What works in Lisbon
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Evidence snapshot for Lisbon
Lisbon has developed a robust startup and innovation ecosystem supported by multiple interconnected programmes. Unicorn Factory Lisboa has supported over 1,100 companies that collectively raised more than €1 billion and created 2,695 jobs, while Smart Open Lisboa has implemented 75 pilot projects across ~750 participating startups tackling urban challenges since 2016. Invest Lisboa has supported 3,000+ investment projects since 2009, and LISPOLIS hosts 126 companies with over €100 million in business volume. Beyond startups, Promova demonstrates Lisbon's commitment to workforce development, having promoted 49% of 129 female participants into senior management across 72 companies.
Drawn from: Smart Open Lisboa · Promova · Invest Lisboa · 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) · EPAL/AdVT - Igualdade de Género
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +58 pts 67 here · 9 average
Efficiency +48 pts 100 here · 52 average
Effectiveness +19 pts 100 here · 81 average
Sustainability +18 pts 98 here · 80 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Innovation level +17 pts 81 here · 64 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Inclusiveness / equity +16 pts 57 here · 41 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +12 pts 90 here · 78 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Weaknesses
Governance, capability & sustainability -8 pts 58 here · 66 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -8 pts 42 here · 50 average
Evidence of learning impact -13 pts 17 here · 30 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -18 pts 33 here · 51 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Documented learning -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach -25 pts 50 here · 75 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -35 pts 0 here · 35 average
Evaluation evidence -36 pts 0 here · 36 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
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
EPAL/AdVT - Igualdade de Género · 80
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Liga Inan – Mobile Maternal Health Messaging Network · fit 89/100
- Matches your scale
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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