2026 Innovations in the Public Sector
Content
- The importance of innovations for a modern and effective public sector
- Basic terminology of invention & innovation management
- Technological factors of innovation
- Organizational factors of innovation
- Techniques of creativity promotion
- Evaluation of invention & innovation processes
- Protection of intellectual property
- Innovation policy in Slovenia and the European Union
- Support institutions in Slovenia and the European Union
- Social innovations and the role of the public sector
- A review of innovative developments in the Slovenian public sector
- Future innovation challenges in the Slovenian public sector
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- Students get to know the innovation opportunities of the public sector,
- students understand the basic terminology of invention & innovation management,
- students get acquainted with the fundamental innovation factors of the public sector,
- students know the institutions of the innovation support environment,
- students get acquainted with the methods and innovative techniques aimed at addressing the challenges of the public sector.
Competencies
- Students are able to identify the needs for technological and non-technological innovations in the public sector,
- students are able to manage the basic principles of invention & innovation processes,
- students are able to correctly apply the methods and techniques of idea creation,
- students are able to identify relevant innovation support institutions,
- students are able to manage the evaluation of the various stages of invention & innovation processes.