What does it involve?

This two day event is open to everyone interested in public services, and who wants to develop their skills and knowledge while working with others. Both individuals and organisations can join – you do not need experience of government or the public sector. It is part of Global GovJam in which people in over thirty…

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How will you benefit?

Participants in last year’s Dundee GovJam said: “I loved the collaboration, the iterative approach and the whole learning experience.” “Everyone really engaged with the process – probably mainly due the support and energy from the facilitators.” “It has enabled me to be bolder at approaching change from a personal perspective and in the workplace.” “The…

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Who is behind it?

“It’s time we really put some thought into designing services around about the interests of the people who use them. I’m really pleased that D and A College is taking part in Dundee GovJam, it’s a really fresh and exciting way to go about service redesign. We want all our services to be slick, quick…

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“I encourage all those working in the city’s public services take part in Dundee GovJam. Over the past year at the council we have been building our service design skills through numerous workshops in the same style as the Dundee GovJam. It’s a great way of bringing fresh thinking into service redesign, alongside developing new skills, knowledge and working collaboratively with others.”

David Martin, Chief Executive, Dundee City Council

“Dundee GovJam represents to me the amazing spirit of discovery that flows through Dundee. At Scottish Government we are committed to a vision of public services that are always designed with, and not simply for, their users. If GovJam is about anything it’s about helping us all understand that in Scotland service design is everyone’s business!”

Catriona Macaulay, Head of User Research & Service Design, The Scottish Government