Pasig City, Philippines – The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), as the Asian Productivity Organization’s Center of Excellence on Public Sector Productivity, launched the 2024 Fastbreak titled ImagineGovPH: Citizen Innovators for Better Public Services. This initiative aims to empower the public to play a key role in transforming government services.

ImagineGovPH is an innovation sprint contest designed to engage citizens in creating solutions based on their own experiences and perspectives to deliver faster and better public services. The competition is open to all, with a special encouragement for college students to participate. The deadline for submission of entries is 14 July 2024, and promising ideas will be rewarded with prizes and recognition.

For more information on how to submit entries for the ImagineGovPH: Citizen Innovators for Better Public Services contest, please visit bit.ly/imaginegovph or send an email to productivitychallenge@dap.edu.ph.

This contest is part of the multi-year Productivity Challenge initiated by the DAP. This year’s theme, 2024 Fastbreak: 100K Transaction Hours Reduced, encourages government agencies to reassess and reinvent their service delivery, aligning it with citizen needs in the 21st century.