Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg have today announced a new partnership between the two leading cities.
At a successful meeting between the Mayors, an agreement was made to establish an exchange programme designed to share best practices in government innovation.
Mayor Bloomberg travelled to London on Friday to meet with Boris Johnson to discuss how leading officials could work together to explore lessons learned by both administrations and help in the implementation of key initiatives.
The Innovation Exchange Programme will focus on designing practical, efficient, and effective policies, overcoming implementation challenges, and evaluating success in making government more transparent, accountable, accessible and efficient, with an emphasis on public safety and emergency management.
As well as a formal exchange of ideas the programme will include personnel exchanges to ensure ideas and policy proposals are developed in partnership.
