This section provides access to hundreds of best practices in government innovation from the Innovations in American Government Awards Program and its partner programs, established by the Ford Foundation in 10 countries and regions worldwide. Each award example provides a description of the innovation and contact information; many also include video clips, photographs, and related research and case study information.

Through support from the Ford Foundation and contributions by the individual programs, the Liaison Group was established in 2002 as a means to enhance the collaboration among the programs for shared learning and global dissemination of our individual and collective knowledge and experiences. Liaison group activities include workshops, research, and publications.

• American Indian Tribes in the United States of America: Honoring Nations Program
• Brazil: Public Management and Citizenship Program
• Chile: Citizen Participation and Public Politics Program
• China: The Innovations and Excellence in Chinese Local Governance Program
• East Africa: The Mashariki Innovations in Local Governance Awards Program
• Mexico: Government and Local Management Award
• Peru: Participation and Local Management Program
• Philippines: The Galing Pook Foundation Awards for Outstanding Local Government Programs
• South Africa: Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust
• United States of America: Innovations in American Government Awards Program

While each of these initiatives is adapting the innovations approach to local concerns and priorities, they all share a strong allegiance to the core idea that government can be improved through the identification and dissemination of examples of effective solutions to public sector problems.

The Liaison Group is convened by Peter Spink (Spink@fgvsp.br), director of Gestão Publica e Cidadania (Public Management and Citizenship) Program at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, Brazil. Jacqueline I. Machado Brigagão (Jacqueline.Brigagao@fgv.br) manages the Liaison Group and is the administrator of the Public Management and Citizenship Program.