Mapped: 100+ teams teaching government the skills of the future
Government is the world’s largest employer, and its success in solving the world’s wicked problems depends on its public servants. For government to be all the things we want it to be — innovative, citizen-centred, transparent, experimental and data-driven — its employees need to be constantly learning future-ready skills on the job. Governments around the world are finally realising that.
With this Government Learning Directory — the world’s first — you’ll be able to:
See which teams around the world are focusing on teaching public servants the skills of the future
Find learning resources, understand best practice on upskilling and learn more about public sector innovation
Share ideas, successes and challenges with 100+ teams preparing public servants to tackle the world’s most wicked problems
Europe
🇬🇧 Academi Wales
📍 Cardiff, Wales
🇬🇧 Civil Service Leadership Academy
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 Civil Service Local
📍 Across UK
🇩🇰 Danish Design Centre
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
🇬🇧 Data Science Accelerator Programme
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics
📍 Newport, United Kingdom
🇩🇰 Disruption Taskforce
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
🇬🇧 DWP Policy Exploration Team
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇪🇪 e-Governance Academy
📍 Tallinn, Estonia
🇫🇷 Entrepreneurs d’Intérêt Général – Etalab
📍 Paris, France
🇫🇮 Experimental Finland
📍 Helsini, Finland
🇬🇧 GDS Academy
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇦🇹 GovLabAustria
📍 Vienna, Austria
🇬🇧 HackIT
📍 Hackney, London, UK
🇬🇧 HMRC Digital Data Academy
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇫🇷 La Transfo, La 27e Région
📍 Paris, France
🇵🇹 LabX
📍 Lisbon, Portugal
🇩🇰 National Centre for Public Sector Innovation
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
🇬🇧 National Leadership Centre, Cabinet Office
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 Open Data Institute e-Learning programme
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 Policy Lab UK
📍 London, United Kingdom
📍 Policymaker of the Future Programme
📍 Fife, Scotland
🇬🇧 Public Service Transformation Academy
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 School of Data
📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 Scottish Digital Academy
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
🇮🇪 Spark Innovation Programe
📍 Dublin, Ireland
🇸🇪 The Innovation Guide, SALAR
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🇬🇷 Unit of Innovation and Best Practices
📍 Athens, Greece
🇬🇧 What Works Team, Cabinet Office
📍 London, UK
North America
🇺🇸 Agile Government Leaders Academy
📍 Online Across USA
🇨🇦 Alberta CoLab
📍 Edmonton, Canada
🇨🇦 Beyond2020
📍 Ottawa, Ontario
🇨🇦 BIG – Behavioural Insights Group BC
📍 Victoria, BC, Canada
🇨🇦 Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇨🇦 CSPS Digital Academy
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇨🇦 Policy Community, Government of Canada
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇨🇦 CSPS Transferable Skills
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇺🇸 Centers for Civic Impact
📍 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
🇺🇸 Chattanooga Peak Academy
📍 Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
🇨🇦 Code for Canada
📍 Ontario, Canada
🇺🇸 DataSF Data Academy
📍 San Francisco, California, USA
🇺🇸 DC Innovation Academy
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇺🇸 Denver Peak Academy
📍 Denver, Colorado, USA
🇺🇸 DigitalGov University
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇺🇸 Durham Data Academy
📍 Durham, North Carolina, USA
🇺🇸 Eureka! Program, City of Hillsboro
📍 Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
🇨🇦 Experimentation Works
📍 Toronto, Canada
🇨🇦 Future Skills Centre
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇺🇸 GovLab Academy
📍 Brooklyn, New York, USA
🇺🇸 Illinois Government Innovation Academy
📍 Springfield, Illinois, USA
🇨🇦 Impact and Innovation Unit
📍 Ottawa, Canada
- 🇲🇽 Institute of Public Administration, A.C.
📍 Chetumal, QR, Mexico
🇨🇦 Institute on Governance
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇺🇸 Miami Innovation Academy
📍 Miami, Florida, USA
🇨🇦 NS GovLab
📍 Nova Scotia, Canada
🇺🇸 NYC Service Design Studio
📍 New York City, New York, USA
🇺🇸 Office of Evaluation Sciences
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇨🇦 Ontario Digital Service
📍 Toronto, Canada
🇺🇸 Philadelphia Municipal Innovation Academy
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
🇺🇸 Plain Language Action and Information Network
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇨🇦 Public Policy Forum and Action Canada
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🇨🇦 Ontario Cabinet Office’s Policy Innovation Hub
📍 Toronto, Canada
🇺🇸 San Francisco City Performance Lean Program
📍 San Francisco, California
🇺🇸 South Bend Academy
📍 South Bend, Indiana, USA
🇺🇸 Summer Design School, The Lab at OPM
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇨🇦 Systemic Design eXchange (SDX)
📍 Edmonton, Canada
🇨🇦 Transformation Champions Network
📍 Winnipeg, Canada
🇺🇸 United States Digital Service
📍 Washington, DC, USA
🇺🇸 United States Access Board
📍 Washington, DC, USA
Middle East and Africa
🇧🇩 Access to Information (a2i)
📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh
🇸🇱 Directorate of Science, Technology & Innovation (DTSI), Sierra Leone
📍 Freetown, Sierra Leone
🇿🇦 Centre for Public Service Innovation
📍 Pretoria, South Africa
🇦🇪 Dubai City Makers
📍 Dubai, UAE
🇮🇱 JDC Institute for Leadership and Governance
📍 Tel Aviv, Israel
🇦🇪 Ministry of Possibilities
📍 Dubai, UAE
🇦🇪 Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation
📍 Dubai, UAE
🇵🇸 Palestinian eGovernment Academy
📍 Palestine, Ramallah
🇦🇪 UAE Leaders Digital Hub
📍 Dubai, UAE
🇱🇷 President’s Young Professionals Program (YPP)
📍 Monrovia, Liberia
Latin America
- 🇧🇷 (011).Lab
📍 São Paulo, Brazil
🇦🇷 Design Academy, Government Lab of Argentina
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
🇨🇴 Equipo de Innovación Pública (EiP), Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP)
📍 Bogotá, Colombia
🇨🇱 Laboratorio de Gobierno
📍 Santiago, Chile
🇧🇷 GNova, National School of Public Administration
📍 Brasilia, Brazil
🇧🇷 HubGov
📍 Florianópolis, Brazil
🇧🇷 iJuspLab
📍 São Paulo, Brazil
🇧🇷 LAB.ges
📍 Vitória, Brazil
🇺🇾 Lab AGESIC
📍 Montevideo, Uruguay
🇨🇴 Ruta N
📍 Medellin, Colombia
🇨🇴 Superior School of Public Administration (ESAP)
📍 Bogotá, Colombia
🇨🇴 Veeduria Distrital, LAB Capital
📍 Bogotá, Colombia
Oceania
- 🇦🇺 Australia and New Zealand School of Government
📍 Victoria, Australia
🇦🇺 Capability Team, Australia Public Service Commission
📍 Sydney, Australia
🇦🇺 BizLab
📍 Canberra, Australia
🇦🇺 Change@SouthAustralia
📍 Adelaide, Australia
🇦🇺 Digital Communities of Practice, Digital Transformation Agency
📍 Canberra, Australia
🇳🇿 Digital.govt.nz
📍 Wellington, New Zealand
🇦🇺 Innovation NSW
📍 Haymarket, NSW, Australia
🇦🇺 Queensland Public Service Commission
📍 Brisbane, Australia
🇳🇿 New Zealand Service Innovation Lab
📍 Wellington, New Zealand
🇦🇺 Office of Digital Government
📍 Western Australia, Australia
🇦🇺 South Australian Leadership Academy
📍 Adelaide, Australia
🇳🇿 The Policy Project, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
📍 Wellington, New Zealand
🇦🇺 Victorian Leadership Academy
📍 Victoria, Australia
Asia
🇸🇬 Civil Service College
📍 Singapore
🇵🇭 Development Academy of the Philippines
📍 Manila, Philippines
🇸🇬 e-Government Leadership Centre
📍 Singapore
🇵🇭 Local Government Academy
📍 Manila, Philippines
🇲🇾 Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit
📍 Putrajaya, Malaysia
🇲🇳 National Academy of Governance
📍 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
🇮🇳 National e-Governance Division
📍 New Delhi, India
🇸🇬 PS21
📍 Singapore
🇸🇬 Public Service Division, Transformation Cluster
📍 Singapore
🇸🇬 Public Service Leadership Programme
📍 Singapore
Global
🌎 Emerging Public Leaders
📍 Global
🌎 UN Public Institutions & Digital Government
📍 Global
🌎 FutureGov
📍 Global
🌎 IMF Online Learning
📍 Global
🌎 One UN Climate Change Learning
📍 Global
🌎 SDG Academy
📍 Global
🌎 States of Change, Nesta
📍 Global
🌎 UN Women Training Centre eLearning Campus
📍 Global
🌎 UNESCO UniTwin Complex Systems Digital Campus
📍 Global
🌎 UN Institute for Training and Research
📍 Global
🌎 World Bank Group Online Learning Campus
📍 Global