Improvement Service

‘Promoting Innovation in Public Services’ is the theme of a special event being held on Friday, March 19, 2010, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

The event runs from 9.30am to 4pm and is being held at St Augustine’s Church Hall on King George IV Bridge in Edinburgh. It promises to offer a fascinating insight into innovation in policy, public service delivery and e-governance. Aimed at public policy makers and government/third sector practitioners, the ESRC Festival of Social Science will explore all that is known about innovation in public services and the most effective policy for promoting and supporting it.

With an impressive agenda, the ‘Promoting Innovation in Public Services’ event has attracted world-class speakers from around Europe. Discussions and debate will follow each session.

Professor Stephen P. Osborne, from the University of Edinburgh, will start by giving a presentation on ‘Innovation, public policy and public services delivery. The word that would be King?’.

Professor Viktor Bekkers, from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, will then speak on ‘Innovations in e-government and e-governance: current experiences and future prospects’.

Following lunch, Cardiff University’s Professor George Boyne will talk about ‘Using structural innovation to improve public services’.

He will be followed Middlesex University’s Professor Fergus Lyon, who will look at ‘The innovative potential of social enterprise in delivering public services’.

Attendance is free for the event and there are still places available.

To register and get further information, contact Isobel Speedman from the University of Edinburgh Business School or the events section on this site.

Contact details: Isobel.speedman@ed.ac.uk or 0131 650 9945