The New Reality and Innovative Responses

17 November 2020, 12:00-13:00 CET

Online

Prompted by the plethora of complex problems unearthed by the global pandemic, governments have experimented with new ways of addressing urgent social and economic needs. In Serbia, new initiatives within and outside of government have cropped up striving to create new solutions to previously unseen challenges. What have they learned about experimentation in times of crisis? What does it mean for governments in the Western Balkans and beyond? What does the pandemic teach us about the future direction of government services and operations in the region? This panel will attempt to answer these and other questions in conversation with people and organizations that have stood at the forefront of public sector innovation efforts throughout the ongoing crisis.

Opening remarks:

Sanja Mešanović, Acting Deputy Director, Public Policy Secretariat of the Republic of Serbia
Andrea Garaiova, Executive Director, Center for Policy Innovation

Speakers:

Slobodan Marković, Technical Advisor for Digital Governance, UNDP Accelerator Lab, United Nations Development Program in Serbia
Vladimir Vojvodić, Program Manager, Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia
Diana Paunović, Group for Public Policy Innovations, Public Policy Secretariat of the Republic of Serbia
Ana Svilar, Group for Public Policy Innovations, Public Policy Secretariat of the Republic of Serbia

Moderator

Dušan Milenković, Co-Founder, Center for Policy Innovation

This event is part of the OECD’s Government After Shock global dialogue.

It is organized with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Serbia.