Italy
Leoluca Orlando
680,000
Gabriele Marchese
Improve service delivery
Anticipate and manage future challenges
Simplify administrative procedures for firms and residents
Dedicated funding
Focus on measurement
Dedicated innovation team
Human resource support
Support from outside city administration
Culture of innovation in city
Engagement with partners
PalermoHub is a repository of more than 120 maps and other resources of different themes mainly focused on the municipality of Palermo. The site is hosted by and part of the OpenDataSicilia initiative – a community of civic hackers that aim to spread the culture of open government and show the possibilities of working with public data to help improve resident well-being.
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Palermo does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Palermo approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.
Palermo is leveraging digital and technological innovation to better manage other public sercices such as taxes, transport, social services, public works. The city's digital agenda is implemented according to the National ICT Plan designed by National Agency for Digital Agenda (AGID).
As an independent department, Palermo’s Innovation Office consists of 4 staff.
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, Palermo 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.
Palermo has developed partnerships to promote innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and city residents/resident associations.