Italy
Virginia Raggi
2,880,000 (2019)
Raffaele Gareri
Simplify administrative procedures for firms and residents
Improve service delivery
Improve internal government operations
Dedicated funding
Dedicated innovation team
Human resource support
Engagement with partners
Support from outside city administration
Leadership from Mayor
Launched in 2019, #RomaDecide is the capital city’s first participatory budgeting process where residents are able to decide, alongside the administration, how to invest the capital’s €20 million budget in projects for urban beautification. Proposals were invited from individual citizens and the 15 municipalities within the capital. Proposals covered a wide array of topics such as green areas, urban spaces, bike lanes, pedestrian zones, play areas, and fitness trails. The initiative received an overwhelming engagement from residents, generating 193 submissions and garnering the participation of almost 24,000 voters. .
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Rome has an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to 20% of cities surveyed, Rome approaches innovation capacity from a holistic/macro level.
Rome does not prioritise policy sectors for its innovation work.
Rome has both a Digital Transformation Department dedicated to innovation and several innovation-related task groups with delegates from other departments.
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, Rome 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.
Rome has developed partnerships to promote innovation capacity with other private firms and industry.
To improve data use, the city has also developed data partnerships with other cities, countries or government entities.