launch of the 2016 public sector innovation awards...

Launch of the 2016 Public Sector Innovation Awards Programme

Table of Contents

1. The Rationale

2. Why Recognition of Innovation

3. Benefits

4. Awards Categories & Special Ministerial Awards

5. Adjudication

6. The Entry Form

7. Conclusion

The Rationale

• Unearth public sector innovations

• Promote and encourage innovative

thinking

• Celebrate successes of individuals and

teams

• Encourage the replication and

mainstreaming of innovation projects

The Rationale ( cont)

• Promote Brand SA internationally by showcasing innovative service delivery models:

cease to be viewed as “consumers of best practices” to be amongst “creators” and thus contributors to the repository of good governance

Why Innovation?

• Public servants need to apply innovative solutions to solve service delivery challenges including limited resources, wide-spread poverty and uneven socio-economic development.

• Many individuals and institutions in have developed creative solutions appropriate to various service delivery contexts –uneasy with the status quo.

• Replication – we cannot replicate what we don’t know: awards programmesunearth innovations for replication

Benefits

• Platform to encourage knowledge sharing

• Incentives for winners

– Prize money towards the project for sustainability (Category winners & Innovator of the Year)

– Capacity building by attending the “Leading Innovation in the Public Sector”course

– Become part of Innovators community of practice

• Possible entry in international programmes e.g. AAPAM and CAPAM Awards thus profiling South Africa internationally

Benefits cont

• Builds relationships and new partnerships.

• Develops a repository of innovative practices.

• Facilitates the achievement of the National Development Plan, UNSustainable Development Goals & AU Agenda 2063).

Awards Categories

Four Categories

– Innovative Solutions Reducing the Cost of Delivering Services

– Innovative Use of ICTs for Effective Service Delivery

– Innovative Service Delivery Institutions

– Innovative Enhancements in Internal Systems of Government

Grand Prize

• Category winners compete for the

coveted “Innovator of the Year

Award”

• 2015 Winner: Workplace Delivery of

Medication: KZN

• 2016 Winner may be FS!

Special Ministerial Awards

– At the discretion of the Minister

– 2015 recipients were

• BreathEasy Project: WC

• Soul Sanctuary Project: KZN

Criteria for Selection

• Focus on service delivery

– Innovation

–Sustainability

– Impact

Adjudication Process

• Adjudicators drawn from both the public and private sector

• Code of Conduct for Adjudicators

• Training of Adjudicators

• Validation visits where necessary –openness & support

The Entry Form

• Contact Details

• Project Overview

• Description of the Innovation

• Impact

• Sustainability

• Replication

CLOSING REMARKS

• CLOSING DATES

– CPSI Awards: 14 AUGUST 2016

• Invitation to the CPSI Conference: August

2016, Cape Town

• Contact Details:

– www.cpsi.co.za

– Khaliphile Zwane

– Tel: +27 12 683 2800

– awards@cpsi.co.za

Khaliphile.Zwane@cpsi.co.za

– Facebook (CPSI_SA) & Twitter (#cpsi_sa)

Thank You

Ke a leboha