Worldwide competition is focused neither on countries nor on individual cities, but on large metropolitan regions that function as individual economic units. The globalization of the world’s economy requires regions and their leadership to understand how they are performing compared to similar areas worldwide.
The International Regions Benchmarking Consortium is a network of sophisticated city-centered metropolitan areas that find it mutually beneficial to compare themselves to each other using a common set of economic and social data points. The goal of the Consortium is twofold:
- Develop a shared set of economic and social indicators for each participating region that show evidence of best practices in certain areas. This resource will allow self-evaluation of economy, society, environment, infrastructure, and other relevant urban issues using other regions around the world as a benchmark.
- Build a learning community that shares these best practices in a way that makes other participant regions more competitive in the global economy. What makes this international collaboration unique is its emphasis on shared learning. This effort moves beyond old models of ranking and competition, and instead focuses on common challenges, complementary strengths, and innovative collaborations.
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Member Regions
- Barcelona, Spain
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Dublin, Ireland
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Helsinki, Finland
- Melbourne, Australia
- Munich, Germany
- Seattle, USA
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Vancouver, Canada
