A growing library of city innovation best practices
Real initiatives from cities around the world, analysed for the lessons they hold for municipalities and public authorities. Each entry pairs a concrete practice with the policy thinking behind it.
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BIP/ZIP — Neighbourhoods as laboratories
How Lisbon turns priority-intervention neighbourhoods into spaces for innovation and community empowerment — with policy recommendations for the Lisbon City Council.
Read the analysis →The London Living Wage Policy
How a leading global tech hub attracts and retains talent by pairing economic development with social welfare — a model running since 2001.
Read the analysis →Copenhagen Business Hub
How Copenhagen helps companies move from startup to scale-up through a dedicated public business-support hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden).
Analysis coming soonEnvironmental Innovation Center
How San José builds a civic platform for environmental innovation, knowledge creation and transfer across its community.
Analysis coming soonBuilding a smart-city or urban-innovation programme?
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