Events

CoMotion is pleased to announce that we’re heading back to the beach, as CoMotion MIAMI returns, June 16-17, 2021. This gathering will be an exciting and innovative hybrid affair, featuring in-person dinners, site visits, and networking in the greater Wynwood area, paired with immersive panels and thought-provoking keynotes in a virtual setting. Join us to hear from the best and brightest across Florida and Latin America, as we delve into exciting topics like smart infrastructure, urban air mobility, startup investments, and so much more! Be sure to use Shareable's special discount code when you register: Shareable20

Our current system of measurement in the public sector is not working: a focus on metrics designed for control is creating gaming, perverse incentives, and ultimately makes the job of public servants harder. For this reason, we need to shift away from using measurement as a means of control, and instead begin using it as a way to learn about complex problems and the people experiencing them, so we can adapt and improve our approach. Join us to explore the opportunities, challenges and practicalities of an alternative approach to measurement - measurement for learning.

Growing inequalities, persistent unemployment and environmental imperatives have come to the fore as priority policy issues. Socio-economic challenges have been exacerbated by COVID-19, making the rethinking of traditional policy approaches more urgent than ever. The social and solidarity economy, including associations, co-operatives, mutuals, foundations and social enterprises,  has emerged as a fundamental lever to build more inclusive and sustainable economies and societies. Data reveals that in some countries, social economy organisations can account for as much as 10% of total employment, representing a key source of jobs and income. The OECD has joined forces with the European Union through the Global Action “Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy ecosystems” to scale and further increase awareness on the social and solidarity economy and its role in building back better. The Action targets all EU Member States and six non-EU countries (Brazil, Canada, India, Korea, Mexico and the United States). This international conference will bring together hundreds of practitioners, experts and policy makers in the social and solidarity economy to:

• Learn more about the issues to consider when designing legal frameworks and measuring social impact, including new OECD research in these fields.
• Discuss brand new OECD evidence on the role of social and solidarity economy organisations in rebuilding better, by achieving social impact, promoting inclusiveness and addressing the impacts of COVID-19.
• Network with other international practitioners, experts and policy makers, during highly interactive roundtables and breakout sessions.

System stewardship is emerging as a new way of thinking about the role of government. Described as, “a new way of working that allows governments and their agents to effectively influence and steward systems from which outcomes emerge”, system stewardship is seen as being critical to contemporary public service practice. But what does it mean and look like in practice? Join this conversation to explore the concept of system stewardship, and how to encourage more of it within and across government agencies, so that our systems work to serve the people who they are supposed to benefit.