#2. The city of Skopje in Macedonia has been testing an interesting use-case for aerial drones. In the UK, Nesta’s new ‘Flying High’ report addresses how local governments should adapt to ensure that drones can fulfill socially beneficial goals.

#3. From democratic innovation in Portugal to ‘solar-powered urban furniture’ in Serbia, Public provides a summary of inspiring govtech startups that are shaking up public service delivery across Europe.

#4. Sam Rye compiles a range of definitions, quotes and diagrams helping to clearly define ‘strategic design’, and how it can be used to tackle complex social problems.

 #5. Ideas for motivating local participation: a chapter in a new collection, Social Internet of Things, explores a range of creative methods for engaging the public in cities. Meanwhile in Denver, US, a series of interactive art installations are helping to involve young people in participatory budgeting.

#6. Sanjan Sabherwal from Policy Lab describes some of the experimental approaches and practical tools that governments can use to ‘bust biases’ in policymaking in this blog series.

#7. What is public sector innovation anyway? A blog from The OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation says we need a clearer collective understanding, and gives a definition built on three core dimensions.

#8. Bianca Wiley draws learnings Toronto’s ‘smart neighbourhood’ experiment to outline five principles for a democratic smart city, with an accompanying video.

#10. Stepping up our systems game: Tessa de Geus argues that social innovation movements need to urgently invest in a comprehensive understanding of systems if they want to create social change.

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