Innovation supporting methods and guidelines

On this page, you will find useful materials, guidelines and tools that support public sector employees in identifying and testing innovative solutions.

NEW! Foresight Card Deck

The Foresight Card Deck supports the development of future-oriented policies and approaches. The cards help broaden discussions, highlight the bigger picture, and make sense of how different future trends may affect society.

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Design Thinking

Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that helps create human-centred solutions in the public sector.

 

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Experimentation

In the public sector, experimentation means testing new ideas or solutions on a smaller scale before implementing them more widely.

 

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Behavioural Sciences

Behavioural sciences study how people actually make decisions and behave. In the public sector, this helps create more effective solutions.

 

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Digital services and Innovation Procurement

To solve complex societal problems, the public sector must increasingly act as a smart buyer and work more closely with businesses and researchers.

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Innovation Project Management

Managing public sector innovation projects is complex, as the outcomes are often not known in advance and work must be carried out under conditions of uncertainty and in a constantly changing environment.

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Co-Creation Backpack

Co-creation is a creative process that helps bring together the knowledge and experience of different stakeholders in order to jointly arrive at the best solutions. The Co-Creation Backpack is a continuously growing collection of co-creation examples, methods and recommendations.

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Last updated: 28.05.2026

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