Chile
Felipe Alessandri
5,560,000 (2016)
Pablo Rivadeneira
Improve internal government operations
Anticipate and manage future challenges
Improve resident outcomes
Simplify administrative procedures for firms and residents
Dedicated funding
Focus on measurement
Dedicated innovation team
Leadership from Mayor
Support from outside city administration
Santiago de Chile has embarked on a project to tackle childhood obesity by developing a game that incentivizes fifth and sixth grade students from community schools to engage in healthy practices. Through participating in step challenges, healthy activities that involve the family, and prioritizing healthy snacks, the students earn points for rewards such as improved school infrastructure and educational facilities.
Note: The City Innovation Snapshot (PDF version) was produced in 2019 and some aggregate findings have been updated with the latest survey results below.
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Santiago de Chile does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to 24% of cities surveyed, Santiago de Chile approaches innovation capacity in specific policy areas/domains.
Santiago de Chile does not have designated staff or a team exclusively dedicated to the city’s innovation work. Innovation work is sprinkled throughout the municipality.
The city will be creating a sustainability department which will manage mobility, environment, energy, and smart city issues, which will serve as the city’s innovation department.
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 19% of cities surveyed, Santiago de Chile does not have dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
Santiago de Chile has no reported sources of funding.
Santiago de Chile does not fund any specific activities.
Santiago de Chile has developed partnerships to promote its innovation capacity with private firms, and not-for-profit organizations.
The city has also collaborated with Harvard Kennedy School of Government Performance Lab on how to use results-driven contracting strategies in procurement and contracts.