Smart City
A smart city uses advanced information and communication technologies and modern management methods to improve quality of life.
A smart city is an effectively managed city. It uses today’s technologies to improve residents’ quality of life, builds on its strengths and overcomes its weaknesses. Community involvement is essential: it inspires ideas and helps identify the city’s needs. It is fundamental to a modern, well-managed city shaped by the real needs of its residents.
Smart cities are increasingly discussed in the context of sustainable development. The two are closely connected: developing a city and improving its residents’ quality of life require a coordinated approach across many areas of urban life.
Smart city initiatives usually focus on six key areas:
- People: community and public dialogue
- Governance: administration and infrastructure
- Quality of life: leisure spaces and culture
- Mobility: transport and parking
- Environment: clean air, green spaces and waste
- Economy: local and global connections, and entrepreneurship
Wielkopolskie Centrum Wspierania Inwestycji has many years of experience in attracting investors, supported by its facilities at Poznań Technology and Industrial Park.
In February 2019, the company began a new area of activity covering smart cities. Its first project in this field was cooperation with the City of Poznań on the development of the Smart City Programme for Poznań, taking account of the wider metropolitan area.
The company also planned to participate in further initiatives and projects concerning sustainable development and smart cities.
Cooperation with local authorities and businesses
- Conferences, talks and workshops on smart cities.
- Reports on opportunities to use smart solutions to support the development of a city, municipality or county.
- Support for municipalities in preparing smart city strategies.
- Support during the implementation of strategies and projects.
- Indicator analysis and assessment of the effects of municipal development.
- Practical concepts and solutions for urban management.
Contact
Miłosz Król
Smart City Specialist
Mobile: +48 885 058 002
Email: milosz.krol@wcwi.com.pl
