Slovakia
Matúš Vallo
435,000
Petra Dzurovcinova
Improve service delivery
Anticipate and manage future challenges
Improve internal government operations
Dedicated funding
Focus on measurement
Dedicated innovation team
Culture of innovation in city
Support from outside city administration
Leadership from Mayor
Mobility is one of the most prioritized policy areas where innovation is applied. Bratislava aims not only to improve the experience of public transport users and pedestrians, but also to offer attractive, safe, inclusive and climate resilient public space throughout the city. Bratislava has introduced a Living Lab where new innovative approaches are tested. One of the pilot projects is aimed at gathering anonymous mobility data and introduce different types of parking sensors to test their effectiveness in the real city environment. In 2019, the city also collaborated with an educational organization, Butterfly Effect, to build a pilot city app that provides citizens with up-to-date information on real-time positions and mobility options.
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Bratislava does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Bratislava approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.
Transport/mobility: Bratislava recently passes a new parking policy to rein in the ever-growing number of cars in the city. On one hand, the city wants to offer modern, attractive, safe, inclusive and climate-resilient public space in the city center and other city districts. On the other hand, Bratislava wants to motivate more people to commute using public transport and on foot, whenever possible. The first step is gathering data and trying to understanding people's movement and flow in/out and within the city. Secondly, Bratislava also wants to provide better information about mobility options through their pilot mobility app.
As an independent department, Bratislava’s dedicated innovation team consists of 3 staff and 10 expert volunteers from the various field of IT, product design, and market research.
Taking risks or testing new ideas
Data-driven analytics/public data management
Engaging residents in new ways
Developing new solutions based on digital technologies
Organizational change within the municipality
Human-centered design
Rethinking your city’s approach to financing partnerships
Like 81% of cities surveyed, Bratislava has dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
*"Training staff and building capacity" is not an option in the 2018 survey, while "Launching or sustaining a project" is not an option in the 2020 survey.
Bratislava has developed partnerships to promote innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and city residents/resident associations.
To improve data use, the city is also trying to build partnerships to share data.