Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC)

Earlier this month, our colleague Abbas Abdul, PhD. from Transformative Innovation Africa Hub had the privilege of moderating a Policy & Industry Dialogue under the Industrial Policy Lab (IPL Africa) on Effective Policy Implementation: Operationalising Industrial & Innovation Policies. Our speakers - Nadia Al-Banna, PhD, MBA, Director of Venture Operations & Development, (Cyphercrescent), ALFRED DAWSON QUANSAH, Deputy Manager of Research & Data, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and Silas Omomehin Ajimijaye, General Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation (NCDMB) - shared powerful takeaways: ✨ Africa’s innovators are increasingly returning home to solve local challenges ✨ Mentorship, capacity building, and talent development are turning ideas into investor-ready businesses ✨ Stronger industry–academia partnerships are helping transform research into solutions ✨ Aligning company goals with national priorities builds clearer stakeholder value ✨ Despite bureaucracy and funding gaps, public–private partnerships are sharing risks and unlocking opportunities. The message was clear: collaboration, capacity, and courage are central to making innovation deliver for Africa’s industrial transformation. #TransformativeInnovation #Africa #Nigeria #TIAH #STI #InnovationPolicy #SustainableDevelopment #PolicyDialogue #IndustrialPolicy

New Publication: Policy Entrepreneurship in Collaborative Governance: Transformative Innovation in Catalonia’s Sustainability Transition  🌍The paper explores how policy entrepreneurship, the practices and behaviours of individuals who drive change, shapes Collaborative Public Sector Innovation (CPSI) within the framework of Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP).   Highlights from the article:  -Focus on the Shared Agendas for sustainability and social initiative in Catalonia, which aims to address challenges like climate change, pollution, and inequality, aligning with the EU's RIS3CAT 2030 strategy.   -Shifting from a system-wide view to micro-level collaboration, focusing on how cross-sectoral public actors (from universities, research centres and regional governments) work together on policy design.   -Spotlight on policy entrepreneur collaboration: individuals who influence policy by building long-term relationships through workshops and informal engagements.  Co-authored by Míriam Acebillo-Baqué, Diana Velasco, Alejandra (Sandra) Boni, the article outlines valuable strategies of policy entrepreneurs, including reframing policy challenges with a systemic perspective, co-constructing shared visions, enabling experimental implementation, and integrating learning mechanisms into the policy cycle.    💡 The findings highlight the important role that individuals and small groups can play in collaborative governance.     👉 Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gtw8wQ4S    #PolicyEntrepreneurship #CPSI #TIP #Innovation #Sustainability #PublicPolicy #Catalonia #Collaboration 

Join us on Tuesday, August 26, for this discussion (in Spanish) with a number of expert speakers, including TIPC's Matias Ramirez, looking at the crucial issue of tackling deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. 📅 Date: August 26 🌍 Language: Spanish 🔗 Registration details below

📢Transformative Innovation Africa Hub is excited to invite you to the upcoming Policy and Industry Dialogue (PID) session:  Topic: Effective Policy Implementation: Operationalising Industrial and Innovation Policies (in Nigeria) 🕚When: 12th of August | 11:00 AM (WAT) | 12:00 PM (CEST) 🌐Format: online Speakers:  🎙Nadia Al-Banna, PhD, MBA – Director of Venture Operations & Development, CYPHERCRESCENT 🎙ALFRED DAWSON QUANSAH – Deputy Manager of Research & Data, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation  🎙Silas Omomehin Ajimijaye – General Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation, NCDMB  Moderator:  🎙Abbas Abdul, PhD. – Research Fellow, Technology Innovation, University of Sussex 🧠Join us as we explore practical strategies to operationalise industrial and innovation policies in Nigeria and strengthen connections across Africa’s science, technology and innovation (STI) network. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ebeZdaRZ    #TransformativeInnovation #Africa #Nigeria #TIAH #STI #InnovationPolicy #SustainableDevelopment #PolicyDialogue #IndustrialPolicy

🚨 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Second Edition 🚨   Hello all Early-Career Policymakers and Researchers! We’re excited to launch the second edition of our training on Science-Policy Dialogue, designed for a diverse group of early career researchers and policymakers who want to help shape and implement Transformative and Mission-Oriented Policies in the areas of Science, Technology, and Innovation (#STI). Through a combination of online pre-sessions and an intensive in-person workshop week in Vienna, participants will: 🔹 Build practical skills in evidence-informed policymaking 🔹 Strengthen their understanding of STI policy dynamics 🔹 Co-develop policy ideas addressing real societal challenges 🔹 Expand their networks across the science-policy interface   We invite applications from: ✅ PhD researchers (minimum 3rd year) ✅ Postdocs and other early career scholars ✅ Policymakers at local, regional, national, or supranational level ...with a focus or interest in STI-related challenges.   📣 If you’re no longer “early career” but know someone who is – please pass this on to them!   👉 Find more info on eligibility and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/es-Djg5n Questions? Feel free to reach out to me or Lasse Bundgaard – we’re happy to help! #SciencePolicy #MissionOrientedInnovation #STIPolicy #PhD #Postdoc #PolicyMakers #EarlyCareer #ScienceCommunication #PolicyTraining #Paris2025 #EuSPRI Weber Matthias Mireille Matt Diana Velasco Stephanie Daimer Alejandra (Sandra) Boni Elvira Uyarra Gudrun Haindlmaier Lene Topp Valentina Carazzolo, PhD Martha Liliana Marin Ville-Pekka Niskanen Teresa Matousek Iacopo Gronchi Aude Lefèvre Arnault Morisson Charles McIvor Alessandro Allegra Magdalena Weichselbraun-Palavecino Anna Isabel Becker Tobias Hoffmann, Ph.D. David Bennett Américo Veloso Bento Laura Porta Lise Moawad Matt Ziembla Dr Hannah Isabelle T. Kateryna Kryzhanivska, PhD Barbara Hedeler Johanna Leväsluoto Vincent Baarslag Carsten Schwäbe LISIS

Shared Agendas for Systemic Transformation! I. Systemic Transformation Systemic transformation is essential to address complex challenges—such as climate change, inequality, and technological disruption—by moving beyond isolated solutions toward integrated, collaborative, and sustainable development II. Shared Agendas Shared Agendas are collaborative, evolving processes built around a common challenge. They drive transformative action through shared vision, co-responsibility, and continuous learning to influence dominant systems III. Transforming Relationships Facilitation is a strategic function grounded in the belief that transforming systems requires transforming relationships. It fosters trust, collaboration, and innovation by creating safe spaces where diverse actors co-create alternatives for sustainable change IV. Facilitation Model Facilitation supports five key phases: 1. Building a shared, inspiring future vision 2. Analysing the current system and identifying barriers and opportunities 3. Developing an adaptive theory of change 4. Defining collaborative actions with transformative potential 5. Designing governance that ensures legitimacy and continuit V. Key Takeaways 1. Facilitation enables radical collaboration, manages complexity and tensions, and supports learning 2. Shared Agendas are not fixed plans but dynamic processes that build new relationships, narratives, and collective action 3. Effective collaboration balances hierarchy and horizontality, uses systems thinking tools, and treats monitoring as a learning process Make sure to check out this insightful report in this post by Tatiana Fernandez (🙏 Giulio Quaggiotto for the hint!) here: https://lnkd.in/dktnsbsg —— For regular updates on Transformative Innovation, make sure to follow us here: The Futuring Alliance The Futuring Alliance unites visionaries across business, policy, science, and society who believe the best way to predict the future is to shape it – together #innovation #transformativeinnovation #systems #systemsthinking #strategy #transformation #facilitation #RIS3CAT

"It is not about steering the process towards a predefined outcome, but about supporting the collective construction of a shared future vision and a contextualised theory of change that is flexible, living, and open to learning." This is just one of the insights from this Generalitat de Catalunya guide on ‘Facilitating the Building of Shared Agendas’. The guide contains lots of insights applicable across multiple contexts. 

Happy to share this podcast episode where we had the opportunity to share our new GreenDEMO project where we mobilize local municipalities' capacities and joint community action in eight vibrant European cities for changes in direction of healthy, climate-adapted and fairer living conditions. Stadt Mannheim Claudia Mauser Bristol City Council Alex Minshull Aalborg Kommune Carsten Rømming Sørensen Mette Larsen City of Aarhus Iben Uldahl Søndergård Stadt Bamberg Riccardo Schreck Yannick von Ostheim Glasgow City Council Billy McCauley Smart City Poznan Michal Lakomski Schaerbeek 1030 Schaarbeek Mélanie Rasquin ICLEI