Purpose

The Innovation Fund provides an opportunity for agencies to collaborate and invest in early stage cross-agency pilots and prototypes.

Agencies identify a common problem or opportunity and present the initiative through an Innovation Fund Lean Canvas.

The fund is administered by the Digital Public Service (DPS) branch at the Department of Internal Affairs. 

Governance and support

Oversight of the Innovation Fund is provided by:

The Digital Government Leadership Group (DGLG)

The DGLG are responsible for supporting the Strategy for a Digital Public Service. The group will: 

• be briefed on initiatives supported by the Innovation Fund and the strategic risks and opportunities that they are seeking to address
• discuss the strategic ‘system’ lessons learnt from the pilots and the system barriers they need to help to remove. 

The Fund officials panel

The panel is made up of cross-agency senior officials. The panel provides advice and recommendations by:

• reviewing applications and providing recommendations to the DCE GCDO
• ensuring the initiatives supported are aligned with the focus areas for 2020/21.