What works in Lisbon
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Evidence snapshot for Lisbon
Lisbon has developed multiple innovation and investment support infrastructure initiatives. Smart Open Lisboa has engaged approximately 750 startups from around the world since 2016, producing 75 pilot projects implemented in the city, while Unicorn Factory Lisboa supported over 1,100 companies that collectively raised more than €1 billion by end of 2025. Invest Lisboa has supported over 3,000 investment projects, companies and entrepreneurs since 2009 and ranked second-best in Southern Europe for investment attraction strategy (2016). However, the evidence primarily describes programme outputs and reach rather than outcomes for the city's residents or economy as a whole.
Drawn from: Smart Open Lisboa · Promova · Invest Lisboa · Portugal's Decree-Law 83/2018 — Mandatory Web & App Accessibility with EU-Reported Audits · Unicorn Factory Lisboa · LISPOLIS Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa · BIP/ZIP (Neighborhoods and Priority Intervention Zones) · SPEED UP (Supporting Practices for Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in the Development of Urban Policies)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +38 pts 44 here · 6 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Efficiency +17 pts 50 here · 33 average
Sustainability +16 pts 94 here · 78 average
Inclusiveness / equity +13 pts 56 here · 43 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +11 pts 85 here · 74 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Innovation level +9 pts 71 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -16 pts 11 here · 28 average
Documented learning -17 pts 57 here · 74 average
Evaluation evidence -20 pts 29 here · 49 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -26 pts 22 here · 48 average
Demonstrated reach -33 pts 43 here · 76 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Lisbon. 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
Smart Open Lisboa · 95
Promova · 95
Invest Lisboa · 91
Portugal's Decree-Law 83/2018 — Mandatory Web & App Accessibility with EU-Reported Audits · 88
LISPOLIS Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa · 86
BIP/ZIP (Neighborhoods and Priority Intervention Zones) · 86
SPEED UP (Supporting Practices for Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in the Development of Urban Policies) · 81
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more