Water BOOST Enabling Innovation for Future Ready Cities 2025

Water-BOOST presence of stakeholder groups across the six case-study cities FIGURE 14 A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 San Francisco A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 Singapor e A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 Valencia A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 Accra A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 Bengaluru A2A1 G2 S1 S2G1 Barcelona Source: World Economic Forum Figure 15 complements this view by illustrating the presence and effectiveness of enabling mechanisms – the links that connect stakeholder groups. These plots illustrate how performance varies across contexts: for instance, Valencia demonstrates strong academic support but lacks certain cross-level enablers, while Bengaluru exhibits active grassroots engagement but fragmented institutional integration. Here, too, results are standardized using the same five-level categorization, which ensures consistency across both stakeholder and enabler analyses. The corresponding scores that underpin Figure 15 are summarized in Table A2 in the Appendix to this report. By enabling both systems-level insight and contextual alignment, this comparative approach creates a foundation for informed decision-making – not by replicating other models but by selectively adapting what works elsewhere to strengthen local water innovation ecosystems. Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 35