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Governments
Work with us to catalyze emerging innovation districts — a place-based strategy to drive economic prosperity
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Determine what analysis is critical to ensure local actors have the ambition and capacity to advance a place-based innovation model.
Design a process that engages universities, medical institutions and other R&D actors to identify unique R&D strengths and particular gaps limiting their potential.
Increase the impact and commercialization of their work by leveraging the model of innovation districts.
Outline their unique role in advancing districts, such as changes in specific policies, the co-design of strategic or framework plans, and targeted government funding to address crucial gaps.
Strengthen your region’s economic competitiveness and social prosperity
Strategy
What role should be the role of government to initiate new, or reinforce existing, innovation districts?
You want to:
- Learn important details about the model and how some governments have powerfully enabled districts while others have stifled their growth
- Gain insights on how similar public sector leaders have developed and advanced impactful strategies to align local actors in new ways
- Advance sustainable and inclusive growth through the development of a shared agenda with district and government leaders
Data and insights
Do we have data-based evidence we can use to support our work? How can we aid policy makers shape political decision-making?
You want to:
- Understand what sets your region apart based on novel empirical research
- Determine a viable or emerging district’s unique R&D strengths and advantages including key gaps limiting their potential
- Gain empirically-driven insights about the outsized role of specific actors—and how best to harness those insights—to grow a district into a regional engine
Impact
How can we lead with confidence? What are potential risks we might face that we don’t know of?
You want to:
- Learn about various measures of economic and social impact that argue for government investment and support
- Know how have governments catalyzed impact through specific policy reforms and strategic investments
- Learn leadership and organizational frameworks that help you work with multiple stakeholders, including the design of effective governance for innovation districts
How we work with governments
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| Undertake a regional, state or national R&D analysis to identify areas of outsized strength and potential. For a specific district, identify their competitive advantages and their most pressing gaps and vulnerabilities. | Work closely with you to design a tailored strategy that leverages the vision and ambition of your government to support place-based innovation. | Actively participate in the face-to-face events to learn and discuss the evolving model of innovation districts given changes in macro forces that affect your business model Develop new relationships with leaders in the field, other companies, and key institutions seeking new partnerships Argue for the kinds of reforms necessary to strengthen company and institutional engagement—and how that translates into increased impact |
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"My engagement with GIID has provided invaluable strategic insights into deploying innovation districts as magnets for talent and catalysts for collaboration, innovation, and translation. By integrating lessons learned we can ensure that state government initiatives and investments in our districts foster shared prosperity, sustainable development, and address societal challenges."
Featured resources for governments
The Global Institute in 2021: Harnessing Innovation Districts to “Build Back Better”
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Positioning Innovation Districts as a Road to Recovery – Five Insights for National and State Governments
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Authored by Julie Wagner and Tom Osha
New insights on how innovation districts are challenging economic and social divides
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Authored by Julie Wagner