Israel
Ron Huldai
429,515 (2015)
Dana Schleifer (current), Itai Eiges (at time of 2018 survey)
Improve internal government operations
Improve service delivery
Engage residents and other stakeholders
Dedicated funding
Dedicated innovation team
Leadership from Mayor
Culture of innovation in city
Tel Aviv-Yafo’s innovation team adopts a 4-step model:
Following this model, the city worked on improving the quality of life senior citizens. First, the team interviewed seniors to understand their daily lives and needs in terms of mobility, activities, relationships, and communities. After a holistic assessment, the team generated solutions to common challenges together with groups of citizens, other agencies, and experts. Based on these ideas, different city agencies have been working on a plan consisting of 13 initiatives aimed at promoting the elderly residents’ quality of life.
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, Tel Aviv-Yafo has an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Tel Aviv-Yafo approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.
Tel Aviv-Yafo has the innovation team (7 staff) at the Mayor’s office and the innovation unit (2 staff) as part of the City Manager’s office.
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, Tel Aviv-Yafo has dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
Tel Aviv-Yafo has developed partnerships to promote its innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and city residents/resident associations.
To improve data use, the city has also developed data partnerships with the private sector, academia, think tanks, and private philanthropy to collect and analyze data, as well as with other cities.