Creating new institutions to meet emerging needs in cities
As cities navigate the complexities of climate change, migration, and artificial intelligence, local leaders are facing critical questions: Are today's public institutions ready for new challenges and opportunities? And what emerging needs will require them to not just add one or two positions, but instead build something new?
Resources for City Innovators
When Montevideo ran out of water, data provided a lifeline
When a water crisis struck Uruguay last year, Montevideo snapped into action with a whole-of-government response powered, in large part, by Mayor Carolina Cosse's data committee. Data was, in fact, the thread that tied together a suite of city efforts that included everything from sharing real-time updates on water quality to microtargeting water-bottle delivery to people with medical conditions.
