PA/13/13 8 April 2013
Better Bureaucracies: Australia and India share innovation approaches
On 5 April, the Australian Government joined senior Indian Government officials at a workshop on public sector innovation.
Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner to India, Mr Bernard Philip, welcomed the collaboration and said “Australia is delighted to be working closely with the Indian Cabinet Secretariat and government departments in sharing the Australian Government’s experience in developing an Innovation Action Plan.”
Ms Tricia Berman from Australia’s Department of Industry and Innovation spoke to the gathering of senior government officials on ‘Promoting innovation in Australian Government Departments – Lessons of Experience’. Ms Berman shared Australia’s approach to fostering innovation and whole-of-government cooperation in the public service.
“All agency heads in the Australian Government have committed their Departments to innovate through signing an Australian Public Service Innovation Action Plan in recognition of the fact that creativity, responsiveness and openness to ideas are critical to the success of our work”, said Ms Berman.
The workshop on ‘Preparing Action Plans for Innovation in Government Departments’ was hosted by the Performance Management Division of the Cabinet Secretariat.
Speakers at the workshop included Dr Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the National Innovation Council, and Dr Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary, Performance Management in the Cabinet Secretariat.
For more information on Public Sector innovation in Australia, visit: www.innovation.gov.au/Innovation/PublicSectorInnovation
Visit the AusAID website at: www.ausaid.gov.au