Enhancing the Contribution of Digitalisation to the Smart Cities of the Future

TARGET GROUP: PUBLIC

OBJECTIVES

·        To quantify the specific contribution of high speed internet of high-speed internet, industry 4.0 and 3D printing, autonomous mobility, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and blockchain as factors changing industries and jobs and bringing about opportunities for “smart cities”, “smart villages” and “smart territories”

SUMMARY

In an increasingly urbanised world, where cities concentrate more than half of people, jobs and GDP in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Member countries, harnessing the benefits of digitalisation in cities is critical to deliver growth and well-being across our economies and societies. Around the world, governments are making cities “smarter” by using data and digital technology to build more efficient and liveable urban environments and manage the impact of rapid urbanisation, demographic and climate change. Since its foundation in 1999, the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) has made the case for place-based policies to help all regions and cities use their full economic potential. At the fourth OECD Regional Development Ministerial Meeting (Athens, 19-20 March 2019), Ministers concurred that digitalisation is first and foremost a tool to bring greater quality of life to people, which offers significant opportunities. They called for increasing the positive impact of digitalisation on people, business, and governments in all types of places through the creation of quality jobs and better service provision.

REFERENCE

https://www.oecd.org/cfe/regionaldevelopment/Smart-Cities-FINAL.pdf