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Predicting what's to come in a new year is at worst guesswork and at best a well-reasoned forecast based on the evolution of trends and developments, things we already know about, that look like they'll have a trajectory well into the future. The...
Article - 01/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
Urban populations are growing. It's a trend that's not expected to end anytime soon — and it's straining city services and budgets in many cities. We can see it in our congested streets, overburdened healthcare facilities and elsewhere. As a result...
Article - 11/16/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Financing and procurement tools
If you're like most city leaders, you understand the benefits of making your city more livable, workable and sustainable. But time and again, one of the things we hear from leaders is that money is the biggest obstacle to taking on smart city...
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The latest change in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms linked to the construction sector might help attract private players to the government’s ambitious smart city project. Since the Centre has allocated only Rs 500 crore per city under the...
Article - 11/16/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
India and Belgium have signed a new energy deal, an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will help in strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries. According to a official release, the Centre - under the leadership of...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
(Image source: ADB India website)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of India signed a $ 200 million loan agreement to support lending by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) to eligible renewable energy sub-...
Article - 10/31/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Energy, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The Ministry of Urban Development has approved the first batch of state level Action Plans under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) aimed at enabling water supply as per the norm and providing water supply and sewerage...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Financing and procurement tools
Malaysia's Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has proposed to invest $ 30 billion in two urban development and housing projects in India, as per a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development.Malaysia's Minister of Works, Haji...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Computing resources, Financing and procurement tools
The Rajasthan goverment has set a example by taking a lead in promoting affordable housing by signing four Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with private players. According to a release isssued by the Urban Development ministry, the four...
Article - 10/14/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has moved proposals before the finance ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) for seeking financial assistance from France and Germany for funding its five-year Smart City mission.The ministry's...
Article - 10/12/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Payments, Computing resources, Financing and procurement tools
Madhya Pradesh seems to be all set to receive a deluge of funding from Japanese firms in core infrastructure projects following a 10-day trip by the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to Japan and South Korea.During his visit, the minister met...
Article - 10/12/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Payments, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The Haryana government has taken upon itself to develop Gurgaon as a smart city in line with Centre's guidelines.Karnal and Faridabad are the two cities selected Haryana under the government '100 Smart Cities Mission'. Gurgaon failed the cut, as it...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Economic development, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Indian government is in talks with the World Bank to avail some initial funding for its ambitious '100 Smart Cities' and 'AMRUT' initiative for urban revitalisation.The Narendra Modi led NDA government has launched series of initiatives to...
Article - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Financing and procurement tools
Financing panelists included, left to right, David Swindell, Georgia Levenson-Keohane and Joshua Franzel. With bankruptcy and loan defaults putting struggling cities in headlines, a "sky is falling" mentality has some cautious about the municipal...
Article - 09/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
Dan Correa, left, Senior Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology, talks with South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, center, and Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto, right, during the White House forum.The White House Monday...
Article - 09/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
The Indian government has announced Rs 48,000 crore for the transformation of smart cities, clearly it is not enough. Taking into account the huge resource requirement for Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT, the Urban Development (UD) Ministry is...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The Union Urban Development Ministry on Thursday approved allotment of Rs 192 crore under the Smart City Mission for 96 off the 98 selected cities. Each of the cities received Rs 2 crore for preparing Smart City plan."Rs 2 crore provided for each...
Article - 09/07/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The UAE's foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on a two-day visit to Delhi, said that his country is looking to invest in programmes like Make in India, Digital India and Smart Cities. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi met the...
Article - 09/04/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Financing and procurement tools
A lack of funding has always been a common obstacle that developing nations have struggled to overcome. But a new initiative promises to make it easier for those who want to invest to give, and for those who need the investment to receive.Council...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
There’s never been a time when it has been so easy for cities large and small to buy technology and expertise. But for the investment to be a success, it’s not just what they buy — it’s how they buy it.Council Lead Partner IBM conducts an annual...
Article - 05/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools