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CiBiX – City-Business Collaboration Accelerator

CiBiX
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ACTIVITY INFORMATION
What we are doing

Cities are at the forefront of global challenges and change. Cities are simultaneously trying to tackle urgent issues such as climate change biodiversity loss and inequitable development, while also anticipating rapid technological changes and innovation that impact urban environments and their residents. Local governments realize that they need take action both carefully and quickly and identify opportunities and solutions that strengthen their environmental, social and economic sustainability. Finding and implementing these sustainable urban opportunities and solutions increasingly require multi-stakeholder action. Local governments within the ICLEI network are very interested in working together private sector actors to solve pressing challenges. This dynamic is changing the relationship between cities and businesses, emphasizing the need for more engagement, partnerships and collaboration opportunities.

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How we are tracking

Successful Implementation of individual CiBiX workshops Integration of CiBiX into project proposals Number of private sector participants per workshop (workshop numbers are capped but having good participation is highly valuable). Reliable funding stream 50000 EUR per year

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What we are achieving

The City-Business Collaboration Accelerator (CiBiX) is a platform to increase engagement and collaboration between cities and businesses on city-led urban sustainability challenges. Through CiBiX, ICLEI provides a neutral platform that enables local government to take an active role in presenting their challenges to relevant private sector experts. Together they are able to participate in an early-engagement workshop that helps the city to receive new contributions as well as identify potential solutions and partnerships which they can choose to further explore. For businesses, it provides a strong networking opportunity to connect with local governments and learn exactly what their needs are in a particular sector or challenge scenario. The CiBiX Platform encourages cities to frame their urban challenges with a private sector engagement perspective- helping them to take the first step towards exploring potential partnerships relevant for their needs. The first service is a short-form ideation and early engagement workshop to stimulate an open and transparent interactive dialogue between a lead city and well-matched private sector representatives with a sustainability challenge framing.

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Related ICLEI Pathways
  • Circular development
  • Equitable development
  • Nature-based development
  • Resilient development
  • Zero emission development
Related SDGs
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Related publications

2019
CiBiX Ideator Insights Report: City of Jakarta City-business collaboration for urban energy systems
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2019
CiBiX Ideator Insights Report: Pasig City City-Business Collaboration for Low Emission Mobility
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