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 runs work2future, a workforce development network that served 4,158 participants in 2022, placed 758 clients into employment, and assisted 300 employers across three job centers and 150 professional certification programmes. The city also launched Unleash Your Geek, an innovation challenge that received 140 team applications in its first year and raised $45,000 in partnership funding for a flood-sensor project. These initiatives reflect San José's effort to leverage its Silicon Valley location to connect residents with employment and innovation opportunities, though the evidence provides snapshots rather than longer-term outcome tracking.
Drawn from: work2future · OTAI Audit of 150 Public Platforms — Evidence Base for Costa Rica's Directriz 051-MTSS-MICITT · 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) · San José's AI Road Safety Conditions Pilot — 97% Accurate Pothole Detection from City Vehicle Cameras
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +72 pts 100 here · 28 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +36 pts 83 here · 47 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +27 pts 33 here · 6 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +21 pts 58 here · 37 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +19 pts 93 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +17 pts 60 here · 43 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication +15 pts 75 here · 60 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +12 pts 69 here · 57 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Innovation +8 pts 70 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Equity & inclusion -8 pts 42 here · 50 average
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Evaluated outcomes -12 pts 67 here · 79 average
Achievement / evidence -21 pts 67 here · 88 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Effectiveness -34 pts 33 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality -38 pts 33 here · 71 average
Curator validation -40 pts 33 here · 73 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
OTAI Audit of 150 Public Platforms — Evidence Base for Costa Rica's Directriz 051-MTSS-MICITT · 96
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
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
Already adopted in 3 other places
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
Already adopted in 4 other places
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
Already adopted in 6 other places
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