector.

17. Public Service Innovation Lab
Regional Summit and Consultation
Singapore, 29 Nov - 3 Dec
SIC Asia
Regional
Summit
Social Innovation Camp Asia
Regional Summit
Practitioner
Exchange
Design Thinking
Lab
Dinner
Innovation Safari

18. Stay in touch!
#UNDPpsi
www.fb.com/GCPSE
@UNDPpublicserv
www.undp.org/publicservice
registry.SG@undp.org