Catalogue: City Innovation Library clear
Dar es Salaam's Ramani Huria trained 450 community members and students to map flood-prone informal settlements with OpenStreetMap and drones. Since 2015 …
A public innovation agency founded in 2009 by the City of Medellín, EPM and UNE to shift the city from an industrial …
Founded in 1999, Mitacs now funds industry-linked graduate internships across all 198 Canadian post-secondary institutions — $292.7m invested in 7,202 projects in …
Singapore's IMDA-led SMEs Go Digital programme has supported ~88,000 SMEs since 2017 via tiered digital grants. A 2023 impact evaluation found productivity …
Founded in 1972, KU Leuven's tech-transfer office LRD generated 3,142 industry collaboration agreements, 102 new patents and €152.6 million in licence income …
Chile's CORFO built the world's first public accelerator in 2010, drawing 5,000+ applications a year and funding 240+ startups; a 2010–12 evaluation …
Japan's first startup deregulation zone (2014) and first city to introduce a Startup Visa (2015). Public incubator FGN helped 98 companies raise …
The EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne houses 250 high-tech companies and 2,500 researchers, enabling structured university–industry knowledge transfer. EPFL-related startups raised CHF …
Africa's first open innovation hub, founded in Lagos in 2010; by 2025 it had deployed $17.1 M cumulatively to 3,312 ventures across …
World's first government-funded, equity-free international startup accelerator, launched 2010 by CORFO. Over 1,600 startups from 85 countries; alumni raised $998M — 13.8× …
Public-private hub founded 2009 by Medellín's mayor and utility EPM. Quintuple-helix connector for startups, academia, government and industry; COP 70 leveraged per …
City-council programme (since 2015) pairing Porto City Council with Porto Business School to support 200+ startups through mentorship, coaching and international connections. …
Since 2010, Reykjavik crowdsourcing platform registered 70,000+ participants (58 % of residents), collected 10,000+ ideas, realised nearly 700 citizen projects and allocates …
JIC has supported Brno's innovation ecosystem since 2003 — 95% incubator occupancy, 147 new tech companies in 2023, EUR 640 million in …
City of Athens platform (since 2013) that maps and supports citizen-led initiatives, connecting community groups with city services, NGOs and businesses. Won …
A former Rotterdam swimming pool turned circular-economy hub where 55+ entrepreneurs turn each other's waste into raw materials — a flagship of …
Tampere is building Hiedanranta, a 100-hectare district planned for 25,000 residents, as an open testbed for circular-economy, energy and smart-city experiments before …
A city-run one-stop service centre, created under Finland's Talent Boost programme, that bundles settlement, permits and employer advice for international workers and …
Municipal labor market program which supports ~110 projects that provide education and training, advice, employment: helps people and integrates them into the …
Madrid Futuro is an independent, non-profit entity created by the union of 100 public and private companies and institutions committed to the …
Option 3 is a non-profit Social Initiative Cooperative that develops Social Support, Training and Employment Projects for Young People, in collaboration with …
London & Partners is London's business growth and destination agency. Their mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and …
Hundreds of skills courses in-person, online, or blended for up to 16 weeks in priority sectors delivered in 2023-24 to help fill …
Unicorn Factory Lisboa is a platform of programs and hubs, inspired by international best practices, which supports startups and scaleups in creating …
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