Gabriella Gomez-Mont, founder and director of the think-tank Laboratorio Para La Ciudad, shares insights about building a civic innovation lab for Mexico City, and what she’s learned about seeding civic innovation around the world. Watch the video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8zNOdnO84&index=35&list=PL65XgbSILalWFStqV0z0N9pvftstJ8AAh Get involved with Code for America: www.codeforamerica.org/action

2. TORONTO CANADA
MaRS Solutions Lab is a social innovation
lab that helps tackle complex societal
challenges which require system change.
NEW YORK CITY UNITED STATES
SAN FRANCISCO UNITED STATES
NEW YORK CITY UNITED STATES
BOSTON / PHILLY UNITED STATES
Credits This map was created by Daniela Selloni (service designer and researcher,
PPMJNJ DESIS Lab) and Eduardo Staszowski (Director Parsons DESIS Lab), with the expert
advice of Christian Bason (Director MindLab) and Andrea Schneider (Public By Design).
Illustrations and graphic design by Amy Findeiss. Copyediting by Reid Heinkel.
PUBLIC INNOVATION PLACES]MAPPING SERIES
GOV INNOVATION LABS
FALL 2013
Across the world, we observe efforts to promote
radical innovations in the public SFBMN being
followed by the creation of different types of
“authorizing environments” that foster these
experiments. We call them Public Innovation
Places. By this we mean experimental sites,
agencies, or labs created to develop innovative
solutions to pressing social problems, and
dedicated to the creation of networks and
partnerships by launching new projects, events,
and platforms.
In this first map we pay particular attention to
the rise of Government Innovation Labs, a
range of organizations characterized by a direct
connection with the public sector and developed
to challenge complex public issues that more
traditional governmental structures seek to resolve.
PARSONS DESIS LAB]THE NEW SCHOOL
KENT UNITED KINGDOM
Social Innovation Lab for Kent is a municipal
innovation lab that tackles complex social
problems through a citizen-centered,
multidisciplinary approach.
DUBLIN IRELAND
The Studio is a team working to
grow Dublin City Council's capacity
to innovate and improve the quality
of services.
iZone is an office situated in the city’s
Department of Education that designs,
tests, and diffuses innovative
personalized learning models.
Innovate SF looks at how innovation
can drive economic growth and make
government more efficient, transparent
and responsive.
Public Policy Lab is a non-profit
organization dedicated to
improving the design and
delivery of public services.
New Urban Mechanics is a civic RD
lab that develops and implements
innovative services within the city.
AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS
Kennisland is a social innovation lab
designing interventions for public
sector innovation.
WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES
The Office for Personnel Management's
Innovation Lab helps federal employees
learn and apply a design-led approach to
developing and implementing better policy,
programs, and government services.
MEXICO CITY MEXICO
Laboratorio para la cuidad works as a civic
innovation and urban creativity incubator of
the Federal District Government created to
ideate and implement pilots for the city.
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Nesta Public Service Lab supports
innovators who are developing ideas to
solve big social challenges.
PARIS FRANCE
La 27e Région is a non-profit
innovation lab supported by the
26 'rench regional governments.
COPENHAGEN DENMARK
MindLab is a lab within the Danish
government that generates innovative
solutions for the public sector.
SINGAPORE
Human Experience Lab is a unit inside
the Public Service Division that helps
public agencies develop more citizen-centered
public policy and services.
CANBERRA AUSTRALIA
DesignGov is an 18-month pilot program
of the Australian Public Service that looks
to bring an innovative design culture to
Australia’s public sector.
ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA
The Australian Centre for Social
Innovation is a “do-tank” that
accelerates positive social change.
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4. (IM)Possible City
CIVIC
INNOVATION
URBAN
CREATIVITY

6. EXPERIMENTO NO. 001

16. PLATAFORMAS
PARTICIPATIVAS

18. PLATAFORMAS
PARTICIPATIVAS

32. AVRAENSCUESLTS
APERTURA DE DATOS E INNOVACIÓN

34. METAS 2014 PGA CDMX
POLÍTICA PÚBLICA
Ley de
Gobierno Abierto
Programa
Sectorial
Sesión
Ordinaria
Doc. de Análisis de
Legislación Vigente.
Doc. de integración
de necesidades.
Primer Borrador de
Ley y Reporte de
Revisión
Borrador Final
Comisión
Gobierno Abierto.
Programas
Institucionales
30 Sept.
Abre LatAm
2EGA
10%
65%
Entregar Doc. a
CEJUR
Promulgación
95%
Publicación
10%
Incorporar a CEJUR y
Contraloría

39. CITIZENSHIP AS
A CREATIVE ACT

40. GOVERNMENT
AS CATALYZER,
AS CREATIVE AGENT?

46. ARTICULATE
POLITICAL WILL +
PUBLIC INTENTION