This workshop aimed at raising awareness on the opportunities, challenges and benefits that countries and their people can experience when innovative approaches are applied in the public sector. It also created a platform for the exchange of knowledge and good practices on issues related to innovation in the public sector, focused on enhancing government services, and promoted inter-institutional networking and dialogue. Experts from the Arab region and international organizations attended this workshop and contributed to the discussion.

The first part of this workshop was dedicated to International Organization efforts for promoting Innovation in the public sector. The second part of this workshop was dedicated to the Tunisian experience in emerging trends in e-Government. The participants of the workshop acknowledged the need to move towards open government in the public sector in order to enhance efficiency, transparency and openness in the Arab region.