Fostering collaboration between governments and tech startups to transform public services and improve people's lives.
Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean face constraints in modernizing their management and responding to growing citizen demands for more efficient, inclusive, and quality public services.
Low digitization, data scarcity, regulatory rigidity, fiscal constraints, and a lack of specialized talent hinder the digital transformation of the public sector and affect the quality of life of millions.
Tech startups face barriers to collaborating with the public sector: high customer acquisition costs of B2G models, long payment cycles, lack of financing, and absence of open standards and interoperable solutions.
These conditions discourage the creation of GovTech solutions that could transform public management.
Collaboration with startups and GovTech ecosystems represent a key solution to overcome these barriers, enhancing the full potential of startup technology solutions and encouraging the scaling of their impact.
At IDB Lab, we promote initiatives that strengthen collaboration between governments and startups to scale innovative technological solutions.
Our goal: to improve the provision, efficiency, quality, and transparency of public services, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations and climate resilience.
Systematization of the process developed with lessons learned
Resources designed to help innovation centers and hubs improve their structures and optimize their operations
Lessons learned from the impulsiONar program in the acceleration and implementation of pilots
Actions, strategies and indicators of the impulsiONar program in its pilot edition (2021–2023).
Use cases of the Legal Framework for Startups in impulsiONar to pilot digital educational resources in public education.
Guidance for entrepreneurs of educational solutions for governments.
Open innovation to solve public challenges together with startups in Latin America.
Local Govtech ecosystem to modernize public services and build a smart city.
Open innovation to improve the quality and efficiency of public services in Uruguay.
Open innovation to transform the public health system in Brazil and Latin America.
Educational innovation to close learning gaps in vulnerable municipalities in Brazil.
LegalTech for more accessible, efficient, and people-centered justice.