Deadline: 15-Jun-22
The Malawi Government, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is calling for submission of proposals for the Public Sector Innovation Challenge, in line with ongoing efforts to support government institutions to adopt innovative reforms for improving public service delivery and the achievement of both the Malawi 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This Innovation Challenge provides an opportunity for the public sector to identify challenges and opportunities for improving its performance to deliver services more effectively and efficiently using innovative approaches.
The Public Sector Innovation Challenge will use a merit-based and competitive process to identify winning submissions. The institutions of the selected awardees will receive support to test innovations so that they can be replicated in other institutions. The selection of winning submissions will be done by an independent panel, duly constituted with knowledge in public sector management and innovation.
Enhanced public service delivery and implementation of public sector reforms that rectify institutional inefficiencies are an area of priority in the Malawi Implementation Plan (MIP-1), under Enabler 3: Enhanced Public Sector Performance.
For the first round of this Challenge, submissions will be sought from Local Councils and focus on improvements in public service delivery – particularly Policy Priority Area 3.6.5 of the Public Service Management Policy: “Enhance Citizen Engagement in Public Service and Citizen-Centric Service Delivery”.
Categories
Submissions will be received under two categories:
- Client-facing services and products: Applies to innovations that are outward looking, improve a tangible service (s) or product (s) that is used directly by clients.
- Inward-looking innovations: developed to improve a Council’s internal systems and process; can be business practice, workplace organization or finance systems intended to ultimately improve service delivery.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Local Councils are eligible to apply.
- Awards will not be made to individuals but to the institutions.
- Each council can only submit one proposal per category.
For more information, visit https://www.undp.org/malawi/press-releases/public-sector-innovation-challenge