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The Wellbeing Project: Measuring and Managing What Really Matters
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Santa Monica, United States

The Wellbeing Project: Measuring and Managing W...

Santa Monica, California is tapping the power of data to evaluate wellbeing. The City of Santa Monica’s Wellbeing Project has created a framework to evaluate community wellbeing, developed a mechanism to measure it and is using this data to target its policies and programs to help residents thrive.

Conversion of a school building to a library in the area of Ostkreuz-Friedrichshain, Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Conversion of a school building to a library in...

The innovative and sustainable architectural concept applied to the District Central Library has delivered a new cultural meeting point for all generations that contribute to revitalizing the area.

Smarter Sustainable Dubuque
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Dubuque, United States

Smarter Sustainable Dubuque

Smarter Sustainable Dubuque is a partnership between the City of Dubuque and IBM Research to pilot an integrated, cross-silo initiative for managing resources and reducing carbon emissions.

Migrant Access Project
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Leeds, United Kingdom

Migrant Access Project

A citizen-led initiative to build relationships between newly arrived migrants and service providers.

Providence Talks
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Providence, United States

Providence Talks

Providence Talks is an early childhood program that puts parents at the heart of their child’s cognitive development. It helps disadvantaged children close the achievement gap by increasing parent-child interactions at a critical age.

SmartData Platform: solving problems before they start
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Chicago, United States

SmartData Platform: solving problems before the...

The SmartData Platform is an open source predictive analytics tool that enables data-driven decision making to ensure city operations are smarter and more efficient.

FastFWD: bringing innovation to government procurement
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Philadelphia, United States

FastFWD: bringing innovation to government proc...

Philadelphia’s FastFWD program provides a path for creative entrepreneurs to partner with government in tackling urban issues affecting the city.

Resilient San Francisco Strategy
San Francisco, United States

Resilient San Francisco Strategy

The city of San Francisco has developed a resilience strategy that will increase the city's capacity to be better prepared and recover more rapidly from natural disasters and climate change events.

Co-operative Glasgow
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

Co-operative Glasgow

The City of Glasgow is identifying effective and sustainable ways of addressing economic and social challenges by supporting cooperatives and social enterprises and devolving power to residents.