Open Now: Call for Innovations on Cross-Border Collaboration (deadline 29 April)

We want to know more about your innovative projects and initiatives—both big and small—that involve bringing together governments from different jurisdictions to collaborate and innovate.

OPSI and the UAE Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) are excited to launch the 2021 Call for Innovations in government, focused specifically on ways government are innovating through cross-border collaboration.  For example, multiple countries, regions, or cities working together in new and interesting ways to solve common challenges, or multiple governments collaborating to achieve new types of policies and services.

Select cases will be featured in high-profile OECD reports, and showcased as global best practices, and the teams behind top cases will be invited to participate in international events. 

The Call for Innovations announcement and submission process are available in six languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic. 

Here's the plan: workshops, reports, events, & shared learning

Since 2017, OPSI and the MBRCGI have tracked and explored the ways in which governments are innovating to bring about meaningful change. These efforts have been remarkable, but they are often contained to one country or city. As the COVID-19 crisis has shown, major challenges do not remain within jurisdictional borders and silos, and neither should the approaches to address them.

With that in mind, this year, based on the themes and key initiatives that we surface from the Call for Innovations, we will:

• Issue a series of reports on cross-border collaboration, highlighting how it can overcome global challenges and support collective goals  Each report will feature in-depth case studies identified through the Call for Innovations.
• Convene a series of global dialogue sessions, featuring government leaders, top experts, and successful practitioners to provide their insights on how to achieve progress in these critical areas.
•  Hold a dedicated session of OPSI's annual innovation conference, with select submitting teams invited to present their work and meet other government innovators.