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Murcia Smart City project has been selected by the European Commission as a model of good practice in the framework of the URBELAC network, Knowledge Transfer Urban Sustainable Urban Development Network
Therefore, the city of Murcia will present its draft smartización city MiMurcia in the first transnational meeting of project launch will take place from 26 to 28 September in Milan.
Councilman Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, Jose Guillen, explained that "it is a pride for all Murcia our city international example of good practice in Smart City. This encourages us to continue working to achieve that new technologies are at the service of Murcia, improving the way in which the residents are related to the city and public services and citizen-city revolutionizing the relationship "
On the side of Europe, the European Commission has selected four cities as examples of good practice.
In addition to Murcia, he has chosen Milan, Bordeaux, Athens and Viseu.
On the side of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank has selected the cities of Buenos Aires, Campo Grande, Guadalajara and Montevideo
In addition to the previous editions, and in view of the close relationship between the Inter-American Development Bank and China, it will invite different Chinese cities as observers.
This will be the third edition of URBELAC since its launch in 2010 in which the exchange of experiences and mutual learning through technical seminars, workshops and field visits will be facilitated.
Remember that the MiMurcia project has been recently approved by red.es amounting to 8 million euros from the ERDF.
URBELAC is an initiative promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Directorate General for Regional Policy and Urban of the European Commission with the aim of promoting sustainable development in the cities of the two regions - Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Network seeks to improve the quality of life of these cities promoting sustainable and integrated urban development, by identifying innovative policies and programs.
The idea goes two ways: firstly, URBELAC seeks to facilitate the exchange of information, best practices and lessons learned on sustainable and integrated urban practices and policies, contributing to a learning process based on concrete examples and best practices.
Moreover, the network-program aims to support cities in identifying concrete and immediate actions that have an impact on local sustainable urban development and associated policies.
The second transnational meeting will be held in Buenos Aires in late 2016.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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