Ministers from 40 countries officially adopted the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation, a set of five principles, and associated actions, to promote and support an area which is often still considered to be of secondary importance. The Declaration includes concepts of how to put it in place and calls on governments and public administrations to include such concepts in their modernization strategies.

Italy has adopted a new Civil Service Act. In addition to modernising competitive examinations (online pre-selection procedure and professional tests), the new act allows mobility to the private sector for all civil servants (for a period of five years, renewable once) and introduces biometric systems to record working times. 

This website for sharing and spotlighting the HR community federates initiatives by government departments to transform services or carry out innovative projects on various themes (appeal, change management, management, mobility, quality of life at work, etc.). New contributions are gradually being added. An interactive map allows users to locate projects.