2.2. Fostering public sector
innovation
The current socio-economic and fnancial context the EU is fac-
ing poses a challenge. However, the situation is also a driver for
public administrations to mobilise their full innovative poten-
tial in order to meet citizens’ needs more efciently and efec-
tively. These drivers for innovation are, generally: pressure on
government budgets; rising public expectations of more acces-
sible and fexible services and greater participation in service
and policy development and review; and complex social, envi-
ronmental and economic challenges(18)
. We can fnd all these
elements together in the current political, economic and social
circumstances across all EU Member States.