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

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