METROPOLIS SOLUTIONS LABS

The Solutions Lab model is Metropolis’ approach to policy exchange—bringing cities together around a common metropolitan challenge.

The goal of our exchanges? Bring life to the ideas and solutions, tips and insights of our members worldwide.

If your local government / organization is interested in partnering with Metropolis to fund a Solutions Lab, you can find out more here.

All of our Solutions Labs support at least one of our five strategic priorities:

Metropolitan futures

Metropolises anticipate possible futures, plan in order to shape them, and innovate to generate new opportunities.

Metropolitan ecosystems

Metropolises function in harmony with their natural environment, reducing their ecological footprint, and adapting to environmental change.

Cohesive metropolises

The benefits and opportunities generated in functional metropolises are fairly distributed.

Metropolitan institutions

Governance is adapted to existing and upcoming metropolitan realities, answering to the needs and preferences of inhabitants, and ensuring accountability.

Gender equality

Women and men enjoy the advantages of Metropolitan life equally and are considered equally in the planning and management of metropolitan spaces.

Highlights

Solutions Lab: Developing care systems for equitable & prosperous cities

Istanbul, June 2024

Dakar, October 2024

This Solutions Lab convenes political leaders and directors from 5-6 cities committed to integrating care services and infrastructure and addressing the gendered distribution of care work.

Through online exchanges and a two-day in person workshop, cities explore good practices and effective policy approaches to create more equitable urban environments.

Istanbul, June 2024, with participating cities: Baghdad, Istanbul, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, Amman and Ramallah. Online participants: Bogotá and Mexico City.
Dakar, October 2024, with participating cities: Bamako, Douala, Dakar, Johannesburg, eThekwini (Durban) and Freetown.
2025: The next Solutions Lab will bring together members from Asian cities.

What did we learn through our Solutions Lab on local care policies?

Explore our Local Care Systems toolkit

Solutions Lab: Gender perspectives on transportation

Bogotá, June 2024

In major cities, women often express a sense of insecurity on public transport, where they can face harassment and violence, limiting their mobility and rights. This Solutions Lab, organized through the Avantia Project, seeks to address this problem. In June 2024, representatives from Montevideo, San Salvador, Madrid, Belo Horizonte, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Valencia all gathered in Bogotá to develop solutions that improve the safety and mobility of women in their respective cities.