GovLab Austria – #Glainno1

GovLabAustria is a public sector innovation lab operated by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Civil Service and Sport and the Danube University Krems. It is an interdisciplinary laboratory fostering innovation in the public sector through collaboration between experts from the Ministry of Civil Service and Sport, the Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs as well as experts for E-Government and knowledge- and communication management of the Danube-University Krems. GovLabAustria should make it possible to address central public sector challenges in an open and interdisciplinary experimental space and to develop cross-organizational approaches to solutions involving the respective relevant stakeholders in a scientific and practical context. This document analyses as specific initiative the co-creation of GovLabAustria’s project about “Transparency and Participation in Legislative Enactment Procedure”.

Keywords: Setting up processes, complex problems, influence of the current political situation, learnings on political involvement, difficulties of co-creation processes, breaking down enormous issues