Go2Gov, South Australia

Go2Gov is designed to encourage startups and early-stage scalable businesses in South Australia to bring forward innovative products and services, and for public sector agencies to become a first or reference customer.

Startups/early-stage businesses can engage with the Program by: responding to Public Sector Challenges (innovation challenges) issued by participating agencies or directly approaching the Program through an unmatched proposal process.

The Program’s framework enables an agency to directly engage a startup / early-stage business for up to three years, at the end of a successful pilot/trial, without the need for undertaking a competitive procurement process.

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BrazilLab, Brazil

BrazilLAB is a B2G innovation hub that accelerates solutions and connects entrepreneurs with public management. Our goal is to stimulate in Brazil a culture towards innovation in the public sector supporting high-impact entrepreneurs that are engaged in the search of solutions for the complex challenges that society faces nowadays and connect them with public leaders open to innovation.

We also encourage innovation in public management through events open to the public, an acceleration program, and connection of entrepreneurs with public leaders. In addition, we actively participate in the ecosystem of impact entrepreneurship.

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CIETEC, Brazil

Cietec is a non-profit civil association governed by private law established with the mission of promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship, encouraging the transformation of knowledge into value-added products and services for the market.

Throughout its 23 years of existence, Cietec has developed methodologies and expertise in the selection and monitoring of technology-based start-ups, translated into the systematization of incubation processes, in the creation and management of innovation habitats and in the promotion of activities and management support technological, marketing and administrative of startups.

Encouraging companies to search for public and private investment and promotion for the development of their products, services and processes, including "angel investment", "seed capital" and "venture capital", Cietec has generated indicators that show performance milestones that identify it as a reference for the innovation and entrepreneurship sector in Brazil and internationally.

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Technical University of Denmark

Developing technology for people is the overall mission of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In 2020, the World University Research Rankings, ranked DTU second in the world (after MIT) and number one in Europe, assessing universities for both impact and excellence, as well as the ability to collaborate internationally with businesses and across disciplines.

Tech4Civ is DTU Compute’s vision for ensuring inclusive, democratic, and open societies by empowering citizens to understand and engage in the digital transformation and its impact for society.

Through a novel approach combining research, competence development, scientific advisory, and innovation initiatives, DTU wishes to drive the development of a digital mindset ensuring that contemporary laws and new services are co-created, based on sustainable and ethical solutions, leading to new ecosystems – where solutions to problems of the future are a multi-stakeholder endeavour.

DTU have evaluated the Global Scale-up Programme and the summare being be compiled into a report for the benefit of researchers and governments interested in intergovernmental collaboration and businesses looking to participate in future programmes.

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GovTech Lab, Lithuania

The GovTech Lab Lithuania is a team in the public sector focused on encouraging the creation and use of innovative solutions for the government. The GovTech Lab helps the public sector identify challenges that can be solved by emerging technologies, engages startups and SMEs to create innovative solutions and accelerates startups in GovTech space.

GovTech Lab has started as “Create Lithuania” and Ministry of Economy and Innovation initiative in 2019, and the same year was officially set up in the Agency of Science, Innovation and Technology. Since then, GovTech Lab has won the Innovation in Politics award in 2019 and was awarded in 2020 by Project Management Institute (Lithuanian Chapter) as the best public sector project.

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GovTech Polska, Poland

We are an inter-ministerial team working at the Prime Minister’s Office - this means that we operate across the entire public sector to coordinate strategic digital projects. The projects involve entrepreneurs, officials, citizens, and all those who can support the transformation of the Polish public sector with their ideas. We draw on the best international experiences, but we also share our knowledge with other countries. We are showing that Poland can contribute as much as the world's largest players technologically. It is also crucial for us that competent, creative, and visionary people, including young people, always have an attentive partner on the government side.

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GOBE, Spain

GOBE is a govtech studio bringing innovative solutions to public institutions to improve citizens' lives.

It works with local, regional, and national governments creating processes and capacities to identify, test, and scale new solutions.

In GOBE, we articulate govtech innovation ecosystems around governments´ needs, supporting startups, scaleups, and SMEs in their commercial and investment strategies with public institutions.

GOBE is the first specialized govtech innovation studio working in Spain and Latin America.

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IdeiaGov, Brazil

IdeiaGov is an open innovation hub of the São Paulo State Government that connects people and organizations with the mission of solving public challenges to generate a positive impact on society. Ideiagov is led by the Secretariat of Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation, Secretariat of Government and State Attorney General’s Office, and operated by Impact Hub.

Through the Governmental Innovation Program, we support the development of organizations and the implementation of innovative solutions to solve the public challenges of the State of São Paulo

We work on mapping challenges with public agencies in search of innovative technologies that contribute to the development of society.

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GRNET, Greece

National Infrastructures for Research and Technology, provides networking and cloud computing services to academic and research institutions, to educational bodies at all levels, and to agencies of the public, broader public and private sector.

GRNET holds a key role as the coordinator of all e-infrastructures in Education and Research. With twenty-plus years’ experience in the fields of advanced network, cloud computing and IT infrastructures and services, and significant international presence, GRNET shall advise the Ministry of Digital Governance on issues relating to the design of advanced information systems and infrastructures.

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Innolab, Germany

Baden-Württemberg is the first federal state in Germany to establish an interdepartmental innovation lab. The "InnoLab_bw" supports the state ministries in helping innovations to achieve a breakthrough quickly and effectively. The interdisciplinary and project-related cooperation of experts is characteristic.

To this end, the InnoLab_bw monitors global innovation trends and networks with innovative actors in the state. The InnoLab_bw draws the attention of the state government to the needs and ideas of innovators in order to strengthen their innovative capacity.

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United Nations Development programme (UNDP)

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress.

As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

The Adaptation Innovation Marketplace (AIM) is an initiative to catalyze innovative solutions for climate action. Its purpose is to accelerate innovative technologies, practices and business models for transformative climate action through tapping into the incredible potential of NGOs, civil society, women and young innovators.

Creative HQ, New Zealand

We help innovators around the world to transform their ideas into real-world solutions. But we don’t just supply the answer. Instead, we put people at the heart of their own problems.

Our world-leading hub of innovation began in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Originally established in 2003 by WellingtonNZ, we were asked to support the development of high-growth new business, with a focus on emerging technologies.

With the support of WellingtonNZ, we showed government agencies, startups and businesses, how to reimagine and reinvent their approach. Also offering the ability to learn these hands-on skills through our School of Innovation, we’re equipped with the tools to build connectedness, capability and confidence you need to unleash your innovations to the world.