Acknowledgements

This blueprint was written by Nathan Kably and Alice Carter, Abi Freeman, Simina Lazar, Constanza Robles Fumarola. It was produced under Creative commons licence by the ASToN Secretariat.

Thank you to the following city leaders and their teams without whom this book would not not be possible: Hamadou Yalcouye from Bamako, Houda Aouni from Benguerir, Wiem Amri from Bizerte, Agnes Kahwa from Kampala, Pulicano Ayebazibwe from Kigali, Alani Lateef from Lagos, Randy Willson and David Adjei from Kumasi, Mamane Ousmane from Niamey, Aminata Lo from Nouakchott, Omar Bey from Matola and Farid Salako from Sèmè-Podji!

We would also like to thank our colleagues for their contributions, suggestions and help: David Vigoureux, Mathilde Bigot, Thierry Picquart, Andra Stanciu, Saloni Sharma and the many other change-makers we met along our way that inspired our work around building innovation capacity for the common good.

This blueprint is for all of you!