INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Innovation is often understood as a phenomenon that takes place in the private sector in order to enhance competitiveness. However, the global financial crisis highlighted a strong need for an efficient and cost-minimizing public sector that fosters innovation.

IKU has organized a workshop to discuss how and which kind of innovations in the public sector can promote economic and social welfare in any country and in Europe as a whole. How European states, the EU itself, and the OECD will monitor and enhance innovation performance in the public sector in the future? These topics are highly relevant for the new EU Member States and it is also a field of further developments in the old Member States too.

These and other related questions were discussed at the workshop on ?Innovation in the Public Sector? which took place in Budapest, on the 27th and 28th of May 2010, supported by NKTH. The event was part of the preparatory phase of the Hungarian EU Presidency and the topic hopefully will remain on the official agenda of the forthcoming Polish Presidency.

For more details, please see the agenda, presentations and report below.

Budapest, May 27-28
Budapest Business School

Thursday, 27th of May

9:00-9:30

Registration

9:30-9:45

Welcome and Introduction

by Ágnes Gulyás (Head of Department of NKTH, Department of EU Relations) & Dr. Annamária Inzelt (IKU Director, PUK Co.)

9:45-10:30

SESSION 1

Link the special characteristics of the public sector to innovation

Chair: A. Inzelt, Rapporteur: V. Lopez-Bassols

Public Sector Innovation Indicators: Emerging Issues

Keith SMITH (Director, science and Innovation Analysis, Dept. of Business, Innovation and Skills)

10:30-11:00

SESSION 2

Policy issues (policy-led innovations)

Chair: S. O. Nas, Rapporteur: L. Csonka

How can public sector innovation be presented in ?Government at a Glance??
by Zsuzsanna LONTI (OECD)

11:00-11:20

Discussion

11:20-11:35

Coffee break

11:35-12:45

SESSION 3

Innovativeness in central governmental sector and municipalities (examples)

Chair: B. Poti, Rapporteur: J. Kozłowski

Public Sector Innovation in Norway ? results from a survey
by Svein Olav NAS (Norway, Research Council)

Innovation in Central Government
by Dr. István STUMPF (Századvég Foundation)

Obstacles to Innovation in the Info-Society of Public Administration
by Sándor PAJNA (eKÖZIG Zrt.)

The Hungarian Approach to the e-Government
by Károly SZITTNER (Prime Minister?s Office, State Secretariat for Informatics)

Towards e-Universitas at the University of Szeged
by Péter SZAKÁL (University of Szeged)

12:45-13:30
Lunch

13:30-14:45

SESSION 4

Towards the building blocks for successful innovations in the municipal and central government services

Chair: Zs. Lonti, Rapporteur: P. Szakál.

Dr. Viktória ZÖLD-NAGY (Ministry of Local Government), Bianca POTI (Italy, CERIS), and speakers of Session 3.

Thursday, 27th of May

14:45-15:45

SESSION 5

Innovativeness in healthcare sector

Chair: C. Bloch, Rapporteur: É. Málovics

Creating the conditions for innovation to flourish
by
Graham REID (UK, Deparment of Health)

Medical Chamber (Association) as an Innovative Tool
by
Dr. Miklós FEHÉR (Batthyány Kázmér Hospital, Department for Rehabilitation)

Guided Medical Attendance as Innovation
by
Dr. Gyula HEGEDŰS (doctor)

Innovative Technology Elements for Children with Special Needs
by
Dr. András LŐRINCZ (ELTE and Neumann Association)

15:45-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-17:30

SESSION 6

Toward the building blocks for successful innovations in the Health Sector

Chair: V. Lopez-Bassols, Rapporteur: É. Málovics

Dr. Jenő RÁCZ (Hungarian Hospital Association), Dr. Tamás SZÉKELY (Ministry of Health), and foreign guests and speakers of Session 5.

Friday, 28th of May

9:00-11:00

SESSION 7

Measuring innovations in public sector

Chair: Klubuk Sz., Rapporteur: S. Nas

Measuring Innovation in the Public Sector ? NESTA?s approach
by
Brian MacAulay (NESTA)

OECD and NESTI on Metrics for Innovation in the Public Sector
by
Ray LAMBERT (BIS, UK), Carter BLOCH (CFA Denmark) and Vladimir LOPEZ-BASSOLS (OECD, DSTI)

Measuring Public Innovation in the Nordic Countries ? Insights from the Nordic Project
by Carter BLOCH (CFA Denmark)

Discussions

11:00-11:20
Coffee break

11:20-13:00

SESSION 8

Final discussion on policy lessons

Chair: S. O. Nas

Towards an Innovation Union - what role for innovation in the public sector?
by Szabolcs KLUBUK (EU, DG Enterprise)

Rapporteurs? report (to be completed)

13:00-14:00
Lunch

14:00
Closure of the workshop

Organized by IKU Innovation Research Center (Financial Research Corporation).
Main sponsor: NKTH National Office for Research and Technology