The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how the interconnectedness of countries may have made the world more vulnerable to common threats, and has exposed weaknesses in international co-operation. Major challenges are not limited by jurisdictional borders, and demand collective action.
This calls for exploring innovative approaches to cross-border collaboration. However, government innovation efforts are largely confined to national or local borders. Why is collaborating across borders not happening more often? And how can we break this paradigm?
To help answer these questions, OPSI and the MBRCGI have worked in partnership to determine which set of innovative practices can best support collaboration to tackle cross-border issues, including a variety of inputs.
OPSI and the MBRCGI have developed a series of three reports on key modes of cross-border government innovation, which are being published here.