Statistical presentation

Data description

The purpose of the survey is to uncover the extent and types of innovation in the public sector, including also purposes, processes, effects etc.

The most important indicators are: Share of innovative public workplaces, including distribution on innovation in products, services, organization and communication with external parties.

Classification system

Size class of workplace, based on average number of employees in 2022

The survey cover public workplaces within the following activities:

• Government administration and service - integrated units, 71
• Government administration and service - non-integrated units, 72
• Regions administration and service – integrated units, 74
• Regions administration and service – non-integrated units, 75
• Municipal administration and service – integrated units, 76
• Municipal administration and service – non-integrated units,, 77

Sectors are based on Dansk Branchenomenklatur 2007 (DB07), and comprises:

• Public administration etc.: activities 841100, 841200, 841300, 781000
• Judiciary: activities 842100, 842300
• Education: activities 852010, 852020, 853110, 853120, 853200, 854100, 854200, 855200, 855900, 856000
• Health.: activities 861000, 869010, 869020, 869030, 869090
• Caretaking of elderly and disabled: activities 871010, 871020, 872010, 872020, 873010, 873020, 879010, 879020, 879090, 881010, 881020, 881030
• Child care: activities 889110, 889120, 889130, 889140, 889150, 889160
• Culture, sports and other activities: activities 522110, 562100, 602000, 712010, 811000, 812100, 812900, 900110, 900400, 910110, 910120, 910200, 931100, 960110

Sector coverage

The public sector.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Innovative: The Oslo manual (see below) definition of innovation is: ”An innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations.” Innovation is defined as a new or significantly changed way to improve activities and results. Innovations may be new or significantly changed services or products, working processes, ways of organizing work and ways in which to communicate with externals.

• Innovations must be new to the workplace, but may be developed, introduced or used by others previously.
• Innovations must be implemented at the time of the survey, but the work may have been started earlier.
• Small changes, which have not led to improved activities or results at the workplace should not be included.
• Innovations may be developed by the workplace itself or by others.

The definition of public innovation was formulated in the questionnaire as::

A new or significantly changed way to improve the activities and results of the working place. Innovations may be • new or significantly improved products • new or significantly improved services • new or significantly improved processes/ways to organize work, as well as • new or significantly improved ways to communicate med

The Oslo manual is OECD’s and Eurostat's guide to collection and interpretation of innovation data. The existent regulation concerning production and development of community statistics on science and technology (No. 995/2012 of 26. October 2012) states in article 4: "It is necessary to ensure that European statistics on science and technology are consistent with other international standards. To that end, work carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international organisations should be taken into account. In particular, the Frascati Manual on research and development statistics, the Canberra Manual on statistics on human resources devoted to science and technology, the OECD Patent Statistics Manual, published by the OECD, as well as the Oslo Manual on innovation statistics, published jointly by the OECD and the European Commission (Eurostat), should provide a reference framework."

Statistical unit

Workplace.

Statistical population

The population is drawn from an extract of Business Enterprise Register containing units at workplace level, which were active by the end of 2nd quarter of 2022. The population is defined taking sector code, type of enterprise/institution and activity into account.

Sector code:

• 71: Government administration and service - integrated units
• 72: Government administration and service - non-integrated units
• 74: Regional administration and service - integrated units
• 75: Regional administration and service - non-integrated units
• 76: Municipal administration and service - integrated units
• 77: Municipal administration and service - non-integrated units

Type of enterprise/institution:

• 90: Fund
• 230: Government administrative unit
• 245: Region
• 250: Municipality
• 280: other typesof enterprisesinstitutions

Subsector based on Dansk Branchekode 2007 (DB07):

• 841100, 841200, 841300, 781000: public administration
• 842100, 842300: Judiciary
• 852010, 852020, 853110, 853120, 853200, 854100, 854200, 855200, 855900, 856000: Education
• 86.10 -86.90: Health etc.
• 87.00-88.10: Caretaking of elderly and disabled
• 88.91: Child care
• 522110, 562100, 602000, 712010, 811000, 812100, 12900, 900110, 900400, 910110, 910120, 910200, 931100, 960110: Culture, sports and other activities

After this, workplaces with in average less than 3 employees during the four most recent quarters, and workplaces with less than 3 employees in the latest quarter, were excluded, leaving a frame population with 4.297 public workplaces with 944,800 employees.

For the drawing of the sample the frame population was stratified by number of employees (3-49 employees, 50-99 employees, 100-249 employees and 250(+) employees), by Region (Region Nordjylland, Region Midtjylland, Region Syddanmark, Region Hovedstaden, Region Sjælland) and by subsector.

The total sample for the survey consists of 4,494 public workplaces.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

2022-2023.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Percentages.

Reference period

2022-2023.

Frequency of dissemination

The survey is a continuation of a surveys carried out for the reference periods 2015-2016 and 2018-2019.

Legal acts and other agreements

The survey is voluntary for the respondents, no legal acts are therefore required.

Cost and burden

The burden on the respondents has not been calculated.

Comment

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