Helsinki Fifth in World Smart City Governance
The Helsinki Times website reported that the City of Helsinki is an example to follow in terms of its commitment to the development of smart cities. Helsinki, has not only developed various local co-creation platforms, competitions and boot camps, but also engaged in active dialogue with other cities under the Six City Strategy in Finland and the Horizon 2020 in Europe. The Six City Strategy is an open innovation platform that allows six Finnish cities to share and learn from over 45 million euros worth of smart city projects launched since 2014. A wide range of stakeholders including city departments, residents, citizen organisations, industry, SMEs, start-ups and academia worked together using open data to experiment with smart and clean services that can be scaled up elsewhere. As a result, more than 25 innovative infrastructure, building and experimentation projects are being developed.
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