09.08.2021: Status of Almaty Smart City was published in the quarterly Innovation Solutions for Large Urban Systems (IGLUS) Program Journal
The Innovative Governance for Large Urban System (Innovative Governance for Large Urban System) program is located in Switzerland at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne and is in partnership with Europe’s largest industrial enterprises. IGLUS is a research program aimed at improving the management of large, complex and dynamic urban systems. A systemic approach focuses on the complex relationship between infrastructure, institutions, individuals, citizens and ICT through a strongly interdisciplinary and action-oriented approach. They are one of only five accredited programs in Europe by Smart City.
How does the program work?
IGLUS is structured in a series of two-week intensive on-the-job modules in major metropolitan areas around the world. During the training of the team, all interested parties of the city administration are united.
The program is present in Lyon, Dortmund, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Seoul, Nairobi, Singapore, Detroit, Mexico City, Barankiya in collaboration with the best local universities. Thanks to the laboratory of the Smart City in the city of Almaty we will be able to have access to applied projects and strategic development of the above-mentioned cities.
The city’s quarterly project report was published in Volume 7, Issue 2 (July 2021) - this was the first issue dedicated to a single city.
The magazine has been published since 2019. Previous issues focused on the experience of other cities in:
- Municipal waste
- Public health and COVID-19 in cities
- Rethinking responsibility among urbanists
- African cities
- Urban landscape transformation
- Climate change and cities
- Water and governance in the age of urbanization
