Marieke Van den Berg

An interview with Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, Director General of the CBS.

Mark Frequin, Director-General Accessibility of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment interviews Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, Director General of the Central Bureau of Statistics on the theme "From data to social values." A discussion about the current and target position of the CBS, interpreting data, the impact of innovation on the work of CBS and personal look of Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi on innovation in government.

CBS was elected in 2015 to Best Government Organization of the Year and praised for the fact that it is independent and a high-tech new organization responds to current events, the demands and needs of citizens, businesses and other governments.

You can now view the sixth insight of the MOOC Urban Innovation by Technology: http://omooc.nl/inzicht/van-data-naar-maatschappelijke-waarde/

Future Gov is not only about future scenarios. It's about how we work, how we live here and now and how we prepare for future developments. The question is whether the way we make laws and regulations, the way we handle policy or the way how we deal with budgets still fit in the current time. Are we not really stuck in routines? You can now view the fifth insight of the MOOC Urban Innovation by Technology and sign up here for the entire MOOC: http://omooc.nl/inzicht/future-gov-praktijk/

Yuri van Geest talks about the impact of exponential technologies and organizations in the government. Central to this course is the question of whether public institutions and arrangements - like care, media and education for the creation of our public administration - are ready for exponential technologies and disruptive organizations. The most obvious answer is 'no' if you look to the lack of operational speed in organizations like Uber and Airbnb. You can now view the fourth insight of the MOOC Urban Innovation by Technology and sign up here for the entire MOOC: http://omooc.nl/inzicht/klaar-exponentiele-technologieen/ ‎

Technology is developing at a phenomenal rate and has a huge impact on people, government and society. In addition, there are many technological innovations that have yet seen the light of day. We know that breakthrough technologies are more than ever going to change our way of life radically. This demands a government that adjust constantly to the social, economic and spatial effects. You can now view the third insight of the MOOC Urban Innovation by Technology and sign up here for the entire MOOC: http://omooc.nl/inzicht/urgentie-waarden-en-afwegingen/

The Government should strive to keep up with developments in the digital society. In his video, Bas Eenhoorn, looks at the challenges he faces as Digicommissaris. Which short short term steps are necessary to deal? ' We think too much from the Governments perspective and not from the citizen's perspective ', says Eenhoorn. ' We must organize ourselves as one digital Government in which the citizen is the main focus'. You can view now the second insight of MOOC Urban innovation by technology and sign up here for the entire MOOC: http://omooc.nl/inzicht/gijzeling-digitale-infrastructuur/