Related SDGs: SDG 10, 16
Keywords: Innovation, Vulnerable Groups, Social Inclusion, Multi-stakeholder Engagement, Innovative Public Service Delivery, ICT and Digital Government

Language: English
 

The training toolkit aims to build capacities to promote government innovation for social inclusion of vulnerable groups by introducing approaches, strategies, and experiences at the national level. It also highlights the importance of empowering vulnerable groups and engaging them in policy design, implementation, and monitoring processes, as agents of change.

Upon completion of the training, learners will have:

• Gained an understanding of their needs and of why promoting government innovation is key to effectively addressing dynamic, evolving and context-dependent vulnerabilities and demands of vulnerable groups.
• Assessed and analyzed the progress, status and challenges of a country/organization in fostering government innovation for social inclusion of vulnerable groups through self-assessment, knowledge-sharing, and discussions.
• Identified and applied various innovative approaches, strategies, and practices for promoting government innovation for social inclusion based on the specific context and needs of each country/organization, particularly for:
  1). Mainstreaming the "leaving no one behind approach" into national development and planning strategies.
  2). Promoting inclusive and participatory governance through engagement of vulnerable groups in decision-making processes, transforming public services delivery systems through co-designing and co-creating services, and building partnerships.
  3). Leveraging digital technologies and digital government as effective means and platforms to deliver inclusive services and better engage vulnerable peoples, while ensuring digital inclusion.
  iv). Prioritizing budget allocation for financing for social inclusion.
• Enhanced understanding and gained tools to ensure that vulnerable groups can be the agents of change through engagement, empowerment and promoting an inclusive mindset for promoting social inclusion.

Content and Structure
 

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The Toolkit is comprised of the following modules and sessions that can be used to conduct a regional or national training workshop:
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What is Vulnerability? Policy & Legislative Frameworks and Government Innovation Needs 
Module 1: Course Introduction & Overview 
Module 2: Vulnerability and Leaving No One Behind for Achieving the 2030 Agenda
Module 3: Vulnerability in the Contexts of Economic, Social and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities 
Module 4: Policy and Legislative Frameworks & Government Innovation Needs 

Addressing Root Causes of Vulnerability: Actions, Perspectives, and Governance 
Module 5: Identifying Vulnerability and Vulnerable Groups 
Module 6: Governance Innovation – Towards Inclusive and Participatory Governance 
 

Innovating Public Services and Enabling Ecosystems for Social Inclusion 
Module 7: Innovating Public Service Delivery and Access for Vulnerable Groups 
Module 8: Digital Government and Frontier Technologies for Promoting Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups 
Module 9: Ensuring Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups during Public Health Emergencies 
Module 10: How to Create an Enabling Ecosystem for Empowering Vulnerable Groups 

Capacity Development: Enabling Engagement and Enhancing Social Inclusion 
Module 11.1: Developing Capacity for Government Innovation for Social Inclusion
Module 11.2: Methods to Plan Stakeholder Engagement and Design Government Innovation Projects 

Implementing Government Innovation and Tracking & Monitoring the Impact of Government Innovation 
Module 13: Financing and Partnerships for Social Inclusion 
Module 14: Measuring Progress: Monitoring & Evaluation of Implementation Efforts 
Module 15: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
 

Agenda at a Glance of the 5-day Training Workshop

 

• Government officials, from both national and local government agencies, working on government innovation, social inclusion/protection or other relevant fields;
• Schools of public administration and institutes of public management;
• UN Country Teams and others;
• Other relevant stakeholders of government innovation, including civil society organizations, the private sector, and academia, will also be actively involved.

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The training toolkit is free of charge. If you have any questions about the toolkit, please send us an email at unpan@un.org
 

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