1) The document discusses Bangladesh's Service Innovation Fund (SIF), which provides seed funding for innovative projects to improve public service delivery. 2) Notable SIF-funded projects included expanding e-purchase orders from 2 sugar mills to 15, establishing 4,500+ rural e-service centers, and increasing multimedia classrooms in schools from 7 to 20,500. 3) The SIF supports a wide range of innovations focused on improving services for underserved groups in areas like rural development, gender empowerment, and use of low-cost technologies.

1. Facilitating Improvement in
Service Delivery:
Service Innovation Fund
Md. Asad-Ur-Rahman Nile
Corporate Outreach Expert
Access to Information Programme
Prime Minister’s Office

2. Story of the Marginal Farmer

3. Story behind the Story:
Quick Wins led by Secretaries
Quick Win
e-Purchase Orders
(e-Purjee)
Beginning
20,000 farmers
2 sugar mills
Now
200,000 farmers
15 sugar mills
e-Service Centres in
Rural LGIs (UISC)
2 UPs
4,500+ UPs
4 entrepreneurs 9,000+ entrepreneurs
4.5M citizens/mon
Tk. 5.5 crore/mon
income
Multimedia classroom 7 schools
20,500 schools
and teacher-led
23 teachers
70,000 teachers
content
1. Increase confidence of govt officers
2. Allow risk-taking for innovations
3. Partner with private sector and NGOs

4. Define Innovation for Service Delivery
1. Time
2. Cost
3. Number
of visits
4. Quality of Service

5. Support
 Removal
of barriers
 Policy support
 Technical support
 Financial support

6. a2i Innovation Cycle
Other
Sources
Service
Innovation
Fund
Ideate
Replicate
Update
Incubate
Evaluate

7. Why Service Innovation Fund?

Provide seed funding to pioneering
and creative innovations for better
public service delivery

Enhance capacity of small-medium
initiatives working to improve service
delivery

8. What are the focus areas for 2013?
Within the broader context of
service delivery for the underserved

Service
decentralization


Gender
empowerment
Low cost
devices/technologie
s

Right to Information

Rural Development


Green Initiatives
Bangla Language
Tools

9. What is the size of the fund?
Think big, start small, scale up fast!
For 3 years
Tk. 80 Crore
Category
Small
Medium
Large
For 2013
Tk. 1.5 Crore
Fund range
< Tk. 5 lac
Tk. 5-15 lac
Tk. 15-25 lac

10. Realization 6: Blend Private Sector
Innovation
 Public
agencies
 Private sector organizations
 NGOs
 Academia & research
organizations
 Individuals
YOU

11. SIF Process
Policy makers,
academia,
industry experts
Submission
Administrative
check
4806
554
Midterm
review
First
Installment
Technical
Expert’s
Evaluation
Innovation
Check
71
20
Fund
Disbursement
EC Approval
7
Second
Installment
Deliverables
check
Final
Installment
a2i Steering
Committee

12. Award
Organization/ Person
Title
Soil Resource
Development Institute
Online Fertilizer Recommendation: Automation of
data processing and data updating
JBC
JBC’s Cell Phone Insurance Claim Payment Service
Young Power in Social
Action (YPSA)
Production of Multi-media Digital Talking Book
UIU
Development of a Bangla Optical Character
Recognizer (OCR)

13. SIF Timeline 2013
Activity
Launch by Hon’ble Finance
Minister
Submission Deadline
Award by Hon’ble Speaker
2nd Round Open
2nd Round Submission
Deadline
Date
March 28, 2013
June 30, 2013
September 25,
2013
October 20, 2013
December 21,
2013

14. To apply
www.a2i.pmo.gov.bd

15. Thank You