Water BOOST Enabling Innovation for Future Ready Cities 2025

Appendix Water-BOOST stakeholder groups’ presence across the six case-study cities, scored on a 1–5 scale TABLE A1 G2: Policy-makers and regulatorsStrong 4 Limited 2Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Limited 2 Very strong 5Stakeholder category G1: Public utilities and private concessionair esVery strong 5San Francisco Valencia Singapor e Accra Barcelona Bengaluru Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Strong 4 G2: Policy-makers and regulatorsStrong 4 Limited 2 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Limited 2 Very strong 5 A1: Innovators and entrepreneursVery strong 5 Strong 4 Very strong 5 Limited 1 Strong 4 Strong 4 A2: Investors and acceleratorsStrong 4 Moderate 3 Strong 4 Absent 0 Limited 2 Moderate 3 S1: Academia and resear chVery strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Strong 4 Strong 4 Very strong 5 S2: Civil society Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Water-BOOST enabler presence and effectiveness across the six case-study cities, scored on a 1–5 scale TABLE A2 G2: Policy-makers and regulatorsStrong 4 Limited 2Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Limited 2 Very strong 5Enabler category E1: Gover nance enablersVery strong 5San Francisco Valencia Singapor e Accra Barcelona Bengaluru Limited 2 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Limited 2 Very strong 5 E2: Trans-level individual enablers (from gover nance to aquapr eneurship) E2: Trans-level individual enablers (from gover nance to aquapr eneurship)Strong 4 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Very strong 5 E3: Aquapr eneurship enablersStrong 4 Strong 4 Moderate 3 Absent 1 Limited 2 Limited 2 E4: Trans-level individual enablers (from aquapr eneurship to gover nance)Limited 2 Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Absent 1 Limited 2 Moderate 3 E5: Multistakeholder enablersVery strong 5 Strong 4 Strong 4 Moderate 3 Moderate 3 Strong 4 SE1: Capacity-building and knowledge transfer Strong 4 Moderate 3 Strong 4 Very strong 5 Strong 4 Strong 4 SE2: Academic and resear ch supportVery strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 SE3: Civil-society engagementStrong 4 Moderate 3 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Very strong 5 Moderate 3 Source: World Economic Forum Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 42