Living in a Hyper-Connected World – How Cities Need to get Smarter and More D...Nirvesh Sooful
Cities are where the action is. That's where innovation is happening. A city is an interconnected system of systems. Infrastructure, people, processes and technology make a city. In modern cities, there's a lot of data about everything. Lots of sensors are already deployed everywhere - in buildings, roads, and utility grids; and lots of new information-based processes are in place. Everything is more information-rich, so you have to think about information as another significant resource you use to manage city life. Citizens are also more connected than ever before, they have access to a lot more information, and have powerful platforms of their own. Big data, mobile, social media, cloud, digital inclusion, open data, broadband, etc. are powerful forces that will impact on cities now and in the future - creating both opportunities and challenges for cities. This case study explores the digital enablement of one large South African city.
In 2000, the newly formed metropolitan City of Cape Town adopted the “Smart City” strategy, which was a turnaround strategy for the city aimed at information-enabling all key business processes in the city and embarking upon a modernisation programme to deliver services based on real information emanating from the ground (operations). This case study looks both at what has been done in the 13 years since the Smart City strategy was adopted, as well as what needs to be done in a future hyperconnected world. In addition to being of relevance to government leaders, the presentation should be of relevance to all CIOs and business leaders on how today’s new technologies, global competition and new business models will shift the focus from an internal efficiency view to a more outside-in view of the digital world and the role of their organisation within it.
Bridging the digital divide – access. content and skills.Nirvesh Sooful
A briefing note on Interactive Comminity Network Nodes. An exciting new project that we are embarking upon with the Western Cape Government aimed at getting mass adoption of digital services in poor communities.
African Ideas is a strategic consultancy that helps governments accelerate benefits from ICT. It brings together experts with experience transforming the public sector. The presentation discusses Africa's rapid urbanization, with over 50% of Africans living in cities by 2030. It argues that traditional approaches will not solve challenges like infrastructure backlogs and unequal conditions. ICT offers potential through approaches like connected citizens, big data analysis, and innovative management strategies. However, an integrated strategy considering people, processes and technology is needed to address urbanization challenges.
The objective of this project is to utilise ICT to assist local government in South Africa with improving its service delivery. A key component of this system is an e-procurement solution aimed at reducing corruption in South Africa.
The document outlines the agenda for an event on smart cities. It includes presentations and panels on topics like smart city concepts, digital administration in large cities, and a social network for local governments. A keynote speech introduces the concept of smart cities and how technology can help address challenges facing governments through operational and management excellence.
Western cape broadband strategy (industry briefing)Nirvesh Sooful
Presentation by Nirvesh Sooful, Technical Advisor. Presented at the Western Cape Government briefing to ICT industry stakeholders on the Western Cape Broadband Programme (March 2012), President Hotel, Bantry Bay, Cape Town
TechPlace Capacity Building Needs Assessment - summaryAlisa Aliti Vlasic
This document summarizes the findings of a capacity building needs assessment conducted with URBACT cities regarding urban digital transitions. The assessment identified several key needs: a lack of knowledge and experience with digital solutions in many cities; a need to benchmark progress against peer cities; and a need to better understand the ingredients for successful digital transitions. Cities expressed needs for support in areas such as understanding the potential of technology, accessing resources, changing mindsets, education for staff, and learning from other cities. The document recommends a framework for URBACT to provide capacity building in four areas: leadership, demystifying technology, knowledge exchange, and peer learning exchanges. It suggests a focus on non-technical city teams and all policy areas.
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society/city-life
The Networked Society City Index report continues to explore the correlation between cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development.
As with the previous studies, this index continues to show a strong correlation between ICT maturity of the city and their social, economic and environmental progress. In this report, New York City tops the overall ranking followed by Stockholm, London and Singapore.
The Networked Society City Index aims to develop a comprehensive evaluation of cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development. Through a series of reports we have analyzed 25 urban areas around the world from a city, citizen, and now, business perspective.
Patrik Regårdh from Ericsson’s Networked Society Lab says: "We see the individual – rather than city institutions or businesses – as the drivers of development resulting from ICT maturity. Governments follow by adapting to citizens’ changing behavior, while businesses primarily adopt ICT innovations to increase internal efficiency. More importantly, government decisions help steer the business sector’s ICT development. Therefore, changes in policy, regulation and planning, paired with research and support for taking risks and funding, are some of the key factors for driving progress. These factors are crucial in helping organizations of all sizes to connect, collaborate and compete more effectively."
Living in a Hyper-Connected World – How Cities Need to get Smarter and More D...Nirvesh Sooful
Cities are where the action is. That's where innovation is happening. A city is an interconnected system of systems. Infrastructure, people, processes and technology make a city. In modern cities, there's a lot of data about everything. Lots of sensors are already deployed everywhere - in buildings, roads, and utility grids; and lots of new information-based processes are in place. Everything is more information-rich, so you have to think about information as another significant resource you use to manage city life. Citizens are also more connected than ever before, they have access to a lot more information, and have powerful platforms of their own. Big data, mobile, social media, cloud, digital inclusion, open data, broadband, etc. are powerful forces that will impact on cities now and in the future - creating both opportunities and challenges for cities. This case study explores the digital enablement of one large South African city.
In 2000, the newly formed metropolitan City of Cape Town adopted the “Smart City” strategy, which was a turnaround strategy for the city aimed at information-enabling all key business processes in the city and embarking upon a modernisation programme to deliver services based on real information emanating from the ground (operations). This case study looks both at what has been done in the 13 years since the Smart City strategy was adopted, as well as what needs to be done in a future hyperconnected world. In addition to being of relevance to government leaders, the presentation should be of relevance to all CIOs and business leaders on how today’s new technologies, global competition and new business models will shift the focus from an internal efficiency view to a more outside-in view of the digital world and the role of their organisation within it.
Bridging the digital divide – access. content and skills.Nirvesh Sooful
A briefing note on Interactive Comminity Network Nodes. An exciting new project that we are embarking upon with the Western Cape Government aimed at getting mass adoption of digital services in poor communities.
African Ideas is a strategic consultancy that helps governments accelerate benefits from ICT. It brings together experts with experience transforming the public sector. The presentation discusses Africa's rapid urbanization, with over 50% of Africans living in cities by 2030. It argues that traditional approaches will not solve challenges like infrastructure backlogs and unequal conditions. ICT offers potential through approaches like connected citizens, big data analysis, and innovative management strategies. However, an integrated strategy considering people, processes and technology is needed to address urbanization challenges.
The objective of this project is to utilise ICT to assist local government in South Africa with improving its service delivery. A key component of this system is an e-procurement solution aimed at reducing corruption in South Africa.
The document outlines the agenda for an event on smart cities. It includes presentations and panels on topics like smart city concepts, digital administration in large cities, and a social network for local governments. A keynote speech introduces the concept of smart cities and how technology can help address challenges facing governments through operational and management excellence.
Western cape broadband strategy (industry briefing)Nirvesh Sooful
Presentation by Nirvesh Sooful, Technical Advisor. Presented at the Western Cape Government briefing to ICT industry stakeholders on the Western Cape Broadband Programme (March 2012), President Hotel, Bantry Bay, Cape Town
TechPlace Capacity Building Needs Assessment - summaryAlisa Aliti Vlasic
This document summarizes the findings of a capacity building needs assessment conducted with URBACT cities regarding urban digital transitions. The assessment identified several key needs: a lack of knowledge and experience with digital solutions in many cities; a need to benchmark progress against peer cities; and a need to better understand the ingredients for successful digital transitions. Cities expressed needs for support in areas such as understanding the potential of technology, accessing resources, changing mindsets, education for staff, and learning from other cities. The document recommends a framework for URBACT to provide capacity building in four areas: leadership, demystifying technology, knowledge exchange, and peer learning exchanges. It suggests a focus on non-technical city teams and all policy areas.
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society/city-life
The Networked Society City Index report continues to explore the correlation between cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development.
As with the previous studies, this index continues to show a strong correlation between ICT maturity of the city and their social, economic and environmental progress. In this report, New York City tops the overall ranking followed by Stockholm, London and Singapore.
The Networked Society City Index aims to develop a comprehensive evaluation of cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development. Through a series of reports we have analyzed 25 urban areas around the world from a city, citizen, and now, business perspective.
Patrik Regårdh from Ericsson’s Networked Society Lab says: "We see the individual – rather than city institutions or businesses – as the drivers of development resulting from ICT maturity. Governments follow by adapting to citizens’ changing behavior, while businesses primarily adopt ICT innovations to increase internal efficiency. More importantly, government decisions help steer the business sector’s ICT development. Therefore, changes in policy, regulation and planning, paired with research and support for taking risks and funding, are some of the key factors for driving progress. These factors are crucial in helping organizations of all sizes to connect, collaborate and compete more effectively."
Transforming to a networked society guide for policy makersRene Summer
Nations, economies, and societies that can realize the immense opportunities associated with ICT enabled change, and as well minimize associated risks, will not only enhance national competi-tiveness and economic well being of citizens but also make way for a sustainable change.
The societal capacity to manage such transformation in the most advantageous direction is of strategic significance and not without conflicting interests. Ultimately this capacity drives the long-term well being of citizens by shaping the satisfaction of needs, the pace of social progress, and improvement in standard of living. Benefiting from transformational change requires sound and proactive public policy making that shapes and determines the duration, cumulative strength and sustainability of triple bottom-line benefits that can be achieved in the Networked Society.
The document is an agenda for the Smart Cities Europe 2011 conference being held in Amsterdam on November 29-30th. The conference will focus on developing intelligent infrastructure for transport, water, power and waste to create more sustainable smart cities. Topics will include smarter transport, energy and water technologies, citizen engagement, and developing smart city planning strategies. The agenda outlines keynote speeches, panel discussions, and workshops on issues like low-carbon transport, waste management, and creating engaged communities.
The document summarizes the 2nd eNorth East Award Summit held in Kohima, Nagaland on November 25, 2011. The summit focused on empowering communities in the North East region of India with inclusive information and communication technologies (ICTs). It recognized 29 best practices in ICT for development through 8 winners, 14 special mentions by the jury, and 7 other special mentions. The summit aimed to facilitate dialogue and experience sharing between government, industry, civil society and academia on leveraging ICT to enhance development, governance and public services in the region.
This document discusses regional development and provides lessons that could be relevant for Latvia. It begins by discussing concepts like functional geography and administrative systems as they relate to development models. It then provides examples of various regional development tools used in other parts of the world, such as regional strategic planning systems in Poland, regional business climates in Switzerland, and regional innovation systems in Ontario. The document also discusses frameworks, leadership, and factors important for integrated regional development systems. Overall, the document analyzes experiences and best practices from other regions to identify lessons that could help strengthen Latvia's approach to regional development.
Improving Local Government Procurement through the use of technology Nirvesh Sooful
This is a concept note describing a municipal e-procurement prrof of concept that I embarked upon. It aims to get support from the South African Government to support a project such as this. It is part of African Ideas thought leadership - intended to spark debate and discussion.
Computer Society of India Mumbai chapter organised its Annual Technology Conference in association with Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, title “IT Challenges for Smart India” at Green Technology Auditorium, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus on Jan 21, 22nd 2016. Lux Rao Country Leader Future Cities & CTO Technology Services Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Friendly Government, Or How Citizen-Centered Innovation Can Transform the Pub...Burton Lee
The document discusses how the Danish government innovation lab MindLab is helping transform the public sector through citizen-centered innovation. It outlines MindLab's approach of engaging citizens as co-developers to meet citizens' expectations for better public policies and services with fewer resources. The document also provides three key lessons learned from MindLab's work: 1) citizen-centered innovation is effective but requires leadership and employee skills; 2) there is untapped value to be found through better services at no extra cost, but the public sector isn't used to value creation; and 3) a change agent like MindLab is needed to drive cross-government collaboration, with top management focus and support.
Team Finland Future Watch Report, Innovative planning in the U.S., Engaging c...Team Finland Future Watch
Tekes is the main public organization for funding research, development, and innovation in Finland. It provides funding for a wide range of innovation activities in research communities, industry, and services, with an emphasis on cooperative and risky projects. Tekes' current strategy focuses on supporting small and medium enterprises seeking growth.
Presentation "Involvement of Real Estate Professionals in the Development of New Megalopolises" by Vahagn Movsesyan at the Global Real Estate Think Tank meeting in Paris, on December 11th, 2012
Use of Technology and Innovation in Promoting Good governanceanuragjagetiya
The document discusses using technology and innovation to promote good governance. It defines good governance as decision-making and implementation processes that meet citizens' needs through consensus, participation, transparency, and equitable resource allocation. Good governance leads to more developed, prosperous nations with higher quality of life. The document examines how technology and innovation can increase government accountability, transparency, and effectiveness through tools like websites, social media, mobile apps, and data sharing platforms. It provides examples of both Singapore successfully implementing good governance and Nigeria facing governance challenges. Overall, the document advocates the use of new technologies to strengthen accountability, participation, and transparency in government.
Impact Report - Bootcamp Accelerator for Mayor Office (BAMO) - Virtual Realit...Good City Foundation
The Bootcamp Accelerator for Mayor Offices (BAMO) program provided virtual reality and digital skills training to 81 participants from 31 Indonesian city governments over 10 hours of sessions. The training covered topics like smart city planning, design, policy innovation, and digital tools from organizations like the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Urbanetic. Selected cities will showcase their smart city projects and receive support through partnerships like the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance. Participant surveys found that the virtual reality elements improved understanding of concepts, networking experiences, and confidence in applying digital technologies to their city projects. The program identified 7 potential city projects across 4 cities for further collaboration and support.
The Startup City -- The Meaning of Place in Europe's Digital EconomyNatalie Novick
Some initial findings from a year in the field of some of Europe's startup cities. Digital entrepreneurship is an engagement with community-- thus it is important for communities to foster these spaces to ensure they can grow.
Technological change and the development of the digital economy have drastically reshaped our
connection to our work, our cities and to one another. As technology companies and startup firms
have begun to comprise a larger proportion of the global economy, entrepreneurs trading in products
and services that exist entirely online are less constrained by geography than ever before. While the
constraints to geography slip away for these entrepreneurs, locality takes upon a new meaning.
Increasingly, aspiring tech entrepreneurs are choosing startup cities-- transnational social
spaces existing on top of, and not entirely within the confines of the modern city. The Startup City exemplifies today's urban superdiversity (Vertovec 2007), new forms that are
uniquely comprised of
people, institutions, practices, and values, making them distinct from other types of transnational
communities grounded in shared ethnicity or religion (Faist 1998). Wholly engaged in
entrepreneurship and the technologies that have faci
take on a global dimension while inhabiting the modern geography of the city. Many times, these
spaces and the people that populate them exist outside the confines of local policy, utilizing privilege
and human capital to maneuver around bureaucracy and visa policy. As governments increasingly aim
to increase competitiveness by supporting the digital economy and the entrepreneurs that sustain
it, we investigate the spaces they inhabit. This piece introduces the features and development of
Startup Cities, and outlines the challenges and opportunities they present.
The role of digital technologies in promoting smart city governance; Data-driven decision making.
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Postdoc, Danube University Krems, AU
The Global Information Technology Report 2014 examines the rewards and risks of big data. It features the latest Networked Readiness Index rankings based on data from 148 economies. Several chapters discuss how organizations can leverage big data through improved data management, policies that balance risks and rewards, and building trust through responsible regulation. Big data offers significant economic and social opportunities if policies enable data-driven innovation responsibly.
Councils will need to take a leadership role in developing smart cities to keep up with technological advances citizens are adopting. A smart city vision led by local government should include:
1) Establishing a smart council with open government and data policies.
2) Stimulating collaboration between citizens, private enterprises, and other stakeholders through public-private partnerships.
3) Informing citizens about smart city benefits and allowing private industry to implement projects based on the vision.
Local governments are well positioned to develop smart city visions that harness social and economic benefits through trans-sector thinking and cooperation across silos. An intelligent ICT platform can improve efficiency and unlock new services.
Challenges of infrastructure development and implementation of India's smart ...ASHRAE Rajasthan Chapter
This document discusses the challenges of developing infrastructure for India's Smart Cities program. It notes that siloed implementations, gaps in infrastructure, lack of financing, ICT expertise and security, integrated services, citizen engagement, and lack of vision pose challenges. It also discusses specific challenges around cybersecurity as more devices are connected. Finally, it provides an example budget for smart city development in Rajasthan.
The document discusses the concept of a digital city and what constitutes one. Key factors include technological infrastructure, education, jobs, and citizen services. A digital city would provide dashboards for citizens with information on local events, resources, regulations, and more. It would involve collaboration between government, businesses, non-profits, and citizens. The goal is to create digital jobs through multimedia projects that train workers and are hosted on open servers. This could be a self-sustaining model that spurs entrepreneurship and job growth in the digital economy.
Using ICT to enable government supply chain and procurement processesNirvesh Sooful
The City of Cape Town used technology to transform its procurement processes and systems. It implemented an SAP system integrated across the city's departments to standardize processes and increase efficiency. This consolidated purchasing, inventory, and payment functions into a strategic shared service. The new system helped the city comply with regulations, realize cost savings, and analyze spending through automated procurement workflows and data analytics. It processed over 1.2 million invoices per month to support the city's operations.
This document discusses foresight and the Estonian Development Fund's role in conducting foresight activities. It provides background on foresight, why governments engage in foresight, and how foresight relates to policymaking. It outlines the Estonian Development Fund's foresight work, including a white paper for Parliament addressing Estonia's economic crisis and a project called EST_IT@2018 focusing on opportunities to increase Estonia's competitiveness through wider usage of information and communication technologies. The document describes the goal, scope, objectives, target groups and outputs of the EST_IT@2018 foresight project.
Transforming to a networked society guide for policy makersRene Summer
Nations, economies, and societies that can realize the immense opportunities associated with ICT enabled change, and as well minimize associated risks, will not only enhance national competi-tiveness and economic well being of citizens but also make way for a sustainable change.
The societal capacity to manage such transformation in the most advantageous direction is of strategic significance and not without conflicting interests. Ultimately this capacity drives the long-term well being of citizens by shaping the satisfaction of needs, the pace of social progress, and improvement in standard of living. Benefiting from transformational change requires sound and proactive public policy making that shapes and determines the duration, cumulative strength and sustainability of triple bottom-line benefits that can be achieved in the Networked Society.
The document is an agenda for the Smart Cities Europe 2011 conference being held in Amsterdam on November 29-30th. The conference will focus on developing intelligent infrastructure for transport, water, power and waste to create more sustainable smart cities. Topics will include smarter transport, energy and water technologies, citizen engagement, and developing smart city planning strategies. The agenda outlines keynote speeches, panel discussions, and workshops on issues like low-carbon transport, waste management, and creating engaged communities.
The document summarizes the 2nd eNorth East Award Summit held in Kohima, Nagaland on November 25, 2011. The summit focused on empowering communities in the North East region of India with inclusive information and communication technologies (ICTs). It recognized 29 best practices in ICT for development through 8 winners, 14 special mentions by the jury, and 7 other special mentions. The summit aimed to facilitate dialogue and experience sharing between government, industry, civil society and academia on leveraging ICT to enhance development, governance and public services in the region.
This document discusses regional development and provides lessons that could be relevant for Latvia. It begins by discussing concepts like functional geography and administrative systems as they relate to development models. It then provides examples of various regional development tools used in other parts of the world, such as regional strategic planning systems in Poland, regional business climates in Switzerland, and regional innovation systems in Ontario. The document also discusses frameworks, leadership, and factors important for integrated regional development systems. Overall, the document analyzes experiences and best practices from other regions to identify lessons that could help strengthen Latvia's approach to regional development.
Improving Local Government Procurement through the use of technology Nirvesh Sooful
This is a concept note describing a municipal e-procurement prrof of concept that I embarked upon. It aims to get support from the South African Government to support a project such as this. It is part of African Ideas thought leadership - intended to spark debate and discussion.
Computer Society of India Mumbai chapter organised its Annual Technology Conference in association with Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, title “IT Challenges for Smart India” at Green Technology Auditorium, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus on Jan 21, 22nd 2016. Lux Rao Country Leader Future Cities & CTO Technology Services Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Friendly Government, Or How Citizen-Centered Innovation Can Transform the Pub...Burton Lee
The document discusses how the Danish government innovation lab MindLab is helping transform the public sector through citizen-centered innovation. It outlines MindLab's approach of engaging citizens as co-developers to meet citizens' expectations for better public policies and services with fewer resources. The document also provides three key lessons learned from MindLab's work: 1) citizen-centered innovation is effective but requires leadership and employee skills; 2) there is untapped value to be found through better services at no extra cost, but the public sector isn't used to value creation; and 3) a change agent like MindLab is needed to drive cross-government collaboration, with top management focus and support.
Team Finland Future Watch Report, Innovative planning in the U.S., Engaging c...Team Finland Future Watch
Tekes is the main public organization for funding research, development, and innovation in Finland. It provides funding for a wide range of innovation activities in research communities, industry, and services, with an emphasis on cooperative and risky projects. Tekes' current strategy focuses on supporting small and medium enterprises seeking growth.
Presentation "Involvement of Real Estate Professionals in the Development of New Megalopolises" by Vahagn Movsesyan at the Global Real Estate Think Tank meeting in Paris, on December 11th, 2012
Use of Technology and Innovation in Promoting Good governanceanuragjagetiya
The document discusses using technology and innovation to promote good governance. It defines good governance as decision-making and implementation processes that meet citizens' needs through consensus, participation, transparency, and equitable resource allocation. Good governance leads to more developed, prosperous nations with higher quality of life. The document examines how technology and innovation can increase government accountability, transparency, and effectiveness through tools like websites, social media, mobile apps, and data sharing platforms. It provides examples of both Singapore successfully implementing good governance and Nigeria facing governance challenges. Overall, the document advocates the use of new technologies to strengthen accountability, participation, and transparency in government.
Impact Report - Bootcamp Accelerator for Mayor Office (BAMO) - Virtual Realit...Good City Foundation
The Bootcamp Accelerator for Mayor Offices (BAMO) program provided virtual reality and digital skills training to 81 participants from 31 Indonesian city governments over 10 hours of sessions. The training covered topics like smart city planning, design, policy innovation, and digital tools from organizations like the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Urbanetic. Selected cities will showcase their smart city projects and receive support through partnerships like the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance. Participant surveys found that the virtual reality elements improved understanding of concepts, networking experiences, and confidence in applying digital technologies to their city projects. The program identified 7 potential city projects across 4 cities for further collaboration and support.
The Startup City -- The Meaning of Place in Europe's Digital EconomyNatalie Novick
Some initial findings from a year in the field of some of Europe's startup cities. Digital entrepreneurship is an engagement with community-- thus it is important for communities to foster these spaces to ensure they can grow.
Technological change and the development of the digital economy have drastically reshaped our
connection to our work, our cities and to one another. As technology companies and startup firms
have begun to comprise a larger proportion of the global economy, entrepreneurs trading in products
and services that exist entirely online are less constrained by geography than ever before. While the
constraints to geography slip away for these entrepreneurs, locality takes upon a new meaning.
Increasingly, aspiring tech entrepreneurs are choosing startup cities-- transnational social
spaces existing on top of, and not entirely within the confines of the modern city. The Startup City exemplifies today's urban superdiversity (Vertovec 2007), new forms that are
uniquely comprised of
people, institutions, practices, and values, making them distinct from other types of transnational
communities grounded in shared ethnicity or religion (Faist 1998). Wholly engaged in
entrepreneurship and the technologies that have faci
take on a global dimension while inhabiting the modern geography of the city. Many times, these
spaces and the people that populate them exist outside the confines of local policy, utilizing privilege
and human capital to maneuver around bureaucracy and visa policy. As governments increasingly aim
to increase competitiveness by supporting the digital economy and the entrepreneurs that sustain
it, we investigate the spaces they inhabit. This piece introduces the features and development of
Startup Cities, and outlines the challenges and opportunities they present.
The role of digital technologies in promoting smart city governance; Data-driven decision making.
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Postdoc, Danube University Krems, AU
The Global Information Technology Report 2014 examines the rewards and risks of big data. It features the latest Networked Readiness Index rankings based on data from 148 economies. Several chapters discuss how organizations can leverage big data through improved data management, policies that balance risks and rewards, and building trust through responsible regulation. Big data offers significant economic and social opportunities if policies enable data-driven innovation responsibly.
Councils will need to take a leadership role in developing smart cities to keep up with technological advances citizens are adopting. A smart city vision led by local government should include:
1) Establishing a smart council with open government and data policies.
2) Stimulating collaboration between citizens, private enterprises, and other stakeholders through public-private partnerships.
3) Informing citizens about smart city benefits and allowing private industry to implement projects based on the vision.
Local governments are well positioned to develop smart city visions that harness social and economic benefits through trans-sector thinking and cooperation across silos. An intelligent ICT platform can improve efficiency and unlock new services.
Challenges of infrastructure development and implementation of India's smart ...ASHRAE Rajasthan Chapter
This document discusses the challenges of developing infrastructure for India's Smart Cities program. It notes that siloed implementations, gaps in infrastructure, lack of financing, ICT expertise and security, integrated services, citizen engagement, and lack of vision pose challenges. It also discusses specific challenges around cybersecurity as more devices are connected. Finally, it provides an example budget for smart city development in Rajasthan.
The document discusses the concept of a digital city and what constitutes one. Key factors include technological infrastructure, education, jobs, and citizen services. A digital city would provide dashboards for citizens with information on local events, resources, regulations, and more. It would involve collaboration between government, businesses, non-profits, and citizens. The goal is to create digital jobs through multimedia projects that train workers and are hosted on open servers. This could be a self-sustaining model that spurs entrepreneurship and job growth in the digital economy.
Using ICT to enable government supply chain and procurement processesNirvesh Sooful
The City of Cape Town used technology to transform its procurement processes and systems. It implemented an SAP system integrated across the city's departments to standardize processes and increase efficiency. This consolidated purchasing, inventory, and payment functions into a strategic shared service. The new system helped the city comply with regulations, realize cost savings, and analyze spending through automated procurement workflows and data analytics. It processed over 1.2 million invoices per month to support the city's operations.
This document discusses foresight and the Estonian Development Fund's role in conducting foresight activities. It provides background on foresight, why governments engage in foresight, and how foresight relates to policymaking. It outlines the Estonian Development Fund's foresight work, including a white paper for Parliament addressing Estonia's economic crisis and a project called EST_IT@2018 focusing on opportunities to increase Estonia's competitiveness through wider usage of information and communication technologies. The document describes the goal, scope, objectives, target groups and outputs of the EST_IT@2018 foresight project.
Government transformational trends in 2021 by dr usman zafarDr Usman Zafar
Many customer centric Governments across the world are focusing on Transformational trends for better public services specifically during tough time like pandemic. The technologies that enhance our organizations and our lives are more powerful—and more essential—than ever before.
In this video I have covered the top 8 Technology Trends which Governments across the world should follow during 2021.
The topics which are covered are Adoption of Emerging Technologies, Behavioural Sciences, Digital Citizens, Smart Cities, Ethical Issues relate to AI and Big Data, The Importance of Predictive Analysis for the Governments and Smart Cities Initiatives from Living Perspective.
The document discusses definitions and perspectives on smart cities from different sectors such as technology, research, environment, and government. It defines a smart city as one that uses technology and data to enhance quality of life, save money, and improve decision making. The document also examines challenges facing cities like aging infrastructure, economic changes, and budget cuts. It identifies technology, infrastructure, governance, collaboration, and engaged citizens as key success factors for smart cities. People are seen as central to driving and sustaining changes enabled by smart city initiatives.
The document discusses developing infrastructure like universities, colleges, and digital centers to support the creative and digital industries sector. It focuses on accelerating and bridging digital skills by increasing collaboration between government, businesses and education. It also addresses responding to new employment patterns like rising self-employment and ensuring business environments are inclusive. Past initiatives that invested in community media, creative industries and digital skills are highlighted as building legacies from prior investments.
The world is being transformed by new technologies, which are redefining customer expectations, enabling businesses to meet these new expectations, and changing
the way people live and work. Digital transformation, as this is commonly called, has immense potential to change consumer lives, create value for business and unlock
broader societal benefits.
The World Economic Forum launched the Digital Transformation Initiative in 2015, in collaboration with Accenture, to serve as the focal point for new opportunities and
themes arising from the latest developments in the digitalization of business and society. It supports the Forum’s broader activity around the theme of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution. Since its inception, the Initiative has analysed the impact of digital transformation across 13 industries and five cross-industry topics, to identify the
key themes that enable the value generated by digitalization to be captured for business and wider society. Drawing on these themes, we have developed a series of
imperatives for business and policy leaders that look to maximize the benefits of digitalization. We have engaged with more than 300 executives (both from leading
global firms and newer technology disruptors), government and policy leaders, and academics.
Every industry has its nuances and contextual differences, but they all share certain inhibitors to change. These include the innovator’s dilemma (the fear of
cannibalizing existing revenue models), low technology adoption rates across organizations, conservative organizational cultures, and regulatory issues. Business and
government leaders should continue to work towards addressing these challenges.
A notable outcome of this work is the development of our distinctive economic framework, which quantifies the impact of digitalization on industry and society. It can be
applied consistently at all levels of business and government to help unlock the estimated $100 trillion of value that digitalization could create over the next decade. We
have already started to leverage this framework for region-specific discussions with some governments.
We are confident that the findings from the Initiative will contribute to improving the state of the world through digital transformation, both for business and wider society.
This organizational guide provides guidance on building organizational capacity for information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). Global trends show that access to mobile devices, cloud services, and the internet is growing rapidly in developing communities. This is transforming development by improving areas such as agriculture, health, education, emergency response, and governance. The guide recommends following best practices for ICT4D such as designing with the user and addressing privacy and security.
Ramping Up Information and Communications Technology for DevelopmentOlivier Serrat
ADB's ICTD Team Work Plan, 2016–2017 aims to identify ICT options in ADB's operations, diversify ICT portfolios in ADB's operations, develop ADB's capacity for ICT operations, and leverage knowledge partnerships in ICT.
Gigabit Squared Digital Economic Development dCORE
Building 21st Century Digital Ecosystems
GB2 establishes and nurtures digital ecosystems vital to growth and competition in the 21st Century. We help communities effectively compete in the ever-expanding digital global economy.
John Dryden Las Tic En La Calidad De La Cooperacion Al DesarrolloCOOPERACION 2.0 2009
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2. Been involved in the IT industry for
approximately 20 years
Joined Local Government in 1997 as Director:
IT for Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)
2000 – seconded to Unicity Commission
(Unicom) to develop strategy roadmap for the
new “megacity”
2001 – Interim Manager: ICT for the
amalgamated City
2002 – July 2008: CIO of the City of Cape Town
Nirvesh is the architect and driver of the City’s Smart City strategy, which Communications Minister
Ivy Matsepe-Cassaburri in January 2005, called a “visionary transformation strategy,” which
positioned Cape Town “to become one of our most technologically advanced cities” and “a
frontrunner in South Africa’s National IT Strategy”. The strategy also focuses on how to harness the
power of ICT to meet the development needs of the city and all its citizens.
While at the City of Cape Town, Nirvesh has implemented some of the largest ICT enabled business
transformation projects in South Africa, creating billions of Rands of value for the City. These have
resulted in the city winning numerous national and international awards including the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award and the 21st-Century Achievement Award
from the Computerworld Honors Programme. In September 2007, Nirvesh received a Provincial
Honour Award from the Premier of the Western Cape as a person “rendering exceptional
achievements and exceptional meritorious service in the interest of the Western Cape.
ITWEB July 2008
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3. Challenges facing cities
◦ Globally
◦ Nationally
◦ Locally
The emerging agenda for local government
and the role of ICT within that
Case study – Practical examples of using ICT
for:
◦ Efficient and Effective Administration
◦ Improved Governance and Customer Service
◦ Social and Economic Development
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4. Cities and towns are growing (size and influence)
(The world is becoming more urban)
Devolution of functions to lower levels of
government (Governments are decentralizing)
Globalisation (Cities are becoming more global)
Major programmes modernise/ re-invent
government (Government is being reformed)
Additionally, technological developments and e-
commerce are having a profound effect on
society and speeding up change…..
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5. “Sub-saharan Africa runs the risk of being virtually deleted from a
world economy that increasingly is being driven and shaped by
informational and globally networked capitalism…..
…. Countries can operate effectively in the new global economy only
if they meet two conditions: they must command adequate
information and communication technology infrastructure and they
must generate the human resources to operate it”
Manuel Castells
Spanish sociologist and author of “The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture”
Quoted in the Sunday Independent 16/07/2000
“The ability to maximise the use of knowledge is now
considered to be the single most important factor in deciding
the competitiveness of countries as well as their ability to
empower their citizens through enhanced access to
information”
Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
White paper on Science and Technology, 1996
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6. Increasing pressure to consider alternate service delivery -
i.e. find creative methods through which municipalities can
mobilise energy, capacity and resources outside the
municipality for the development of the area
Increasing pressure to become service and customer oriented
e.g. Batho Pele ('People First') White Paper
Increasing pressure to involve the community in the work of
the municipality
Increasing pressure to provide all relevant information to
other levels of government, communities & other stakeholder
More and more functions being devolved to local government
(partly due to fiscal and budgetary constraints at a national
and provincial level, which leads to 'unfunded mandates')
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7. Employee disillusionment/ uncertainty
Organisational decay
Lack of common service delivery standards
across areas under our control
Lack of integration between Departments and
Directorates
Increasing bureaucracy - huge reliance on
manual processes and people based
processes
IT Systems focused mainly on cost reporting
not business enablement
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8. Is about the social and The role of ICT within this
economic development needs agenda:
of the city ICT enabled Social and
Is about creating a competitive Economic Development
city ICT enabled
Good governance and good Administration/ Service
Government Delivery
Customer/ user/ citizen driven
ICT enabled Governance
Partnership oriented
Leadership + Policy and Regulations
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9. Citizens and businesses
Target: Target: Target:
Citizens Society & the economy
Council employees &
Improved
Councillors
Efficient and Governance Social and
Effective and Customer Economic
Administration Service Development
Foundation
Leadership
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Core/ strategic infrastructure
Appropriate Institutional Model (for delivery)
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10. Pursuing a buy Vs build philosophy with regards to
application software.
Focus on customer and network-based solutions, making
data and applications available from anywhere in the city.
Data should be captured once and as close to the source as
possible.
Focus on integrated enterprise-wide solutions to facilitate
communications and data sharing across the new city.
Focus on centralised administration with decentralised service
delivery.
Streamline the administration and delivery (operations) of IT
services to increase efficiency and effectiveness while
reducing costs.
Leverage economies of scale.
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11. Efficient and Effective Administration:
Billing to sundry debtors
Financial Accounting
SAP Fact Sheet
SD FI
Sales & Financial
420 end-to-end Business Processes
Distribution Accounting
MM CO Management Accounting
Materials Controlling
Procurement & SCADA*
Mgmt.
R/3 and Cost: R354milAM
PP (2000-2002)
Inventory
Fixed Assets
Production
Management
IS-U/CCS Mgmt
Planning
Single Instance – 8 terabyte db
EDI
PS
7 500 Users
QM
Plant Maintenance Project Asset
Quality Management System
Management
WF
580 SAP Sites City Wide
PM
Field Workflow
Plant Maintenance
Service
IS
3,2 mil ISU contracts
Support IS-RE Project Accounting
HR Industry
Work
Solutions
Clearance* IS-U /
Human Resources
1,2 mil consolidated invoices per
FERC
SM GIS
CAD Real Estate
month
Service
Human Resources & AM/FM
IS-U/ Management
Mgmt
Payroll
CCS
2 mil equipment items.
Industry Solution for
Utilities
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12. Efficient and Effective Administration:
How was the benefit realised?
• Improved visibility and transparency of information on the new
invoice, the ability for citizens to pay their accounts at any municipal
pay point and the implementation of a call center to address billing
queries.
• Revenue Services performed significant data alignment duties in
converting data to SAP.
• Revenue enhancement interventions have received priority attention.
Calculation:
12 Month Moving Average -
• 1% increase in the payment ration =
Payment Ratio
R6 mil per month.
100.00%
• ROI option: 90 % payment ratio was
98.00%
96.00%
used as the baseline for this ROI study
94.00%
and only 11% of financial value of the
92.00%
increase above baseline has been
90.00%
used. = R224.6 mil.
88.00%
• 100% option: Instead of allocating
86.00%
Payment Ratio
only 11% - if 100% allocation over 90%
84.00% ROI Baseline
82.00%
base is to be used the financial value
Jun-04
Jul-03
Nov-03
Jul-04
Nov-04
May-04
Aug-03
Jan-04
Aug-04
Jan-05
Oct-03
Mar-04
Apr-04
Oct-04
Mar-05
Apr-05
Sep-03
Dec-03
Feb-04
Sep-04
Dec-04
Feb-05
would be = R794 mil.
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Cash Position - City of Cape Town
June 2002 to July 2006
2,500
2,000
R '000 000
Go-live
1,500
1,000 Planned loan of
R300 mil not
taken up
500
0
Jun-02
Jun-03
Jun-04
Jun-05
Jun-06
Dec-02
Dec-03
Dec-04
Dec-05
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No Txns per Day
8 000
7 000
Average Daily Value R744,201 6 000
Average Daily No. of Txns 1140 5 000
4 000
Andre Stelzner, ESC Manager, City of CT 3 000
“Another interesting area has been the 2 000
automation of fuel payments through e- 1 000
fuel system and interface into SAP. 0
Through this we pay approximately R750
000 per day for fuel to the respective
suppliers without any human
intervention...... Sum of No Txns
......What makes things even
Inv Value per Day
3 500 000
better is that the price is
3 000 000
checked against contract
2 500 000
pricing and payment is
2 000 000
optimised to ensure that we
1 500 000
only pay on due date. In the
1 000 000
past we had the fuel supply
cut to the city due to late
500 000
payment, now nobody worries
0
about it.”
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15. Citizens and businesses
Target: Target: Target:
Citizens Society & the economy
Council employees &
Improved
Councillors
Efficient and Governance Social and
Effective and Customer Economic
Administration Service Development
Foundation
Leadership
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Core/ strategic infrastructure
Appropriate Institutional Model (for delivery)
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16. Improved Governance and Customer Service
Allow Citizens to contact the City via any channel and at any office,
but record this in a single record:
This will –
Create a uniform level of Service
◦
Allow for central telephone contact centre – irrespective of the service
◦
being requested
◦ Complete record of all Citizen Contacts
◦ Allow for the performance management.
To be addressed by ensuring that all parts of the Organisation
record Citizen Contacts via single integrated ERP system (SAP).
How does the ERP enable this –
◦ Via the Citizen Interaction Centre Module (ISU-CIC).
◦ A single screen exists from which queries can be answered and work can
be initiated.
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Consumption History
Account Balance.
Click for View Service Orders History of Customer
Click for Graphiccurrent and
and details of Meter raised Raised
future amounts Contacts
Monthly Consolidated
Readings details of payments
and and Period
Instruction to
Consumption.
received.
Account. No further action
Operational Units to
required Click for details
perform work.
Click for copy of Invoice
Click for Progress and
Costing Information
One place to see all
accounts.
Click for service
required eg. Electricity
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Spatial, Dashboard eg. Balanced Scorecards, Graphical
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19. Improved Governance and Customer Service
We are learning that Citizen Value leads to Citizen Loyalty.
Citizens demand Private Sector Convenience:
Itemized Billing and Consolidated Invoicing.
Pay Municipal Account at any Cash Hall across the
City, via Internet, Debit / Stop Order, 3rd party
vendors etc.
Centralised Call Centre for account queries and
defect reporting.
Citizens demand that their requests be actioned
Works Management via Generic Enterprise-wide
Process
Citizens are looking for Flexibility of Service
Account available in 3 official Languages
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20. Citizens and businesses
Target: Target: Target:
Citizens Society & the economy
Council employees &
Improved
Councillors
Efficient and Governance Social and
Effective and Customer Economic
Administration Service Development
Foundation
Leadership
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Core/ strategic infrastructure
Appropriate Institutional Model (for delivery)
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21. Social and Economic Development
Objective: to ensure that all citizens of Cape
Town have access to basic information and
communication technologies (ICT).
www.smartcape.org.za
Public access model that allows computing
facilities to be provided cost effectively,
using open source software and
piggybacking on existing infrastructure and
resources.
◦ Word processing and other applications
◦ Connected to the Internet
Web sites
E-mail
Enabler of other social and economic
development initiatives by the City
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22. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
23. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
24. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
25. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
26. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
27. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
28. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
29. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
30. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
31. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
32. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
33. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
34. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
35. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
36. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
37. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
38. Our projects have resulted in tangible benefits to
real people across all communities
39. Social and Economic Development
100 communities connected
(500+ access points)
+ 90 000 users. Rapid growth
in new users
Facilities 400% oversubscribed.
Tremendous success – finding
of jobs, expanding businesses,
connecting communities, etc.
Access to relevant local content
key to a successful e-
government programme
Mobile Smart Cape was
launched in first Quarter 2006.
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Entrepreneur Support and Business Development:
Digital Business Centres
◦ 4 launched, training, entrepreneur support, voucher scheme, etc.
Youth Development and Job Creation: Kulisa Project
◦ 130 youth, 95% employment
ICT for the masses
◦ ICT skill a basic requirement for entry into the economy, 20
training centres
Techno Nucleus:
Digital Business Centre
◦
.Net Competency Centre
◦
FOSS Competency Centre - real projects that touch real people
◦
Online Content Creation
◦
Refurbishment Centre
◦
Smart Cape Access Technical Support
◦
Cisco Academy
◦
it4All Network
◦
Municipal Broadband
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Digital communications are the basis of the
modern knowledge economy
Digital communications are integral to the
delivery of services, trade and commerce, the
creative industries and even social interaction
Convergence means that all types of traffic
can be carried and exchanged across any
digital network
At the core of these networks are optic fibre
cables
The demand for the bandwidth provided by
these cables is growing exponentially
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43. Social and Economic Development
The total contribution to GDP is expected to amount to
R225m in 2007/08, R483m in 2008/09 and R736m in
2009/10. Based on these projections, the proposed
broadband rollout would have made a cumulative
contribution to GDP of R5.7 billion by 2011/12 when the
majority of the infrastructure development will be complete.
This cumulative total increases to over R211bn by 2026/27
(over the 20 year lifetime of fibre).
YES, you read right!!! - 211 BILLION RAND
From a jobs creation point of view, the report finds that quot;total
direct and indirect jobs are expected to amount to 2 412 in
2007/08 and 4 837 in 2008/09. It is expected that 14 828
direct and indirect jobs would be created in 2010 and nearly
252 000 by 2027quot;.
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44. Citizens and businesses
Target: Target: Target:
Citizens Society & the economy
Council employees &
Improved
Councillors
Efficient and Governance Social and
Effective and Customer Economic
Administration Service Development
Foundation
Leadership
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Core/ strategic infrastructure
Appropriate Institutional Model (for delivery)
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46. Thank You
Questions/
Discussion
Contacts:
nirvesh@sooful.co.za
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