What works in Reykjavík
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Evidence snapshot for Reykjavík
Better Reykjavík is a digital participatory-governance platform launched in 2010 that uses machine learning for idea classification, toxicity detection, and translation. Over 16 years, more than 70,000 residents—representing 58% or more of Reykjavík's population—have participated, submitting over 10,000 ideas and approximately 21,000 debate points, with about 700 citizen proposals formally adopted by the city council. The platform demonstrates significant civic engagement, though the evidence does not quantify outcomes beyond proposal adoption or measure the impact of implemented proposals on city services or residents' lives.
Drawn from: Iceland Equal Pay Certification Standard (ÍST 85) — Mandatory Equal-Pay Law 2018 · Mandatory Equal Pay Certification — Iceland's Jafnlaunastaðall (2018) · Ísland ljóstengt (Iceland Fibre-Connected) · Better Reykjavík — Iceland's AI-Assisted Participatory Governance Platform · Iceland's National AI Pilot: Claude and Gemini for Teacher Lesson Planning · Long-Term Visa for Remote Workers — Iceland's Narrowly-Targeted Nomad Scheme
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +27 pts 67 here · 39 average
Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Effectiveness +19 pts 100 here · 81 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Transferability / replicability +16 pts 75 here · 59 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured public value -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Scalability beyond pilot -22 pts 44 here · 66 average
Innovation level -28 pts 37 here · 64 average
Evidence of learning impact -30 pts 0 here · 30 average
Inclusiveness / equity -41 pts 0 here · 41 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Reykjavík. 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
Iceland Equal Pay Certification Standard (ÍST 85) — Mandatory Equal-Pay Law 2018 · 100
Mandatory Equal Pay Certification — Iceland's Jafnlaunastaðall (2018) · 89
Ísland ljóstengt (Iceland Fibre-Connected) · 88
Better Reykjavík — Iceland's AI-Assisted Participatory Governance Platform · 87
Iceland's National AI Pilot: Claude and Gemini for Teacher Lesson Planning · 40
Long-Term Visa for Remote Workers — Iceland's Narrowly-Targeted Nomad Scheme · 14
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.
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
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Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
VIGINUM's D3lta — France's Open-Source AI Tool for Detecting Coordinated Disinformation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- 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
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