The Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (OMBI) is a groundbreaking collaboration between 14 Ontario municipalities and 2 associate members including Calgary and Winnipeg. Led by the Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and City Managers in each participating municipality, OMBI fosters a culture of service excellence in municipal government. It does this by creating new ways to measure, share and compare performance statistics to help Councils, staff and citizens understand where their administrations are performing well and where they can make improvements. OMBI also allows experts in each of the participating municipalities to share ideas on leading operational practices, so that they can find new ways to improve the delivery of services in their municipality. For more information, please go to: http://www.ombi.ca