Ash Center

Since 1986, the Ash Institute's Innovations in American Government Awards Program has honored hundreds of federal, state, and local government agencies through Ford Foundation support. Many award-winning programs serve as harbingers of today's reform strategies or as forerunners to state and federal legislation.

Research and dissemination are hallmarks of the Ash Institute's continuing effort to catalyze innovation and explore the principles and processes of good governance. The Institute builds knowledge through an open exchange of ideas and experiences, bringing together government innovators, practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and advocates from around the world to address pressing concerns for improving the lives of citizens.

The Ash Center's Democracy Seminar Series brings distinguished speakers to Harvard Kennedy School during the academic year to address critical challenges facing democratic governance.