In response to a failing property market, Limerick City and County Council took the ambitious step to create the first, Local Authority wholly owned special purpose vehicle created in Ireland to deliver a city and countywide programme of property investment. It required the local authority to take on the role of developer of derelict properties in the core of the city setting up this legal entity and raising the investment funding needed to develop key strategic sites.
Innovation Tag: Development and Aid
Government of West Bengal provided 7.0 million bicycles to students of class IX to XII standard in Government run and aided schools as mobility support under “Sabooj Sathi” scheme – a pioneering initiative towards universal access to higher education.
The National Secretariat of Technical Planning in Paraguay created the first National Volunteer Program Arovia, a public volunteer platform that promotes increased access to information on public services and opportunities for the implementation of grassroots projects that strengthens citizen participation and local governments structures. Arovia volunteers are young professionals who bring innovative social interventions to territories prioritized within the national poverty reduction strategy.
For the purpose of earthquake disaster management (preparedness, response, recovery) a comprehensive web-based modelling toolbox was developed enabling earthquake hazard simulation with selectable epicentre and intensity, affecting real housing stock in Slovenia, modelling its seismic resistance and related people occupancy. This is now enabling development of significantly improved preparedness and response mechanisms, initiating through the public awareness campaign also refurbishing process.
The Poverty Stoplight (PS) seeks to activate the potential of families to eliminate multidimensional poverty beyond traditional income measures through a self-evaluation tool. PS is used by communities, businesses and governments to support families in assessing their poverty levels and implementing practical solutions, empowering the poor to be architects and protagonists in the process of eliminating poverty.