What’s New in Civic Tech: Harvard Unveils Local Gov Center
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Officials have announced the creation of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, which aims in the simplest terms to strengthen local government performance the world over.
At this week’s Bloomberg CityLab event perhaps the world’s preeminent annual gathering of local government experts and officials former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies is making a $150 million investment in the project. A subsequent press release about the center noted that the goal is to essentially work with Harvard to build upon the trajectory of the Bloomberg Harvard Ci
Bloomberg Philanthropies, in collaboration with Harvard University, announced today an expansion of support for city leaders with a new, $150 million investment to establish the University-wide Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University. This center builds upon the success of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a collaboration between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School established in 2017, and will strengthen the capabilities of mayors and their teams, advance effective organizational practices in city halls around the world, support a new generation of public servants as they encounter unprecedented challenges in the years to come, and produce new research and instructional materials that will help city leaders.
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