Municipal Response to COVID-19: Driving Smart City Development
Review of the Online Workshop on April 29, 2021
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On 29th of April a virtual workshop on Smart City Development took place as part of the ongoing applied research project “Research of good practices and moderation of virtual events on the subject of health, business and governance at municipal level in times of COVID-19”.
Workshop centered on overviewing the EU Green Deal Agenda, smart cities models and concepts, as well as advantages of accelerating digitalization processes and financial attraction possibilities in the period of a pandemic.
Approximately 15 participants from Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Philippines, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia took part in the workshop.
The event focused on
Presenting the concept of European Green Deal
Introducing Smart cities development models and concepts
Providing digitalization solutions for municipalities in the pandemic period
Highlighting possible sources of financing
Providing conclusions and possible next step suggestions
After the event all attendees were given certificates of completion of the workshop.
Program
This virtual event was opened by welcoming remarks made by Dr. Piotr Żuber, Project Team Leader, PMCG. Dr. Żuber provided background information of the workshop and briefly overviewed the agenda. Following the introduction, Ms. Daiva Matonienė, International Consultant, advanced into the core sessions.
Two main topics of the sessions were:
Smart city development: innovations and key drivers
Acceleration of digitalization processes in the pandemic period
After each session, active discussions were held on relevant topics, where participants were given floor to present their practices and share challenges in the Smart City Development processes from their municipalities.
During this online workshop representatives from multitudes of municipalities exchanged their experiences and insights in the field of smart city development.
Participants were introduced to topics such as: development of green recovery plan, innovative tools for digitalization and public-private partnership. At the same time attendees were given some recommendations on atracting potential donors and funds as well as tips on steps forward. Contact information of field experts, as well as companies experienced in the field of smart development were given to municipal representatives to support further collaboration opportunities.
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