What works in Bologna
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Evidence snapshot for Bologna
Bologna has implemented several civic innovation programmes with varying levels of demonstrated impact. Patti di Collaborazione shows the strongest evidence: over 400 pacts have been signed since 2014 to co-manage public spaces, and the model has been adopted by roughly 280 Italian municipalities, though evaluation found uneven economic sustainability. Women on Board offers a five-meeting training course for women seeking board and executive positions in the Emilia Romagna region, though no quantified outcomes are reported. BolognAI launched in February 2026 with a governance framework approved in December 2025, mapping 279 potential AI use cases across 115 staff, but no outcome data on efficiency or quality gains has yet been published.
Drawn from: Women on Board · Patti di Collaborazione — Bologna's Regulation for the Care and Regeneration of Urban Commons · BolognAI — Bologna's Human-in-the-Loop Framework for Generative AI in Municipal Administration · Bologna for Talent — Italy's first regional talent attraction law (Emilia-Romagna L.R. 2/2023)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +67 pts 100 here · 33 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +46 pts 100 here · 54 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +36 pts 100 here · 64 average
Effectiveness +32 pts 100 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Innovation +21 pts 83 here · 62 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Curator validation +12 pts 85 here · 73 average
Sustainability +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured results -13 pts 44 here · 57 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -39 pts 50 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Bologna. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Women on Board · 89
Patti di Collaborazione — Bologna's Regulation for the Care and Regeneration of Urban Commons · 81
BolognAI — Bologna's Human-in-the-Loop Framework for Generative AI in Municipal Administration · 67
Bologna for Talent — Italy's first regional talent attraction law (Emilia-Romagna L.R. 2/2023) · 67
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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