Transforming Urban Service Delivery through Private Innovation

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The general object of the project is to improve citizen access to urban services in terms of quality and affordability by incorporating technologies based on open-innovation mechanisms to benefit the public, with a focus on the vulnerable population. To achieve this objective, the project has three lines of action: (i) to promote demand for innovation by the institutions responsible for delivering urban services in the areas of housing, mobility, energy, water and sanitation, waste management,and telecommunications; (ii) to inform innovators about the business opportunities that could stem from developing solutions jointly with service providers; and(iii) to reduce the financial risk associated with innovation for the suppliers of services and the suppliers of solutions.