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Bilbao representa a la Comunidad de Ciudades Digitales en el #WUF12 para impulsar ciudades centradas en bienestar y sostenibilidad

La Comunidad de Práctica de Ciudades Digitales, a través del Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, está presente en el Foro Urbano Mundial (#WUF12) hoy, 5 de noviembre, en El Cairo. En la sesión *Towards Future Cities: Putting Quality of Life and People’s Wellbeing at the Core of Urban Planning*, líderes internacionales debaten estrategias para colocar la calidad de vida y el bienestar de las personas como ejes centrales de la planificación urbana, construyendo ciudades inteligentes, sostenibles y resilientes.

Eider Inunciaga, concejala del Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, interviene en el segundo panel de la sesión para compartir ejemplos de políticas que ponen a las personas en el centro del desarrollo urbano y digital, impulsando un crecimiento humano sostenible en línea con los ODS. Este panel muestra cómo las alianzas estratégicas entre agentes públicos, privados y sociales pueden generar mejoras significativas en la calidad de vida urbana.

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The "Smart Cities Study 2023" is now available!

Once again, we would like to inform you of the publication of the "Smart Cities Study 2023". This fifth edition focuses on cities as innovation-driven ecosystems, spaces for collaboration and creativity where pilot projects are generated in response to social and economic challenges. These projects drive R&D&I from a public-private perspective and contribute to the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

The study, developed by the UCLG Digital Cities Community of Practice chaired by the city of Bilbao, highlights the current situation and the main trends in the six axes that make up smart cities: Smart Economy, New Mobility, Environment, Digital Citizenship, Quality of Life and Smart Governance.

Through the participation of 20 cities from 16 countries, the study identifies local good practices that can be transferable to other cities internationally, and also visualizes the barriers and enablers for the development of smart cities. In addition, it establishes connections between these good practices and the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda, with the purpose of serving as a reference guide for other cities interested in advancing to Smart Cities in their contribution to the SDGs.

The study is available in Spanish and English.

The Study can be downloaded here.

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Preparation of the Smart Cities Study 2023

Over the coming months, the new Smart Cities Study 2023 will be released. It is entitled "Cities as innovation ecosystems contributing to the achievement of the SDGs".

The Smart Cities Study 2023 focuses on cities as innovation-driven ecosystems; spaces of collaboration, creativity, and innovation where pilot projects are generated in response to social and economic challenges in society.  These projects drive R&D&I from a public-private perspective and contribute to the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Study is approached with a global and transversal focus on the axes of growth and transformation of a smart city. Its objectives are:

• To visualise the current situation and the main trends in the axes of smart cities at local level.
• Show success stories (good practices) that can serve as a reference for other cities to advance in the concept of "Smart City".
• Identify the main barriers and key enablers that can have an impact on the development of smart cities.
• Link the good practices shown in each of the six axes at local level, in their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the 2030 Agenda.

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Focus group for the elaboration of the Smart Cities Study 2023

In the focus group, carried out simultaneously with two groups (English and Spanish) on 10 May 2023, two participatory dynamics were conducted with the participating local governments:

1. First dynamic- in order to identify initiatives, projects and good practices in the 6 axes of the study (smart economy, new mobility, environment, digital citizenship, quality of life and smart governance), and link them to the achievement of the SDGs.

2. Second dynamic, to identify the main barriers and enablers of innovation at the local level, as well as to define the main SDGs that are addressed in local governments for each of the axes of the study.

Both participatory dynamics were attended by more than 30 representatives of local governments at the international level.

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THE «SMART CITIES STUDY 2021» IS NOW AVAILABLE

The fourth edition of the Smart Cities Study 2021 developed by the UCLG “Community of Practice Digital Cities” focuses on the resilience of cities, and, especially, on analyzing how the covid-19 pandemic has induced cities to adopt “smart” measures to fight the negative effects that the pandemic has generated and that have contributed to the improvement of their resilience.

The Study aims to understand the pre-pandemic situation of cities, identifying their level of digitization and the “Smart” resources and tools they had. It analyses what impact the pandemic had on the different areas of local governance and what new “Smart” measures or tools were used to combat the negative consequences that were generated. Finally, the study determines to what extent these types of actions have served to increase the resilience of cities, and to assess the usefulness of the new measures and tools for combating future crises.

In this edition, 35 cities from 20 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia have participated.

The study is available in Spanish and English

You may find more information in the following link:

http://www.uclg-digitalcities.org/en/smart-cities-study/2021-edition/

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