Evaluating experimentation in the public sector: learning from a Brazilian innovation lab

IF 3.1 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Elisabete Ferrarezi, I. Brandalise, Joselene Lemos
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Abstract This paper presents an initial evaluation of the GNova lab, with the aim of contributing to the policy lab literature and debate on the value generated by public sector innovation labs. GNova is a Brazilian federal government innovation lab dedicated to developing creative solutions to public policy problems through design-led experiments that involve the active participation of members of partner teams. In the context of a political transition, GNova carried out an evaluation process to assess the results of its projects. By using working principles as evaluation criteria, the process was design-led and consisted of two phases. The first was a workshop with project partners, followed by a series of in-depth interviews with participants in six selected projects. The findings were grouped into three types of effects (effects of the process, effects of products and effects of the participation). The evaluation, even though with a limited scope, confirmed the assumption that, in addition to effects from specific products delivered, the lab contributes to the development of competencies in the civil servants who participate in the process, in resonance with a public administration paradigm based on public value.
评估公共部门的实验:向巴西创新实验室学习
本文提出了对GNova实验室的初步评估,旨在为政策实验室文献和关于公共部门创新实验室产生价值的辩论做出贡献。GNova是巴西联邦政府的创新实验室,致力于通过设计主导的实验,在合作伙伴团队成员的积极参与下,为公共政策问题开发创造性的解决方案。在政治过渡的背景下,GNova开展了一个评估过程,以评估其项目的结果。以工作原理为评价标准,以设计为主导,分为两个阶段。首先是与项目伙伴举行讲习班,然后是与六个选定项目的参与者进行一系列深入访谈。研究结果被分为三种类型的影响(过程的影响,产品的影响和参与的影响)。尽管评价范围有限,但证实了这样一种假设,即除了提供的特定产品的影响外,实验室还有助于发展参与这一进程的公务员的能力,这与基于公共价值的公共行政范式相一致。
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Policy Design and Practice
Policy Design and Practice PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-
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