Read the latest blogs from the IGL network.
Read about the journey FFG embarked upon in the search for evidence through our two-blogs series! This is the second blog of the series where FFG shares about their learning experience.
Read about the journey FFG embarked upon in the search for evidence through our two-blogs series! This is the first blog of the series depicting the cases considered.
IGL's Senior Researcher reflects on her experience in supporting the TAFTIE network of European Innovation Agencies to face issues such as university-business collaboration
IGL's Policy Learning Designer reflects on how policymakers learn how to become more experimental - often needing to take on more than simply learning how to run an experimental trial.
As digital transformation for SMEs become more important than ever, we collaborated with the Inter-American Development Bank to support policymakers in Argentina, Jamaica and Uruguay to apply the experimental approach to their technology adoption programs.
Discover how the training programme delivered by IGL helped EURADA agencies to become more experimental.
Innovation agencies are gradually gaining prominence in Latin America and the Caribbean. The issue of the capabilities of these innovation agencies in the region is of great importance and has been notoriously under-researched. Our latest research highlights certain factors that influence the modus operandi of the innovation agencies that form the Latin American Network of Innovation Agencies (RELAI).
At IGL we have long been interested in the question of what innovation agencies do, and how they can successfully drive innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity within their societies and economies. Over the past few years, we have explored this topic in depth, building on earlier Nesta research that looked at the different roles and approaches taken by innovation agencies around the world.
Our latest research looks at the changing roles of innovation agencies in Europe. One key take away is that to keep up with the rate of change, be it technological or societal, their identities in the future must be led by the needs of the innovators they look to support.
Innovation agencies are responsible for catalysing the development of innovations designed to address unmet societal and economic needs. They fund and support entrepreneurs, companies and other actors to develop, test and scale new products, services and ideas. But how do they ensure that they are continuously learning and innovating themselves?
Spain is on the verge of passing new legislation on policy evaluation. This represents a great opportunity to create the framework that will allow Spain to evaluate its policies and learn more about their impact - but the text is in need of improvement.
This IGL Grant funded trial asks how NGOs and governments can improve youth unemployment, especially women’s labour force participation?
