The Breiðholt Projects A summary of project development from 2012 - 2020 Óskar Dýrmundur Ólafsson District Manager of Breiðholt. Introduction The projects being discussed here have been given the name “The Breiðholt Projects” and begin with a ruling from the City of Reykjavík’s government in 2011. The projects rest on the foundation of service centers that have been in operation since 1997, especially the Breiðholt Service Center that has been in operation since 2005. The Breiðholt Projects took bigger steps towards the goals of “making the City of Reykjavík’s services in Breiðholt more holistic, willful, and integrated so as to benefit the neighborhood’s residents”. It also comes forth in a proposal regarding the projects that there is “emphasis put on service to Breiðholt residents being strengthened by...developing new solutions in services.” 1 As such, emphasis has been put on the evolution of service that can be seen in numerous projects that will be discussed in more detail. There will also be discussion on how it has fared going about achieving these goals with the Breiðholt Projects that ran for five years and have evolved into the project called “A Better City for Children” (Icelandic: Betri borg fyrir börn). 2 The author has worked as District Manager of Breiðholt since 2012 and has helped reform the neighborhood. He had a role in the founding of the Miðgarður Recreation Center in 1997 and was Executive Director of the Vesturbær Service Center from 2015-2012 in which he oversaw operations in West Reykjavík. One must keep all of this in mind whilst reading these summaries, although this report will be well-supported by data and sources. The main purpose of this summary is to collect sources and present them in an organized fashion so as to support further use of said sources in the development of knowledge and services of this kind. Existing data Studies, reports, and articles will be referenced alongside official and unofficial data. As it pertains to older holistic studies preceding the projects, one may learn about the study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the Miðgarður Recreation Center in 2000. 3 The first five years of the service centers’ operations, in which changes were made to the organization of the City of Reykjavík and its services and projects that went from being the responsibility of the government to the responsibility of the city, are also referenced. 4 1 Accessed July 25th, 2018: https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/sam_ykkt_tillaga_um_brei_holtsverkefni_1.pdf 2 Accessed July 14th, 2018:https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/betri_borg_fyrir_born.pdf 3 Accessed July 25th, 2018: https://www.stjornarradid.is/media/velferdarraduneyti- media/media/acrobat-skjol/uttekt2001.pdf 4 Accessed July 25th, 2018: https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/ymis_skjol/skjol_utgefid_efni/throunognyskopun.pdf