Washington, DC | 24 November 2023 - Smart Cities Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Ferrán Doñate as the LATAM and Smart Tourism Lead, underscoring the organization's dedication to advancing smart city initiatives and tourism development worldwide.
Ferrán Doñate is a highly…
Washington, DC | 24 November 2023
Smart Cities Council is thrilled to announce the appointment of Brad Seaman as Vice President and Global Education Lead, marking a significant step forward in the organization's dedication to fostering innovation and inclusivity in smart cities through capability…
Smart Cities Council is proud to announce the appointment of Stephen Cercone as the Global Public Safety Lead, reinforcing the organization's commitment to enhancing safety and security in smart cities worldwide.
Stephen Cercone brings a wealth of experience to his role as a former police chief…
The Union Government has allocated Rs 70 million to the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) under the Swachh Bharat mission’s solid waste management fund.
The local body intends to use this budget to improve solid waste management through various projects such as the construction and…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a massive Rs 20 billion project stretched over a period of four years to overhaul the 17.8 km-long Mithi River.
The main goals of the massive construction projects are to stop the Mithi from overflowing during heavy rains enter its low-…
As per the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) guidelines, the central government will reportedly provide financial support to the extent of Rs 480 billion over five years or an average of Rs 1 billion crore per city per year.
An equal amount on a matching basis will be contributed by the state government…
The 2022 New Zealand Digital Twin Summit was hosted in Wellington and through their involvement, Gold sponsor AWS was able to meet with other policymakers, practitioners and academics for a full day that focused on helping organizations navigate the digital twin project path from idea through to…
Globally renowned Smart Cities event returns to Australia, powered by Amazon Web Services.
After a COVID-related hiatus, Smart Cities Week returns to Australian shores from 6 - 10 February 2023. This coming-together of the who’s-who in smart cities, digital twin and future of place thought…
A new app for the Mangaluru Smart City, which allows citizens to file grievances and get information on various services at their fingertips, is ready for launch. The app—One Touch Mangaluru—has features for things like lodging complaints about any irregularity in door-to-door waste collection for…
A two-day workshop on the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SCIAP) project—being implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC)—was held in the Madhya Pradesh capital recently.
The project is being carried out in…
To trade carbon credits generated by various agencies in Kashi with international companies in the coming years, the Varanasi Smart City (VSCL) has taken the initiative to act as the aggregator for the market mechanisms to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
“The process for joining carbon credit…
Seeking to scale up green and inclusive neighborhoods for children and families across the city the Kochi Corporation and the Cochin Smart City Mission signed a memorandum of understanding with World Resources Institute India (WRI India).
Kochi along with other select cities is now moving into the…
In a bid to improve the city’s ranking in the Swachh Survekshan 2023, the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to rope in a private agency for documentation and planning of projects. The agency will work on bettering the status of sanitation delivery of civic services participation of…
The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) will soon establish a program management unit (PMU) for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the civic body in the implementation of welfare and development programs in the city.
PMU will be established and manned by a team of experts with a…
The Greater Noida authority has decided to develop 16 more villages as smart villages with facilities that include free Wi-Fi proper drainage system piped drinking water community centers sewage network and smooth roads among others.
The authority has already begun the task of transforming 14…
