Action Plan for Employment and Innovation Policy

Description of the action and objectives

Green Deal action

The Reykjavík City Economic & Innovation Policy 2030 "Innovation Everywhere" discusses how Reykjavík City has all the pillars in place to offer an internationally competitive environment for a creative economy, culture, and innovation. New priorities in the Reykjavík Economic & Innovation Policy will help us create a fertile ground where different currents combine to attract imaginative and entrepreneurial people. To implement the Policy, a two-year action plan will be developed and then updated after two years.

Implementation period

Planned completion in the second half of 2022

Status: Completed

Status report on January 1, 2024

Action completed. The Economic & Innovation Policy action plan for 2023-2024 was approved by the Presidium in April 2023.

Older status reports

Below you can find older status reports with information on the progress of the action since its inception (if you're using your phone, it's better to turn it sideways).
Timing Progress description
January 2023

Work on the promotional material continued in the latter part of the year. The purpose of promotional materials is to establish Reykjavík's unique position in the minds of tourists and encourage people to spend more time in Reykjavík during their trip around Iceland. The promotional campaigns ‘Restart, Reconnect’, and ‘Are You Ready for Reykjavík’ continued, targeting mainly wealthier American and British tourists.

July 2022 Alongside developing the new Employment & Innovation Policy, rough drafts were created for an action plan. Work continues on the action plan in harmony with the Green Deal, the majority agreement, work of the Human Rights, Innovation & Democracy Council together with the Digital Council.

Connection of action to Reykjavík City's policies:

Reykjavík City departments: