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Two new underground passages and
(3) Monthly regular meetings
a 1500-meter bikeway have been
participated by mayors, cabinet
completed. 30% of greenbelt has been
departments, and municipal
adopted into the community and the
government senior officials. Results
frequency of street patrol police has
of these meetings are of great benefits.
increased by 100%.
As the cooperation committee is not institutionalized, monthly regular meetings replace the cooperation
Effect and Challenge 1. Effect of the Initiative
committee held by cabinet departments per month. (4) The close contact with government
(1) Periodical meetings participated
exchange group shifts innovation
by referents and experts in this area.
into one of the basic instrument of
Experts visited benchmarking places
government exchanges.
and organizations. The periodical meetings are only designed for
2. Challenge of the Initiative
and managed by mayors, cabinet
(1) Regarding the space of convening
departments, and senior officers of
these meetings, it becomes gradually
Buenos Aires municipal government.
crowded in terms of the intern meeting
These meetings are of great success,
space held each week.
for they produced a great many of
(2) It becomes increasingly difficult to
seniors officers with lots of creative
organize work which focuses on result
projects. And these senior officers are
and output. Although the committee
inspired when visiting the creative
can deliver multiple comments and
places.
suggestions (brainstorm), it is hard to
(2) Real-time communication
integrate all the opinions so as to select
submitted to mayors, cabinet
the right solution and then put into
departments, and senior officials of
implementation and management. The
municipal government. Real-time
committee should formulate reasonable
communication is of great help for it
criteria through discussion, which can
not only includes news related to local
be transferred into quantized index,
and international innovation, but also
so as to conduct future meetings in a
it changes the language of officers
more effective manner.
receiving the communication.