On the Smart Cities Summit in Frankfurt I saw the excellent presentation of Josep Ramón Ferrer. He points the variety of challenging activities which are currently carried out in Barcelona. Best regards to Josep and Barcelona, Frank Alexander Reusch

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Decalogue for building a Smart City
Josep Ramon Ferrer, Former Barcelona Smart City Director
Smart City Vision: an opportunity for transformation

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1. Global challenge: urbanization - 21st Century: Century of cities
2. Technology as an enabler; necessary, but not goal itself
3. Local challenge: few clear goals
4. Transformational city project
5. Long term vision and leadership
6. Strategic plan: holistic, breaking silos
7. Focus is on Citizens’ active participation
8. Governance model: inside and outside
9. Industry alliances: PPPs, standards, new busniess models
10. Alliances: cities in competition but need to collaborate, industry partnerships
SMART CITY VISION IN 10 IDEAS

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Smart city management means ensuring citizen quality of life, who will have further and more
complex needs, and to efficiently allocate resources. Technology plays a key role.
1. THE 21st CENTURY: CENTURY OF CITIES

6. THE NEED FOR PPPs AND JOINT EFFORTS
34 cities
13 corporations
53 countries

7. TECHNOLOGY: bigdata, mobile technology, applications
and cloud services, sensorization, hyperconnectivity, 3D
printing, digital fabrication…
 Better decisions and policy-making
 More efficient resource allocation
 Citizen/ stakeholder empowerment
 More open, transparent and participatory
 Opportunity to do things differently. In a smarter way
In fact, technology is core in the current (r)evolution:
digital cities
2. TECHNOLOGY IS AN ENABLER, NOT THE GOAL

8. 3. LOCAL CHALLENGE: FEW, CLEAR OBJECTIVES
1. Citizen welfare
2. Foster economic growth
3. Sustainability
 Sustainability, scarce resources
 Environment, energy efficiency
 Attract activity, more jobs
 Quality of life
Pressure on resources, welfare distribution, urban planning and
environment.
How will cities guarantee a balance between growth and
sustainability in the long run?

9. 4. TRANSFORMATIONAL CITY PROJECT
Smart city is about a transformational city project; a plan. That
is, another opportunity to transform the city.

10. 5. LONG TERM VISION AND LEADERSHIP
STOCKHOLM
“In 2030, Stockholm will be a versatile
city, offering top-class education and
business opportunities, alongside
unspoiled nature at your doorstep - a
unique combination that will continue to
attract visitors fromaround the world”
SETTING UP A LONG TERM VISION
A long term ambitious vision is highly valuable.
It must address the question what do we want to become, as a city, in 20 or 30 years’ time?
BARCELONA
“To become a self-sufficient city of
productive neighborhoods at human speed,
inside a hyper-connected zero emissions
Metropolitan Area”

11. 22 SMART CITY PROGRAMS
WITH 200 PROJECTS
6. STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATIONAL PLAN:
HOLISTIC MODEL, BREAK SILOS

12. ANATOMÍA DE LA CIUDAD

13. MODELO CONCEPTUAL DE BARCELONA
TIC AIGUA MATÈRIAENERGIA MOBILITAT
MEDIIO AMBIENTE
INFRAESTRUCTURAS
NATURA
ESCALA DE CIUDAD
ESPACIO PÚBLICO Y PRIVADO
SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS Y SOCIALES
GOBIERNO ABIERTO

14. LOS 22 PROGRAMES EN 12 ÁMBITOS
1. Xarxes
de
telecomun
icacions
6. Aigua
Intel·ligent
15.
Recollida
Intel·ligent
d’Escombr
aries
4. Llum
Intel·ligent
5.
Autosufici
ència
Energètica
7.
Mobilitat
Intel·ligent
8.
Renaturali
tzació
9. Transformació Urbana
10. Mobiliari urbà Intel·ligent
11. Resiliència urbana
14. Barcelona a la
Butxaca
16. Regulació
Intel·ligent
17. Innovació
Intel·ligent
18. Salut i Serveis
Socials
19. Educació
20. Destinació
Turística Intel·ligent
21. Infraestructures i
Logística
22. Oci i Cultura
12. Ciutadania
13. Govern Obert
2. Plataforma Urbana
3. Dades Intel·ligents

15. Do it in an OPEN, INCLUSIVE and PARTICIPATORY way
Generate and develop projects TO and WITH the CITIZENSHIP
Engage citizens in the DEFINITION
of the city we want for the future (Smart Social Innovation)
and
In the STRATEGY and MANAGEMENT of the city (Smart Government)
BARCELONA is
European Capital of Innovation
iCapital
2014-2016
7. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: FOCUS IS ON CITIZENS
“no smart city without smart citizens”

16. 8. MEASURE & ALIGN WITH FRAMEWORKS
MAKING THE MOST OF EXISTING FUNDING
SCHEMES, POLICY FRAMEWORKS &
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
IMPACT EVALUATION, ROI AND ROS
 The use of ICT is widely stated in policy making to
overcome current challenges.
 Making the most out of the existing schemes and
framework programs will ensure funding and other
implementation tools for the execution of city wide projects.
 Better resource allocation and getting results of policy-making.
 Measure not only economic returns (private engagement and
more investment), but social returns as well (citizen engagement
and participation).
85M € impact on GDP (Barcelona, 2014)
1,870 jobs created as result of the Smart City program
53.7M € municipal investment
0.53 € of additional private sector investment for 1€ Municipal investment
Saving 9,700 tons of CO2 and 600,000 liters of water per year.

17. 9. GOVERNANCE MODEL:
RELATIONSHIP & STAKEHOLDER MAPS
Entrepreneurs
Other públic sector
organizations/agencies
Investigation centers
Universities
Businesses
International
position
Citizens
GovtExternal
Smart City Director
EXECUTION STRATEGY
Communication
Smart PMO International PMO Smart Governance Team
Program n
Head of program
Programs
Corporate
departmens
Mayor/Presid
ent
Service
Departments
StrategicTactic
Smart City Stakeholder Map
Program n
Head of program
Responsible for
monitoring
Technical leader
Project
leader
Tech.
Partner
Business leader
Project
leader
Tech.
Partner
Project
leader
Tech.
Partner

18. THE NEED FOR PPPs AND JOINT EFFORTS
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2.7
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Gross Capital Formation, Government
% GDP
European Union (28 countries) European Union (15 countries)
Euro area (19 countries)
Public Budget, investment
Welfare state
Financial needs
Source: DOXA, Eurostat.

19. THE NEED FOR PPPs AND JOINT EFFORTS
Market opportunities and
Potential growth
Required investment
Higher risk
Greater initial investments
(technology)

20. 10. ALLIANCES: COMPETITION & COLLABORATION
INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS & ECOSYSTEM
 Developing standards
 Scaling solutions
 Gaining critical mass: one solution, specific tuning
 Generating new markets: industry opportunities
worldwide
 Creating ecosystems
 Developing economic tissue and growth:
economy and competitiveness
 Opportunities: jobs, talent, FDI, new
companies, start-ups

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22. SEE YOU IN BARCELONA!
+10.800 Visitors & +3.600 Delegates
440 cities & 92 countries
13 GLOBAL PARTNERS
17 EVENT PARTNERS
9 SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS

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24. Facilitate use of public space as urban laboratory for
companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs to test their
products and services in real environments
BARCELONA URBAN LAB
2008-2011, 22@ area
 14 pilots/ 48 proposals
 5 established companies
2014, all city
 5 pilots/ 24 proposals
2015
 15 pilots + expansion of urban lab -> CATALONIA

25. Implementation of 12 outdoor
public street lighting points
Sensors for
containers
Noise
Sensors
Occupancy sensors in
parking spaces
Pilot program to
read gas,
electricity and
water meters
telematically
Sustainability
mobility project
Traffic lights adapted
for the blind at all
crossings in
22@Barcelona
Bicycle lanes
Fibre optics in homes
Traffic control cameras
Barcelona Urban Lab: ”applying” Smart Cities

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DUM Area
(Distribution of Urban
Goods)
Traffic intensity sensors
Electric vehicle (charging points &
municipal fleets)
Bicing (bike & bike lanes)
EXAMPLES ON SPECIFIC USE CASES AND PROJECTS

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28. EXAMPLE: CITY OPERATING SYSTEM
ENGIE-BARCELONA
SMART CITY IS ABOUT THE ANALYTICS BEHIND CITY INFORMATION
PROBLEM:
 VERTICAL PLATFORMS that only speak to their sensors and
only allow “own” developers/apps
CHALLENGE:
 BREAKING VERTICAL SOLUTIONS and going to best solutions
on ONE single OS
 CENTRALIZING ALL DATA GENERATED IN THE CITY (no matter
where it comes from)
And… provide it to DEVELOPERS!
SOLUTION…

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