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EU-backed multi-sector innovation hub (opened Sep 2021) at Budapest's Infopark co-ordinating four EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities. By 2024: 183 Hungarian startups …
EU-funded living lab planted 442 trees, 1,867 shrubs and 14,700 m² of lawns in Ostrava's most-polluted districts, deployed a low-cost air-quality sensor …
AI-dispatched electric minibuses piloted in Manastirski Livadi, Sofia, scaled to 3 more neighbourhoods post-project; green corridors, congestion charges and low-emission zones complemented …
Oslo&Co's multi-strand talent programme: Oslopolitan talent pool (64-municipality Oslo Region Alliance), Digital Wallet visa pilot (37-week permit processing cut to 3 days, …
Latvia's first digital one-stop platform for EU, non-EU and diaspora job-seekers, integrating relocation, housing and employment guidance. Launched February 2023 to unlock …
Free, confidential one-stop support for international professionals and their employers relocating to Vienna. Delivers ~2,000 consultations/year from 80+ countries; covers Red-White-Red Card, …
Free multilingual (EN/FR/NL) advisory service for anyone relocating to Brussels for work, run by the Brussels-Capital Region Commissioner for Europe for 25+ …
TERA (Talent, Evolve, Retain & Attract) is Porto's municipal talent strategy. Since 2022: 433k+ platform visits, 124k job applications, 9,000 employability sessions, …
City-owned agency: 218 companies from 47 countries settled in Vienna in 2024, €530 M investment (+25% YoY), 915 jobs; 20-year tally: 3,100+ …
Oslo Science City clusters 8,000 researchers, 40,000 students, and 300+ startups in a 3 km² urban district that accounts for 31% of …
Sweden's largest urban development (236 ha, 12,000 homes, 35,000 workplaces) is a live testbed for sustainable building, smart energy, and clean mobility—targeting …
City of Turin laboratory (Torino Living Lab from 2016, Torino City Lab from 2018) offering simplified conditions for companies to test innovative …
Vilnius pairs bold, insight-led talent campaigns (e.g. “Got fired by Meta or Twitter? Move to Vilnius”) with International House Vilnius, a one-stop …
The Mayor’s Open Innovation Programme brings innovators together with local authorities and communities to co-design, test and scale solutions to London’s most …
Museum door de Stad travelled through the city of Eindhoven with pop-up installations inspired by the city and Eindhoven Museum’s cultural and …
The PIESS 2021-2023 follows and adapts the roadmap set out by the Barcelona 2030 Social and Solidarity Economy Strategy (#ESSBCN2030 Strategy) while …
This government measure formalizes and shapes the strategy of promoting innovation in the city as a means of leverage for transformation and …
Palau linked its corporate and secured-transactions registries into one online platform run by its Financial Institutions Commission, built on a shared system …
Since 2014 South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups has subsidised smart-factory conversions for SMEs. Government survey data and an independent matched-sample …
Sweden's state-owned Almi Företagspartner runs loans, equity and advisory across 16 regions; government counterfactual studies found Almi-financed firms grew revenue by SEK …
CEMR and the Association of Ukrainian Cities paired 30 Ukrainian municipalities with 30 EU counterparts for reconstruction-focused peer learning, producing 48 joint …
Founded in 2011 by three former GIZ staff, iceaddis became Ethiopia's first tech innovation hub. A decade on it reported supporting 160+ …
A former U.S. Canal Zone military base became a Panamanian innovation district that in 2024 hosted 34 international organisations and 135 tech/education …
A Portuguese government-backed pilot cut hours by 13.7% at over 1,000 workers across 41 companies for six months in 2023; 95% of …
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