Better Reykjavik (Betri Reykjavík)

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Reykjavik's Better Reykjavik platform lets residents propose and vote on ideas for their city. Since 2011 its My Neighbourhood participatory-budgeting round has let citizens allocate a fixed share of the municipal capital budget (about 450m ISK a year) to the top-voted neighbourhood projects.

Live 📅 since 2011
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Scale🏙️ City-wide

Sources

↗ City of Reykjavik (authority)Official municipal page for the My Neighbourhood participatory-budgeting programme.
↗ Better Reykjavik / Citizens Foundation (official platform)Official Better Reykjavik participation platform (built on Your Priorities).
📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Better Reykjavik (Betri Reykjavík)” — Reykjavik, Iceland. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/reykjavik-citizen-budget/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.

The underlying data is free to reuse with attribution — see the open data page.

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