Minister Donohoe announces 18 projects to be funded under Public Service Innovation Fund 2023
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, has today announced the 18 winning projects awarded a total of €750,000 from the Public Service Innovation Fund 2023. These novel projects will benefit from investment of between €25,000 and €60,000 as well as ongoing support and mentoring from the Public Sector Transformation Delivery Unit at the Minister’s department.
The Public Service Innovation Fund 2023 received 99 proposals from public service bodies that submitted projects in four different categories - digital transformation, citizen support innovation, green and sustainable initiatives and innovative design of services.
Projects allocated funding in the competition seek to tackle key issues in Health, Climate and accessibility to public services. A snapshot of projects being supported in 2023 include the operation of Drone Technology to support Healthcare delivery in rural Ireland, exploring the application of AI & 3D technology for advanced healthcare treatment, tackling issues in healthcare bed space management and exploring the energy potential of public land.
Announcing the results, Minister Donohoe said:
“I am pleased with the continued success of the Public Service Innovation Fund and my department’s ongoing support and commitment in championing innovation and positive change in public service delivery. These successful projects contain impressive and imaginative examples of new ways of thinking, embracing technology and engaging with the citizen in ways that support the creation of efficient and effective service delivery.
“I also wish to congratulate the project teams who entered this competition and while some were unsuccessful this time around, I am pleased that our public servants continue to show ambition and passion in seeking to transform how services are delivered to our citizens. This ambition is vital to ensure innovation delivered today in the public service can shape the lives of our people tomorrow.”
The 18 successful projects awarded funding under the Public Service Innovation Fund 2023 are as follows.
1. Citizen Support Innovation
2. Digital Transformation
3. Green and Sustainability Initiatives
4. Innovative Design of Services
The Public Service Innovation Fund 2023 developed and delivered by the Public Service Transformation Delivery Unit of the Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. The unit is responsible for implementing and managing Our Public Service (OPS), the framework that supports continuous development and innovation across the public service. The OPS programme of reform builds on the achievements of previous reforms and sets a path for improvements into the future.
During the lifetime of the current OPS framework there have been a number of central innovation programmes and initiatives, which are collectively intended to bolster innovation and experimentation across the public service, including: