Lithuania
Remigijus Šimašius
600,000
Egle Radvile
Improve service delivery
Save costs and improve efficiency within the public sector
Improve resident outcomes
Human resource support
Dedicated innovation team
Culture of innovation in city
Leadership from Mayor
The city of Vilnius is encouraging every student to learn at least three languages: their mother tongue, a foreign language and the Information Technology (IT) language. The IT language covers four different areas:
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Vilnius does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Vilnius approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.
Transport/Mobility: An Intelligent Mobility Core is a modular, open, shared, platform that equips authorities to learn, monitor and optimize mobility in the city.
Education: See example in the Spotlight above.
Situated in the City Manager’s office, Vilnius’ Chief Technology Officer, together with around 40 staff, is working on innovation programs across 359 organizations throughout the city administration.
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, Vilnius does not have dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
Vilnius has no reported sources of funding.
Vilnius does not fund any specific activities.
*"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.
Vilnius 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 has also developed data partnerships with the private sector, private philanthropy, academia and think tanks, to collect and analyze data, as well as with other cities.