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Challenge LDN: Open Innovation Challenges

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The Mayor’s Open Innovation Programme brings innovators together with local authorities and communities to co-design, test and scale solutions to London’s most pressing challenges. There have been 24 total challenges resulting in £2.51 million in funding to prototype, test, and s

24
Total challenges run
£2.51 million
Funding to prototype, test, and scale ideas
76
Projects/pilots supported
38
Challenge winners
600 hours
Support hours provided
£500,000
Budget for Designing London's Recovery challenge
20
Innovation teams in phase 1 (Designing London's Recovery)
11
Teams progressing to prototyping and testing
Challenge LDN: Open Innovation Challenges

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Mayor of London, Greater London Authority (GLA)
Period
2018-present; current challenge phase 1: September 2022, now in phase 2
Keywords
Sustainability, housing, socio-economic development, technology, human rights

Context

Challenge LDN is the Mayor of London's Open Innovation Programme, run by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and funded by the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), in collaboration with the Design Council and UCL's Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH). It brings innovators together with local authorities and communities to co-design, test and scale solutions to London's challenges.

Objectives

Objectives include tackling the cost-of-living crisis and, in the featured 'Designing London's Recovery' challenge, supporting COVID-19 recovery across four recovery missions; other ongoing challenges include a Civic Data Innovation Challenge and Predictive Analytics for Infrastructure Planning.

Activities

The programme uses a collaborative, design-led approach with design coaches and a panel of judges; teams progress through phases from idea development to prototyping and testing solutions with Londoners.

Results

Across 24 total challenges, the programme has provided £2.51 million in funding and supported 76 projects/pilots (38 challenge winners) with 600 total hours of support. In Designing London's Recovery, 20 innovation teams joined phase 1 and 11 progressed to prototyping; the programme also produced the Civic Strength Index.

Conclusions

The programme is described as ongoing, having led to dozens of successful projects, businesses and innovations over the five years since its 2018 inception.

Implementation

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