What works in San José
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This profile covers practices recorded under this city name in 2 countries — check each practice's own page for its exact location.
Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for San José
San José operates multiple workforce and innovation programs that serve residents and businesses. work2future is the city's Workforce Investment Network, which in 2022 served 4,158 participants, assisted 300 employers, and placed 758 clients into employment, with specialized programs like the Trades Orientation Program achieving 87% placement within one year. The city also fosters innovation through Unleash Your Geek, a challenge program that received 140 team applications in its first year and raised $45,000 for solutions like a university-built flood-sensor system, and through the San Jose Technology Demonstration Center, which enables private companies and research institutions to test cleantech prototypes on public land without municipal investment.
Drawn from: work2future · Unleash Your Geek Innovation Challenge · FONATEL Hogares Conectados – Subsidised Internet and Device Programme for Households in Poverty (Costa Rica) · Costa Rica Payments for Environmental Services (PSA / FONAFIFO) · San Jose Technology Demonstration Center · Costa Rica's Gender Parity Electoral Code — 49% Women in Legislature (2009–2026) · CLEO — Costa Rica's AI Assistant for Purging Surgical Waiting Lists · ChatbotPJ — Costa Rica's Judicial-Branch AI Assistant for Case and Service Queries
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +65 pts 100 here · 35 average
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +49 pts 100 here · 51 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +47 pts 100 here · 53 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
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +25 pts 33 here · 9 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +19 pts 79 here · 60 average
Inclusiveness / equity +19 pts 60 here · 41 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +15 pts 93 here · 78 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication +14 pts 73 here · 59 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Equity & inclusion +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Innovation +9 pts 73 here · 64 average
Governance, certification & transferability +9 pts 75 here · 66 average
Scalability +8 pts 74 here · 66 average
Weaknesses
Curator validation -25 pts 50 here · 75 average
Effectiveness -31 pts 50 here · 81 average
Impact on gender equality -33 pts 50 here · 83 average
Achievement / evidence -43 pts 50 here · 93 average
Efficiency -52 pts 0 here · 52 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: San José. 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
work2future · 100
Unleash Your Geek Innovation Challenge · 91
Costa Rica Payments for Environmental Services (PSA / FONAFIFO) · 87
San Jose Technology Demonstration Center · 81
Costa Rica's Gender Parity Electoral Code — 49% Women in Legislature (2009–2026) · 78
CLEO — Costa Rica's AI Assistant for Purging Surgical Waiting Lists · 73
ChatbotPJ — Costa Rica's Judicial-Branch AI Assistant for Case and Service Queries · 73
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.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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