International recognition
As an Alliance, we are delighted to have received international recognition for our work on climate change, cross-border collaboration, and innovation diplomacy. That said it’s our programmes teams that make us who we are and as they push the boundaries at the leading edge of public service innovation, it’s great to see their efforts celebrated.
2022 SA Climate Leaders Awards
The CivTech Alliance- Global Scale-up Program celebrated becoming finalists in the 2022 SA Climate Leaders Awards. Aron Hausler is a co-founder of the CivTech Alliance Global Scale-Up Program and South Australia’s lead in the CivTech Alliance.
The judges considered the program to be a great example of global collaboration and an excellent initiative to showcase South Australia’s innovation and leadership.
Dec 22 - The European Innovation Council's The Innovative Procurement Leadership Award
#StartOff (Norway) is officially Europe's premier environment for Innovative Procurement. They won first prize in The European Innovation Council's #EIC The Innovative Procurement Leadership Award!
Congratulations to:Johan Englund Magne Hareide Mathias Eikseth Malin Karlsson Asli Aydemir Eirin Konstad Nilsen Fredrik Danker Monsen Ingrid Gjerdevik Harald Aas
Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyring Anita Krohn Traaseth
Digitaliseringsdirektoratet LUP - Leverandørutviklingsprogrammet
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Jan 22 - Apolitical Public Service Team of the Year (Climate)
For the fourth year in a row, Apolitical celebrated innovative, ground-breaking teams that are changing the game through their Global Public Service Team of the Year Awards.
The ‘Climate Heroes’ category recognised public service teams who are working to make a greener, more sustainable future for themselves and their communities.
We were delighted to win this after the initial shortlisting and then public vote.
See the presentation on Innovation Diplomacy liv eon stage in Berlin on 2nd June Creative Bureaucracy Live Presentation
OECD-OPSI report on Delivering and Enabling Impactful Cross-Border Solutions (March 2022)
It sets sets out some of the key examples of how governments are collaborating on innovative approaches to collectively deliver genuinely impactful cross-border solutions. Importantly, the report provides recommendations for governments to drive the evolution of public sector innovation globally.
Main stage session Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin (June 22)
From nearly 200 applications, the CivTech Alliance was one of three presenters on the main stage of the The Creative Bureaucracy Festival world’s largest festival for public sector innovation. Berlin 2 June.
Our session was on Innovation Diplomacy.
Video footage will be available shortly
Innovation diplomacy - Holyrood Magazine (Dec 21)
This article lays out what innovation diplomacy is and why it will become increasingly significant for smaller countries such as Scotland. The type of international diplomacy we’re all familiar with, managing relationships between governments, often takes the form of aid or trade. Innovation diplomacy is different in that it uses new ideas and technology to build relations between governments, with a focus on delivering shared policy outcomes or better public services. Read more about.Innovation Diplomacy in this piece written by CivTech Alliance Founder, Alexander Holt (Scottish Government)