service innovation fund a2i
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Facilitating Improvement in
Service Delivery:
Service Innovation Fund
Md. Asad-Ur-Rahman Nile
Corporate Outreach Expert
Access to Information Programme
Prime Minister’s Office
Story of the Marginal Farmer
Quick Win Beginning Now
e-Purchase Orders
(e-Purjee)
20,000 farmers
2 sugar mills
200,000 farmers
15 sugar mills
e-Service Centres in
Rural LGIs (UISC)
2 UPs
4 entrepreneurs
4,500+ UPs
9,000+ entrepreneurs
4.5M citizens/mon
Tk. 5.5 crore/mon
income
Multimedia classroom
and teacher-led
content
7 schools
23 teachers
20,500 schools
70,000 teachers
1. Increase confidence of govt officers
2. Allow risk-taking for innovations
3. Partner with private sector and NGOs
Story behind the Story:
Quick Wins led by Secretaries
Define Innovation for Service Delivery
1.Time
2.Cost
3.Number of visits
4.Quality of Service
Support
Removal of barriers
Policy support
Technical support
Financial support
a2i Innovation Cycle
Ideate
Incubate
EvaluateUpdate
Replicate
Service
Innovation
Fund
Other
Sources
Why Service Innovation Fund?
Provide seed funding to pioneering
and creative innovations for better
public service delivery
Enhance capacity of small-medium
initiatives working to improve service
delivery
What are the focus areas for 2013?
Service
decentralization
Gender
empowerment
Rural Development
Green Initiatives
Within the broader context of
service delivery for the underserved
Low cost
devices/technologie
s
Right to Information
Bangla Language
Tools
What is the size of the fund?
Think big, start small, scale up fast!
For 3 years For 2013
Tk. 80 Crore Tk. 1.5 Crore
Category Fund range
Small < Tk. 5 lac
Medium Tk. 5-15 lac
Large Tk. 15-25 lac
Realization 6: Blend Private Sector
Innovation
Public agencies
Private sector organizations
NGOs
Academia & research organizations
Individuals
YOU
SubmissionAdministrative
checkInnovation
Check
Technical Expert’s
Evaluation
EC ApprovalFund
DisbursementFirst
InstallmentMidterm review
Second Installment
Deliverables check
Final Installment
Policy makers,
academia,
industry experts
a2i Steering
Committee
SIF Process
4806 554 71 20
7
Award
Organization/ Person Title
Soil ResourceDevelopment Institute
Online Fertilizer Recommendation: Automation of data processing and data updating
JBC JBC’s Cell Phone Insurance Claim Payment Service
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
Production of Multi-media Digital Talking Book
UIU Development of a Bangla Optical Character Recognizer (OCR)
SIF Timeline 2013
Activity Date
Launch by Hon’ble Finance
Minister
March 28, 2013
Submission Deadline June 30, 2013
Award by Hon’ble Speaker September 25,
2013
2nd Round Open October 20, 2013
2nd Round Submission
Deadline
December 21,
2013
Thank You