In this blog, Jessica Reedy and Jeffrey Matsu explore how the UK Government and new Office for Value for Money can better deliver a more holistic conception of value for money through public services.
Last updated 3 Dec 2024, 10:20 a.m.
How can we make mission-based government a reality? The GO Lab and Public Digital believe that relational contracting might be part of the answer. This blog shares insights from a first workshop at SOC24, and gives details on how you can get involved!
Last updated 1 Oct 2024, 9:58 a.m.
Ahead of the publication of a new report on the evolution of social impact bonds in the UK, we reflect on lessons learnt from their implementation over the past fifteen years and what they mean for a mission-driven government.
Last updated 16 Aug 2024, 2 p.m.
In this blog, Andreea Anastasiu explores how we can move from individual examples of best practice to a more systematic understanding of the evidence and more robust practice, so that social outcomes contracts lead by design to system change.
Last updated 10 May 2023, 3:03 p.m.
In this blog, our outgoing Executive Director, Nigel Ball, offers some personal reflections on the Lab’s achievements, his three top lessons, and the Lab’s future plans.
Last updated 4 Apr 2023, 10:16 a.m.
Nigel Ball discusses the importance of power dynamics in cross-sector partnerships, an important theme at this year's upcoming Social Outcomes Conference
Last updated 4 Apr 2023, 9:29 a.m.
Reiji Ikeda (Offender Rehabilitation Support Manager, Ministry of Justice Japan, and former Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Government Outcomes Lab), reflects upon the lessons and challenges for criminal justice social impact bonds.
Last updated 14 Mar 2023, 11:19 a.m.
In this blog, Srinithya Nagarajan shares the key insights from a recent INDIGO peer learning session on the topic of data ownership and access.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 5 p.m.
In this blog, Michael Gibson, Research and Policy Associate at the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) highlights some of our key questions around trust and relationships in pursuit of better social outcomes, and how we might explore these at SOC23.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 10:37 a.m.
In this blog, Ruben Koekoek (Co-Founder and Managing Director at Social Finance NL, and former GO Lab Fellow of Practice) argues that to take the next step and create social impact at scale, the Netherlands needs to structurally incorporate the social out
Last updated 6 Mar 2023, 1 p.m.
In this blog, Dr Chih Hoong Sin shares the journey of stakeholders in Abu Dhabi and explores how individual projects and workstreams, while having specific objectives, are nonetheless orchestrated to feed into an ecosystem-building aim.
Last updated 17 Feb 2023, 5 p.m.
In this blog, Mathilde addresses three key questions building on her research about impact bond (IB) implementation in France, Colombia and Chile and on the session on the measurement of public value at the Social Outcomes Conference 2022.
Last updated 6 Jan 2023, 10 a.m.
In this blog, Professor Vincent Goodstadt, Steering Group Chair of the UK2070 Commission, offers his opinion on inequality of outcomes in the UK along spatial grounds.
Last updated 5 Dec 2022, 3 p.m.