The document provides information about the Algiers Smart City Project, including its objectives, achievements, learning, and next steps. It announces the launch of an Algiers Smart City Experimental Laboratory and Technology Innovation Hub, and provides guidelines for submitting comments and proposals to help inform their development. The goals of these initiatives are to test smart city solutions, support technology startups, and link the local technology ecosystem to global partners and resources. Responses from interested parties are requested by May 26th, 2018 to help design the optimal facilities and operations.

1. Informational
Document
&
Call
for
Comments
Algiers
-­‐
April
26th
2018

2. Outline
• Algiers Smart City Project: Objectives, Achievements, Learning and Next Steps
• Algiers Smart City Live Experimental Laboratory – Goals and Baseline
• Algiers Smart City Technology Innovation Hub – Goals and Baseline
• Response and Comments Guidelines
• Next Steps
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3. Submission Guidelines
• The goal of this document is to inform the community about the launch of the Algiers
Smart City Experimental Laboratory and Technology Innovation Hub
• It also provides an opportunity for comments and suggestions from the community
• It is addressed to all parties that would potentially contribute to, and benefit from, the
Algiers Smart City Project, and in particular the citizens of the city
• Proposals and comments shall follow the response template provided in this document
• Responses shall be sent to “alg-smartcity.alger@wilaya-alger.dz” by 26/05/2018
• Questions in relation to submitting responses can be addressed to
“alg-smartcity.alger@wilaya-alger.dz”
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4. Algiers Smart City Project: Achievements
• The project was launched in the Spring of 2017 and is in active phases of execution
• A call for collaboration was launched on July 15th 2017:
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w9DwTDgG8aGdEZUNGUVh5OGc/view
• http://www.wilaya-alger.dz/fr/projet-alger-smart-city-appel-a-collaboration/
• Over 150 responses were received from over 15 countries, including corporations,
startups, R&D labs, law firms, financial institutions, advisory groups, etc.
• This has led to various partnerships initiatives with startups, technology corporations,
incubators, R&D labs, etc. Development and commercial initiatives are ongoing.
• Engineering initiatives resulted in various in-house implementations (Cloud, Internet of
Things, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, etc.) and led to early stage commercial
applications and startups creation, incubation/acceleration, jointly with R&D labs and
universities.
• A global conference has been planned for June 27-28 2018: www.smartcityalgiers.com,
with the goal of bridging Algiers and the global technology and business communities.
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5. Algiers Smart City Project: Learning and Challenges
• The Algiers Smart Project team has identified the following priorities to address
• Accelerate the linkage of the Algiers ecosystem with the global technology ecosystem:
Significant technology work is being conducted in startups, corporations and R&D labs in
Algiers. However, when it comes to advanced technologies, there is a relative isolation from
the leading technology clusters and corporations in the world. Goal: Reduce Isolation
• Optimized synergies between global technology companies and local technology
ventures: Advanced technology is in use within the various projects in Algiers, but there is a
need for a more efficient technology transfer and technology partnership models, and as such
tackle the technology dependency challenge. Goal: Reduce Dependency
• Increase the Confidence of the local ventures: Local technology corporations and startups
in particular having challenges scaling, and lacking the confidence in being able to build
advanced commercial solutions. Optimizing the mentoring and funding ecosystem shall allow
a better success ratio. Goal: Increase Confidence
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6. Algiers Smart City Project: Ongoing Actions
• Focused on nurturing startups and supporting local incubators/accelerators on the
engineering, business, partnership and funding angles
• Focused on bridging the technology ecosystem in Algiers with the local, regional and
global technology and business community
• Focused on being a catalyst for a variety of initiatives in Algiers and a federating
project for the various stakeholders in Algiers Smart City project, including the
technology, business, government and others
• The execution plan moving forward will focus on addressing the identified challenges
identified over the first 12 months of the project, with a focus on technology
development, solutions experimentation and fast tracking startups growth
• In particular, the decision to immediate launch the following initiatives:
• (a) A Live Smart City Experimental Lab
• (b) A Technology Innovation Hub
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7. Experimental Lab and Technology Hub Introduction
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Source : googleEarth https://www.google.dz/maps/@36.7479314,2.9379673,24208m/data=!3m1!1e3
Status:
• Launch stage April 2018
Ongoing and planned partnerships:
• With global technology and business
experts
• With Algiers Smart City respondents to
the Call for Collaboration
• With Government and Private
stakeholders
• With Algeria and global based incubators
and accelerators
Approach:
• Progressive deployment in collaboration
with partners and stakeholders
Algiers

8. Experimental Lab and Technology Hub Map
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Source : googleEarth https://www.google.dz/maps/@36.7479314,2.9379673,24208m/data=!3m1!1e3
1er
Rocade d'Alger
HUB
Experimental
Lab.
From
Algiers
From
Zeralda
From
Baba
Hassen The map and description is provided for illustrative purposes only at this stage
Live Smart City Technical Experiments: Energy,
Automotive, Telecom, Health, Fintech, etc.

9. Algiers Smart City Experimental Lab: Goals
• Providing a live environment where select state of the art smart city solutions are
tested, validated and experimented with, prior to launching at scale in the city
• Ensuring that lead global technology corporations and providers of advanced solutions
are able to test their solutions, interact and work jointly with the technology value chain
(startups, corporations, R&D labs, etc.)
• Providing a vehicle when live experiments lead to an evaluation and mastering of new
technologies, in a relaxed regulatory environment. This as well as contributing to
crafting an optimal regulatory framework and technology policy environment
• Providing R&D labs, universities, incubators, accelerators and startups with an
environment to fast track their proof of concepts validation and access to customers
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10. Algiers Smart City Experimental Lab – Baseline
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Solutions
R&D
Labs
lab.
Analysis
models
Infrastructure
Communication
Technical
evaluation
Business
evaluation
Commerical
solutions
Startups
solutions
&
solution’s
carrier
Prototype
Study
and
evaluation
of
pre-­‐
commercial
Commercial
entities
Experimental
Lab
Platforms
(cloud,
data,
networks,
dashboard,
etc.)
Academics
and
universities
Solutions
validation
Regulations
Environnemental
Business Case
Social
Safety
Post
e
valuation
report
a
nd
decisions
Solution
validation
New
innovation
Proof
of
Concepts
Sandbox
ü
ü

11. Algiers Smart City Experimental Lab – Baseline
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Multi-­‐disciplinary
Experimental
Lab
Smart
City
priorities,
technical
and
business
specifications
Technology
&
Commercial
-­‐
Tech
corporations
-­‐ Startups
-­‐ Public
/
private
-­‐ Venture
capital
-­‐ Affiliated
incubators/
accelerators
Academic
and
R&D
-­‐ Schools
-­‐ Universities
-­‐ R&D
Labs
-­‐ Affiliated
incubators
..
Deal Flow of Proposals
Propose Innovative
Solutions
Request
for
Proposals
Test Scenarios
Experiments
under
relaxed
regulations,
testbeds,
etc.
Validation
of
proposals
and
selection
of
solutions
to
be
experimented
with
Selection of technology
partners
Catalyst
for
startups
1
4
3
Sandbox
Indoors
Lab
Open
Sky
Lab
Pull
Push
Proposed
Solutions
2
Validation /
commercialisation

12. Algiers Smart City Technology Hub - Goals
• Providing a concentrated environment in a physical location, where the various actors
of the global technology value chain interact, creating win-win synergies
• Providing a link to global/local corporations that would both enable and benefit the
technology innovation and creativity value chain (e.g. startups, students, researchers)
• Providing a link to global/local incubators/accelerators and venture capital firms that
would contribute to the development of an innovative culture (e.g. startups)
• Provide global mentoring, advise, funding and ingredients required for the success of
incubators/accelerators and startups, as well as the remaining actors in the innovation
and creativity value chain
• Acting as a bridge between the local technology players and the global technology and
business community
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13. Algiers Smart City Technology Hub – Baseline
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Venture
Capital
Incubators/Accelerators
Select
Startups
Corpora9ons
Technology
Transfer
Technology
Valida9on
Fundraising
Pla@orms
Interna9onaliza9on
Pla@orms
Virtual
and
Physical
Residents
In
the
Tech
Hub
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14. Algiers Smart City Technology Hub – Baseline
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Virtual/Physical Offices for Global Partners (Incubators, VCs, Corporations etc.)
Virtual/Physical Offices for Local Innovation Actors (Incubators, VCs, Startups, etc.)
Virtual/Physical Offices for R&D and Academic Labs
Virtual/Physical Offices for Innovation Schools and New Education Models
Virtual/Physical Offices for Actors in the Experimental Labs
Demo and Showcasing of Smart Cities Applications Dashboard
Link to global ecosystem:
Corporations, VCs, talent, etc.
Capital funding, M&A,
Spin-in/out, etc.
Operations
Goals
Algiers Tech Innovation Hub
Proxy on behalf of local
incubators/accelerators, etc.
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15. Response Template
• Brief presentation: Provide a brief presentation of the entity elaborating the
comments. There are no restrictions on the type of entities. It includes private and
public companies, research and development laboratories, universities laboratories,
local/regional/global entities as well as citizens
• Comments: Provide technical, business and process comments regarding the Algiers
experimental lab and technology innovation hub
• Technical and business needs: Describe the specific technical and business needs
that you may require from Algiers Smart City to enable an optimal experimental lab and
technology hub, based on your own needs and views
• Solution constraints: Describe potential constraints of the solution (regulatory,
technical, business, etc.) that need to be addressed to enable an optimal experimental
lab and technology hub, based on your own needs and views
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16. Next Steps
• Questions will be answered as received. A synthesis of responses to questions, when
relevant, will be shared with the various parties if needed
• Based on the analysis of responses, selected parties will be invited for further
discussions with Algiers Smart City team
• Some of the selected suggestions will be integrated in the design and operations of the
experimental lab and technology innovation hub, with the goal of initiating the smart city
experiments in 2H 2018
• This will be an iterative process learning from ongoing Algiers Smart City experiments
and integrating the feedback from the community. Follow on information will be
provided to guide contributors on how to participate
• Updates on progress and guidelines will also be provided during the Algiers Smart City
Conference on June 27-28 – www.smartcityalgiers.com
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17. Notes
• This call for comments and proposals is informational at this stage. It shall serve as a
basis to initiate direct discussions between the city and solution providers as per the
specified roadmap
• This call is not binding, and there is no guarantee of procurement of solutions untill
further evaluation steps are performed
• The information shared by the respondents is not under Non Disclosure Agreement,
and shall be treated as such
• The information marked Proprietary and/or Confidential will also be analyzed and
evaluated
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