Measuring public innovation in the EU: the STARPIN methodology

This work accounts for, and synthesises the main results of, the StarPIN project —Statistical Reporting on Public Innovation — developed by the Dipartimento d Economia, Società, Politica (DESP) of the University of Urbino, Italy, with the support of dialogic — innovatie.interactie, Utrecht, the Netherlands. The StarPIN project was supported by Eurostat’s Unit working on innovation statistics. The StarPIN team was composed of Annaflavia Bianchi, Claudio Cozza, Giovanni Marin, Robbin Te Velde, Antonello Zanfei, and Emy Zecca. Gregor Kyi and Giulio Perani were the Eurostat project managers and Stefania Panaitescu ensured editing and support. The project proposes a theoretical and a methodological framework for enriching the measurement ability of public sector innovation, and discusses the implications for data collection and analysis. A preliminary test of the framework is carried out by means of pilot applications to specific public services.