--- id: "govlab:project/mcc-mexico" type: "GovLab project" title: "The Multi City Challenge Mexico" url: "https://thegovlab.org/project/mcc-mexico" authors: ["Alejandra Mendoza Alcántara","Valeria Gomez Palacios","Victoria Alsina"] summary: "The Multi-City Challenge is a process by which cities pool expertise from their residents to discover and implement innovative solutions to contemporary urban problems." source: "The GovLab (thegovlab.org)" licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)" --- # The Multi City Challenge Mexico The Multi-City Challenge is a process by which cities pool expertise from their residents to discover and implement innovative solutions to contemporary urban problems. Project website: [https://mexico.multicitychallenge.org/](https://mexico.multicitychallenge.org/) ## Background As more people move into urban areas, cities face growing challenges from road congestion and pollution to public health and inequality. The Multi-City Challenge is a process by which cities pool expertise from their residents to discover and implement innovative solutions to contemporary urban problems. The Multi-City Challenge combines: 1) training for public servants to define problems with data and evidence with 2) an open innovation competition to source solutions and then 3) a coaching program for residents and public servants to develop those solutions collaboratively into implementable new policies and services. ## Description In Northern Mexico, The GovLab is working with the five municipal governments (who mayors come from different political parties) to define shared challenges: Hermosillo (812,229 inhabitants) wants to improve the sustainability of its mobility model. Reynosa (pop. 612,183) wants to reduce the daily rate of COVID-19 infections and reactivate the economy. San Nicolás de los Garza (443,273) wants to improve air quality and the quality of life of the elderly. San Pedro Garza García (122,627) wants help developing more sustainable waste management and addressing the educational digital divide. Finally,Torreon (608,836) wants to find strategies to prevent more cases of COVID-19 and to repopulate its city center. Following eight training sessions for public officials, the GovLab ran an open innovation challenge in October. Over two and a half weeks, residents submitted 237 proposals. Ten winners were selected by peer and expert evaluation. Now we are beginning the coaching program to help cities translate the ten winning proposals into action plans. ## Team - [Alejandra Mendoza Alcántara](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#ale-mendoza) - [Valeria Gomez Palacios](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#NULL) - [Victoria Alsina](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#victoria-alsina) ## Additional resources - [Promotional Video](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2zpEc-7YPYyTJdBiwPfKNJzSs_dJmQz4) - [Premian a ganadores del Multi-City Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](https://www.elsiglocoahuila.mx/coahuila/noticia/413193.premian-a-ganadores-del-multi-city-challenge-mexico-2020.html) - [Ceremonia de Premiaciu00f3n del Multi - City Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](http://www.trcimplan.gob.mx/sala-prensa/2020-11-09-premiacion-multicity-challenge-2020.html) - [De Torreu00f3n dos de las propuestas ganadoras del Multi-City Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](https://www.noticiasdelsoldelalaguna.com.mx/local/torreon/de-torreon-dos-de-las-propuestas-ganadoras-del-multi-city-challenge-mexico-2020-5988100.html) - [Hermosillenses obtienen victoria en reto Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico](https://lavozdelpitic.com/2020/11/07/hermosillenses-obtienen-victoria-en-reto-multicity-challenge-mexico/) - [ALCALDE JORGE ZERMEu00d1O PARTICIPA EN PREMIACION DE MULTI-CITY CHALLENGE](http://abrelatas-agv.com.mx/2020/11/07/alcalde-jorge-zermeno-participa-en-premiacion-de-multi-city-challenge/) - [Reconoce Cu00e9lida Lu00f3pez a ganadores del Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](https://www.uniradionoticias.com/noticias/hermosillo/617237/reconoce-celida-lopez-a-ganadores-del-multicity-challenge-mexico-2020.html) - [Cu00e9lida Lu00f3pez reconoce a ganadores del reto Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020 en HMO](https://www.expreso.com.mx/seccion/hermosillo/254675-celida-lopez-reconoce-a-ganadores-del-reto-multicity-challenge-mexico-2020-en-hmo.html) - [RECONOCE CELIDA Lu00d3PEZ A GANADORES DEL RETO MULTICITY CHALLENGE Mu00c9XICO 2020 EN HERMOSILLO](https://lahoja.mx/reconoce-celida-lopez-a-ganadores-del-reto-multicity-challenge-mexico-2020-en-hermosillo/) - [Participan proyectos de hermosillenses en reto Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](http://www.asiinforma.com.mx/vernoticias.php?artid=10363&cat=3#.X7WE4NVKipp) - [Por una ciudad sostenible: sonorenses ganan Multi-City Challenge](https://tec.mx/es/noticias/sonora-norte/institucion/por-una-ciudad-sostenible-sonorenses-ganan-multi-city-challenge) - [Ganadores del reto Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](https://www.uniradioinforma.com/noticias/hermosillo/616956/ganadores-del-reto-multicity-challenge-mexico-2020.html) - [Presenta Cu00e9lida Lu00f3pez a ganadores del reto Multicity Challenge Mu00e9xico 2020](https://www.elimparcial.com/sonora/hermosillo/Presenta-Celida-Lopeza-ganadores-del-retoMulticity-ChallengeMexico-2020-20201107-0008.html) - [Dos proyectos laguneros son ganadores del Multi-City Challenge Mu00e9xico](https://playersoflife.com/torreon/negocios/dos-proyectos-laguneros-son-ganadores-del-multi-city-challenge-mexico/)