George Niland gave a presentation on cities, ICT, innovation and participation at the 2014 European Commission Innovation Convention. He discussed EUROCITIES, a network of over 130 European cities that focuses on cooperation in areas like culture, economic development, environment, knowledge society and mobility. The Knowledge Society Forum's priorities include smart citizens, co-creation for innovation, and IT development for smart governance. Niland outlined challenges facing cities and how ICT can help address issues like population growth, budgets and sustainability while improving services for "internet citizens." He proposed tools like digital strategies, e-government, open data, co-creation and smart city projects to foster innovation, inclusion, mobility and participation. Funding, clear strategies and
Why cities invest in ICT & the EUROCITIES open data guidebook - George Niland @ EUIC2014
1. 2014 European Commission Innovation Convention
EUROCITIES
Cities & ICT – innovation and participation
Presentation by George Niland
Brussels – 11 March 2014
2. Networking
EUROCITIES Forums
COOPERATION
Chaired by the city of Nantes
Culture
Forum
Chaired by
the city of
Bologna
Economic
Development
Forum
Chaired by
the city of
Liverpool
Environment
Forum
Chaired by
the city of
Birmingham
Knowledge
Society
Forum
- Chaired by
the city of
Ghent
- Vice-chair is
city of
Manchester
Mobility
Forum
Chaired by
the city of
Mannheim
Social
Affairs
Forum
Chaired by
the city of
The Hague
EUROCITIES
Over 130 full members in 34 countries, representing 120m citizens
43 associate members and partners
Most European capital cities are members
3. EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum
Priorities
o Smart Citizens
o Co-creation for innovation, transparency and business
o IT development for smart governance
4 Working groups
o Smart Cities
o Open Data
o E-Inclusion
o Cybersecurity
o WG on innovation
4. Some of the Challenges facing our cities
Considerable population growth, social issues
Environmental & transport pressures
Constrained budgets
Have to stay competitive and achieve sustainable growth while
ensuring good quality of life for all citizens.
Citizens are increasingly ‘internet citizens’, who expect city
services to be available online.
5. We need to bridge the gap between the expectation of our
constantly connected citizens and the services offered by
cities
There is a need to develop improved, more efficient online
public services, keep up with tech innovation and increase
transparency by developing more open forms of government.
Great Expectations
6. Foster innovation, new businesses and economic growth
Foster social and digital inclusion
Improve sustainable mobility (e.g. real time public transport
information, traffic flows)
Develop new services to measure and cut GHG emissions and
change energy behaviour
Increase government transparency and citizen participation
Activate and strengthen quadruple helix co-creation (research,
government, industry, civil society)
Cities enabling new services & citizen participation
7. The enabling tools
Digital strategy incorporated across the whole city
administration
New E-government services
Open data
Co-creation and User driven open innovation
Smart Cities strategies and projects and Future Internet
enabled services -the city as a testbed
Procurement of new technologies, e.g. cloud services
10. Creating an open innovation ecosystem
Living Labs
Crowdsourcing
ideas,
Participatory
platforms
Open data,
Open data
portal
face2face
engagement
App
developers
City
administration industry
Civil society
and Citizens
University,
researchers,
innovation
agencies
Hackathons,
data days
Business
incubators
11. City level - Need for clear policy and strategic aims
Developing clear open data and open innovation strategies
Need business cases and proof of value
Champions and supporters at city strategy level
Resources and Funding
13. EUROCITIES Open Data Working Group
EUROCITIES Open Data Guidebook – overview
Challenges and solutions, Organizational and technical process of
opening data
Builds on and utilises the knowledge and experiences of our
member cities
The value of open data and relevance to issues such as smart
cities, innovation, citizen involvement.
Best practice examples
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