Imagine, Vote, Collaborate. Participate in the Multi-City Challenge Mexico 2020!

We invite you to solve 10 major urban challenges in collaboration with The GovLab and the municipal governments of Hermosillo, Reynosa, San Nicolás, San Pedro and Torreón

The northern Mexican Municipalities of Hermosillo, Reynosa, San Nicolás, San Pedro and Torreón, and  The GovLab at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, invite you to participate in the Multi-City Challenge Mexico 2020 (MCC2020) that aims to solve complex urban problems in collaboration with the people most affected by them: the residents of the cities themselves.

Get actively involved in designing solutions to solve public problems that affect you and your city! The Multi-City Challenge Mexico 2020 program offers a space for the community to participate in the design and formulation of public policies and programs at the local level. Through the MCC2020’s open innovation platform you will be able to propose ideas to solve 10 urban problems that the municipal governments have defined. If your idea is selected, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with the municipal team and The GovLab to develop and implement your idea.

According to Beth Simone Noveck, director of The Govlab, to solve complex public problems, it is necessary to involve a diverse pool of actors to understand the problem and find solutions focused on the needs and priorities of citizens. “The Multi-City Challenge 2020 seeks to take advantage of the know-how and the entrepreneurial spirit of citizens who live and suffer from day-to-day problems. When government and citizens collaborate, it is possible to implement solutions that are more effective and legitimate.” 

Each participating municipality will select two ideas based on the votes received, the potential impact, and the feasibility of the proposal. The proponents of the winning ideas will receive training from The GovLab and Cirklo to develop these ideas together with the municipal teams.

If you are a person over the age of 18,  an organization or a team that wants to imagine and transform our urban environments, participate by contributing a proposal and/or voting on the ideas that you consider relevant, feasible and effective. We are looking for innovative solutions, aligned with the 2030 Agenda, and that can be implemented by local governments in the short term (less than 6 months). It is not necessary for you to reside in any of the 5 participating cities.

Learn about the challenges of the participating municipalities (click on the image for more information) and upload your proposal before October 21.

Imagine, Vote, Collaborate

	Let’s think beyond Car usage! Finding sustainable mobility alternatives in Hermosillo The challenge is based on finding viable, scalable and replicable proposals to ensure a more inclusive, efficient, equitable and sustainable mobility in the city.
	Let’s rethink the road to prosperity  Let’s reactivate Hermosillo’s economy with creativity and innovation, committed to sustainability The challenge seeks to find proposals that will allow the city to reinvent the current unsustainable production model  and to move towards a circular economy that creates an innovative, prosperous and sustainable economy that is in balance with the environment.
	Culture of prevention against COVID-19 Let’s take care of ourselves and each other! The challenge seeks to find innovative measures based on a new culture of prevention and co-responsibility, to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the reopening phase.
	Post COVID-19 Economic Reactivation Help us design the new normal.  The challenge seeks ideas to promote the economic reactivation of the municipality, adapting to the new normal.
	Saint Nicholas, breathe! Improving air quality The challenge seeks to find solutions to improve the air quality in San Nicolás by generating a greater awareness about this problem and its harmful effects on health.
	San Nicolás is making full progress Improving the quality of life of the elderly The challenge seeks to find solutions that improve the quality of life of the elderly population in the face of a progressive aging of the population.
	Conscious Consumption San Pedro Garza is the municipality that generates the most waste per person in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area.  The challenge seeks to find methods for recycling, reusing, and managing natural resources from residential and commercial waste.
	Closing the educational digital gap in San Pedro You know the difference that having access to the Internet and educational tools can make. Students in vulnerable areas have limited access to the tools and connectivity that are necessary for distance learning. The challenge seeks to find ways to close the educational digital divide that has been widened by the COVID-19 pandemic so that all students in the municipality can have access to a quality education.
	Let’s go back to the heart of our City. What do you long about the neighborhood where you grew up? The challenge seeks ideas that allow citizens to rediscover the urban center and that encourage citizens to return to the neighborhoods where they grew up.
	We are this close👌to reducing COVID-19 Let’s not be part of the problem, let’s be the solution The challenge looks for ideas that will help the municipality reduce the amount of daily COVID-19 infections by promoting new models of coexistence  in the context of the pandemic.

To participate you must: 1) register online individually or in groups on the Cónsul MCC 2020 platform, 2) select the challenge in which you want to participate, and upload your proposal clearly explaining how it will contribute to solving the problem and 3) accept the terms and conditions.

The Multi-City Challenge Mexico 2020 is an initiative led by The GovLab, in collaboration with the Tinker Foundation and the Nuevo León Council. Likewise, it is supported by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, Mexican Transparency, Socialab, the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and Cirklo.

For more information visit www.multicitychallenge.org or contact us at citychallenge@thegovlab.org.