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Sharing Camden’s work on Universal Basic Services 

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Last year, the Strategy and Design team at Camden Council shared their work at conferences in the UK and abroad. Read about how this has benefited their work on Universal Basic Services.

Progressing international design discourse in Helsinki, Amsterdam and beyond

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After the success of the Helsinki Conference we’re preparing our next events for 2025. First off is the User Needs First International Conference in Amsterdam in April.

Coming together for international events and active collaboration

Three framed posters for the Helsinki Conference 2024 in a corridor – one showing the logo of the International Design in Government community, one saying ‘Systems change and futures’ and one containing a mission statement: “We want to bridge the gap between the practice of designing services and policies in government and the ideas of systems change and futures.”

The International Design in Government community is getting together in person this year for workshops and a conference in Helsinki in October.

Co-creating the most complete overview of international design in government work

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The International Design in Government ran the first ever 24-hour conference showcasing global public sector service transformation. Find out what the community is up to next!

How the International Design in Government community is coming together again

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The International Design in Government continues to grow and convene — and we’re bigger than ever before. We have over 3,500 members on Slack and regularly have 40 to 50 people joining our calls. The last time we blogged, we …

The International Design in Government community is 5 years old!

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...members sharing work on and discussing service standards, service assurance and end-to-end service design case studies. Community members from Argentina, Norway and the Netherlands—Pablo Fernandez Vallejo, Tone Dalen, Synniva Larsen,...

International Design in Government events are going global

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...on 3 events, which will take place around the world. Here’s what we’re doing and how you can get involved. Partnering for global events The International Design in Government Community...

What we learned from running the first International Design in Government Conference

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...to experience(s) from the design community. At times you can feel you are standing all alone with your challenges but here we (are) transparently sharing between each other.' Those who...