English presentation - September 2019

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1. Public Interest Entrepreneurs Improving public services & transforming the administration Sept. 2019 Website: entrepreneur-interet-general.etalab.gouv.fr Email: entrepreneur-interet-general@data.gouv.fr @eigforever
2. Why? There are public servants that want to innovate, but they face many obstacles There are skilled technologists who wish to work for the public sector, but they can’t find contracts that suit them Open data can be leveraged to pursue the modernization of public action Administrations have to accelerate this movement via tangible achievements
3. Our ambition How it works • Started in 2016 by the French Presidency, inspired by the Presidential Innovation Fellows • Funded by a State innovation “fund” (public money) for the first 3 years, now co-funded by the agencies • Innovative recruitment procedure • A dedicated team within Etalab • Coaching program + peer-to-peer learning • Open data / open source / open design Call for projects Across public agencies Call for applications Datascientists, developers, designers, in teams of 2-3. Accompanying the cohort 10 months, in residence in their agencies 1 2 3
4. Our ambition Some data 3 cohorts 71 fellows 37 projects 20+ different public agencies agriculture, refugees, fight against fraud, social benefits, access to law... entrepreneur-interet-general.etalab.gouv.fr
5. Signaux Faibles Our ambition
6. Prédisauvetage
7. Our ambition By Isabelle Bideau - Given by the author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link Gobelins
8. Our ambition CartoBio
9. Our ambition CartoBio
10. Our ambition Why it works A community of technologists which has experience (and empathy) working for the public sector; Public servants that are accustomed to working with technologists; Proofs of concept of innovative open data, open source and datascience projects + highlighting what needs to change in government to attract technologists. Why it’s useful
11. Our ambition Digital transformation? Another way to conduct projects The benefits for the host agencies extend beyond the projects (e.g., new tools…) Changes the professional paths of the EIG themselves
12. Our ambition Why it works High-level sponsors Program run within the Department for Digital Services (in-house expertise) Dedicated public servants Motivated, autonomous teams of entrepreneurs Short duration An appropriate technological environment Why it works
13. Our ambition Why it works Resource intensive (time + money + people) Project sustainability How to value the new skills of public servants? How to bring in new public servants? What we are working on
14. Our ambition It’s open!
15. Thank you! Website: entrepreneur-interet-general.etalab.gouv.fr Email: entrepreneur-interet-general@data.gouv.fr