Innovation teams and labs
While there are many organizations with "Labs" in their name, this category refers explicitly to innovation units inside of larger organizations and institutions.
Suggested reading: The Rise and Fall of Innovation Labs in International Development on ICTWorks
Local Policy Lab Action Lab
The LPL Action Lab is a think tank and civic lab, rolled into one, combining theory and practice to generate ground-breaking, actionable ideas for cities.
Digital Service Unit (DSU) South Africa
To drive implementation of the Roadmap, the Presidency is establishing the Digital Service Unit (DSU) to coordinate this whole-of-government effort to modernise services.
GNOVA
Na GNova somos pessoas apaixonadas por impulsionar a inovação no setor público, resolvendo problemas de forma criativa.
Stedelijke Innovatie Amsterdam
Een stad die klaar is voor de toekomst. Hier werken we aan, samen met bewoners, bezoekers, bedrijven en overheid. Verschillende specialisten onderzoeken de invloed van technologie op Amsterdam.
Thomson Reuters Labs
Working with external partners, Thomson Reuters Labs™ are active members of regional innovation ecosystems, delivering world-class solutions for customers.
Justicia Lab AI
The World's First Non-Profit AI Lab for Immigrant Justice
Policy Lab (GOV.UK)
Uses design, innovation, and people-centered approaches to improve policymaking
LABX
Centro para a Inovação no Setor Público
UNDP Panama Accelerator Lab
Panama’s Accelerator Lab is working to understand how strengthening solid waste management practices in rural municipalities can help create pathways to optimize national recycling strategies and work...
10x
10x is the federal government’s very own venture studio
Dreamspace Academy
DreamSpace Academy is a social enterprise tackling local socio-economic and environmental challenges through challenge-based learning, grassroots innovation and impact venture building.
GovTech Singapore Government Technology Agency
Singapore's digital transformation unit
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is the center of urban manufacturing and innovation.
Center for Labor and a Just Economy (CLJE:Lab)
CLJE:Lab is the policy and legal innovation lab at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy – where our ideas for building worker power and strengthening democracy hit the ground.
World Health Organization Innovation hub
We use sustainable innovation to solve bottlenecks, accelerate impact, and improve health, focusing on the most neglected problems and people.
IDB Lab (BID Lab)
IDB Lab is the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group.
Smart Districts
Smart Districts (Dublin) are strategically selected locations where innovation projects are fast-tracked.
DOLL Living Lab
Our expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a...
Copenhagen Solutions Lab
At Copenhagen Solutions Lab, we support the development of the city through testing and implementation of intelligent and data-driven solutions, that support the needs of the city and its citizens.
Evidence House
Evidence House is a Downing Street-led initiative, working with collaborators including ONS Data Science Campus, Evaluation Task Force, Modernisation and Reform Unit, Go Science and National Situation...
Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government
Direction interministérielle de la transformation publique (DINUM)
La direction interministérielle de la transformation publique (DITP) pilote le programme de transformation publique défini par le Gouvernement pour une action publique plus proche, plus simple et plus...
Policy Lab UK
Our mission is to radically improve policy making through design, innovation and people-centred approaches.
Response Innovation Lab Iraq
The Iraq Response Innovation Lab (IRIL) convenes actors around humanitarian problems faced locally through analysis and promotion of innovations and innovators.
YAI Center for Innovation and Engagement
YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.
Pulse Lab Jakarta
Pulse Lab Jakarta is a joint data innovation facility of the United Nations (Global Pulse) and the Government of Indonesia (via the Ministry of National Development Planning, Bappenas).
Alberta CoLab
Provincial powerhouse: Alberta’s new government lab
The Reporters’ Lab
The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about tru...
Journalism and Media Lab (jamlab) at Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct
Jamlab aims to support more and better innovation in journalism and media in Africa.
The Lab @ DC
The Lab uses scientific insights and methods to test and improve policies and provide timely, relevant, and high-quality analysis to inform the District's most important decisions.
NYC EDC
AI Confessions
ITS Rio
O Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio estuda o impacto e o futuro da tecnologia no Brasil e no mundo.
Technologiestiftung Berlin
Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.
Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)
To connect Taiwan and the world, PDIS incubates and facilitates public digital innovation and service, optimises the processes and tools of the public service with design thinking, guides the public s...
Poverty Action Lab
Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Taftie
TAFTIE is the European Association of leading national innovation agencies
Civic Design Lab
Civic Design Lab (CDL) is a civic service design and innovation team within Oakland City Hall that grew out of the Resilient Oakland initiative.
UN Global Pulse
The Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab
Open Data Lab Jakarta
We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.
UNDP Accelerator Labs
We’re building the world’s largest and fastest learning network around development challenges.
UNICEF Venture Fund
Social Innovation Labs Handbook
Research and survey on social innovation labs in Canada.
Public Service Lab
Supporting the transition to better German public services through events, workshops, publications
California Office of Data & Innovation
Governor's Budget Summary 2020-21
Apolitical's Government Innovation Lab Directory
Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch
CO-Bologna
LABoratorio per la GOVernance dei beni comuni di Bologna
UI Labs
UI LABS is an innovation accelerator that brings Universities, Industry, and Government together to deliver solutions to tomorrow’s challenges.
United States DOGE Service (USDS)
The United States Digital Service is transforming how the federal government works for the American people. And we need you.
Tanzania Data Lab dlab
Promoting innovation and data literacy through a premier center of excellence
CityLab Berlin
The CityLAB is an experimental laboratory for the city of the future.