Public innovation: building capacity in Europe’s city governments

da Cruz, Nuno F. ORCID: 0000-0003-3381-6359, Ellaway, Louise, Hamilton-Jones, Imogen, Heeckt, Catarina and Rogers, Ben (2024) Public innovation: building capacity in Europe’s city governments. . LSE Cities, London, UK.

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Abstract

This new report, led by LSE Cities and developed in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and Eurocities, is based on a Eurocities Pulse survey of 65 European cities and seven deep-dive case studies. It maps the landscape of government innovation capacity in Europe’s cities, and asks what’s working, what can cities learn from each other, and where they need more support to meet the challenges of the 21st century through city government innovation. Cities across Europe, like those around the world, are grappling with unprecedented challenges – whether it’s addressing the climate crisis, managing disruptive technologies, fostering more inclusive economies, or supporting rapidly ageing populations. The scale and urgency of these challenges mean cities are confronted, as perhaps never before, with the need to innovate. Public sector innovation – from mission-driven policies to citizens’ assemblies or new cross-sector leadership roles – is increasingly being recognised as a necessity rather than a ‘nice-to-have’. But innovation in city governments does not happen by magic. City governments must build up their innovation muscles – their capacity to generate new ideas, test them and learn the lessons. Building on work by the OECD and others, this report identifies four key components that make up a city’s capacity to innovate: leadership capabilities, organisational capabilities, analytical capabilities, partnership capabilities. This report describes how European cities are working to build their innovation capacity across these four components.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/research...
Additional Information:	© 2024 LSE Cities
Divisions:	LSE Cities
Subjects:	J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2024 09:12
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 09:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126115

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