Innovation in the Public Sector
Capacity development programme based on Agenda 2030
Lund University is completing four international education programmes within the Swedish Institute’s Public Sector Innovation Programme that started in 2023 and is offering three more that will run from 2024-2025. The purpose is to strengthen the capacity of professionals to contribute to innovation in the public sector and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Programmes offered during 2024–2025
Co-ordinated by the Lund University Department of Commissioned Education (shortcut links to page contents):
- Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia
- Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions
Delivered by the Lund University Faculty of Medicine’s Division for Social Medicine and Global Health:
- Strengthening the multisectoral organisational capacity of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia through collaborative public sector innovation
Learn about the programme at the Lund University Research Portal
If you have any questions regarding the programme, please contact: jack [dot] palmieri [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (jack[dot]palmieri[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se).
Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia
Duration of the programme: May 2024–August 2025
Open to applicants from: Armenia and Georgia
Application: Apply to the programme at dinkurs.se – deadline 21 April 2024
This programme aims to enhance the integration of human rights and gender equality into climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Armenia and Georgia. The programme is provided by The Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in collaboration with LUCE, the Department for Commissioned Education at Lund University.
Learn more about the participating organisations:
Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions
Duration of the programme: June 2024– May 2025
Open to applicants from: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine
Application: Apply to the programme at dinkurs.se – deadline 12 May 2024
The programme focuses on governance and leadership innovation in the area of Nature-based Solutions for improved urban environments. It is provided by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) in collaboration with LUCE, the Department for Commissioned Education at Lund University.
- Fact sheet for Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions (PDF 1.3 MB, new tab)
- Hear alumni talk about their experiences of the programme – vimeo.com
- Testimonial about Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based solutions
- Overview of previous participant´s NBS projects
Learn more about the participating organisations:
Previous programme offerings
New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for Regional Development: The Great Lakes region
- New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for Regional Development: The Great Lakes region (Fact sheet, PDF, 342 kB, new tab)
- Testimonial from a participant
Innovation and Co-design for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Public Spaces and Services
- Innovation and Co-design for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Public Spaces and Services (Fact sheet, PDF 302 kB, new tab)
- A selection of participants’ projects
Innovation for Change in Public Transport
Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement
Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions
This programme is also offered from 2024–2025. Find more information in the programme text above this list.
Strengthening the multisectoral organisational capacity of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia through collaborative public sector innovation
Read more about the programme at the LU Research Portal
This programme is also offered in 2024–2025.
For more information, please contact jack [dot] palmieri [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (jack[dot]palmieri[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se).
Contact information
Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia
risk [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (risk[at]education[dot]lu[dot]se)
Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions
NBSinnovation [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (NBSinnovation[at]education[dot]lu[dot]se)
Strengthening the multisectoral organisational capacity of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia through collaborative public sector innovation
jack [dot] palmieri [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (jack[dot]palmieri[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
Programme partners
Visit our partners' websites:
The Innovation in the Public Sector Blog
Meet programme participants and read about their work at innovationpublicsector.blogg.lu.se
Testimonial
Read what Etuna says about the programme 'Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions'.
Testimonial
Read what Caroline says about the programme 'New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for regional development'.
Testimonial
Read what Tengku, head of the railway engineering department at MRT Jakarta, says about the programme 'Innovation for Change in Public Transport' at si.se.