How are cities making use of digital possibilities – and how are they themselves shaped by them? We wanted to find answers to these questions and dedicated our February spotlight to Digitalisation and Governance.
Fenna Imara Hoefsloot takes a critical look at Lima's digital water infrastructure, and Bolor-Erdene Battsengel portrays Mongolia's journey to becoming a digital nation.
Abdoul Malick Tapsoba shares insights from Burkina Faso's digitalisation of public administration, and and Michal Lakomski writes on how Poznań is using digitalisation to become a more inclusive city.
In light of International Women’s Day (8 March), our next spotlight will be all about Women in Cities – while one month is nowhere near enough to extensively cover this versatile topic, we hope to present you with great choice of inspiring articles nevertheless.
Not only that, it is also time to launch our next country series! Stay tuned for our focus weeks on Bangladesh – we will kick off with a set of infographics and, in the weeks ahead, will present an array of interesting articles on urban development in this rapidly changing country.
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By Fenna Imara Hoefsloot
Set in the desert and with large numbers of unregistered citizens, water justice is a major concern in Lima, Peru. Fenna Imara Hoefsloot outlines how the city’s digital water infrastructure excludes parts of the population from reliable water supply. Read more...
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By Bolor-Erdene Battsengel
Almost a year ago, Mongolia launched the e-Mongolia platform to streamline public service delivery. The goals were to reduce bureaucracy, decrease duplication of effort between government organisations, and counter citizens’ frustration with inefficient public services. Bolor-Erdene Battsengel on learnings and successes. Read more...
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By Abdoul Malick Tapsoba
Despite its many benefits, the digital transformation of the public sector is progressing slowly in many countries. Abdoul Malick Tapsoba shares critical insights into some of the biggest obstacles to digitalising public administration in Burkina Faso. Read more...
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By Michal Lakomski
Meet the award-winning smart city of Poznań! By Michal Lakomski, Director of Digitalisation and Cybersecurity of the City of Poznań. Read more...
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