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His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), emphasized that the current stage of government work requires employing innovation as a permanent culture within the institutional work system, by employing the best scientific and applied methodologies to come up with innovative projects and initiatives that improve government outcomes. He pointed out that the innovation program that the Institute launched at the beginning of 2019 in cooperation with the United Nations Development Office, today contributed to producing five innovative government projects that, with their launch, will form a new path for developing the future of government work. This came during a speech he delivered during the virtual meeting organized by the institute to review the projects that resulted from the government innovation program. Dr. Bin Shams explained that the Institute of Public Administration based its design of the innovation program on the best scientific methodologies in the field of international innovation, in addition to seeking the assistance of international experts specialized in this field to benefit from innovative international applications and practices, in providing an elite group of government sector employees with new mechanisms to deal with daily government challenges in different ways that contribute to overcoming them and coming up with alternative solutions and innovative projects, noting that the program members were selected from various bodies and ministries, according to approved international standards, to ensure the achievement of results. desired. Stefano Pettinato, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, said In Bahrain: “This joint project with the Institute of Public Administration stems from the observation that innovation must come from and for the public sector, to respond to the growing demands and expectations of the population, and the ever-changing government work environment that requires more flexibility, adaptation and innovation in practices and methodologies. Through this endeavour, we hope to contribute to the ability of government employees to think differently while finding effective solutions to current and future challenges.” Mr. Pettinato added: “In recent months, and despite the challenges posed by the Corona pandemic (Covid-19), the project continued to complete its activities by adopting remote communication methodologies, which allowed the development of final models and progress until today.”