1. City of Almere
www.Almere.nl
Building a Complete City
Smart Working
and Smart Working Environments
Frank Halsema
Sector Developer ICT & Broadband
Economic Affairs
24th September 2008

2. City of Almere
Almere New Town in Europe
www.Almere.nl
Almere
Almere
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Schiphol

3. City of Almere
Poly nuclear set-up
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Buiten
Pampus Stad
Hout
Poort
Haven

4. City of Almere
Population growth 1980 - 2030
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400.000
350.000+
300.000
250.000
180.000
200.000
140.000
100.000
100.000
50.000
10.000
0
1980 1986 1994 1999 2005 2015 2030
Prognoses

5. Challenges
Stimulation of economic development
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• Create 100.000 new jobs
• Solve imbalance housing –
employment
• Create better environment for
entrepreneurs
• Develop new business parks
• Build new city centre
• Develop academic education
• Stimulate innovation

6. Almere Smart City
Mission: Apply ICT for a Better Quality of Life
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Objective: development of new services in the field of:
• Living
Digital Life
• Working
Increase employment
• Learning
e-learning and Next generation
networking and
• Welfare
Personal healthcare services
building a complete city
www.almerekennisstad.nl

7. Almere Smart City
Focus on strategic projects
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Expansion of Almere as a Smart City
Development of the Digital Gateway to Europe
Excellence in Service Innovation (ExSer)
Smart Work Center (e-working)
High-quality interactive video communication
Precondition
• Next Generation Broadband Network
Almere Fiber City
Speed up sustainable economic growth and enhance social inclusion

8. Almere Fiber City
Broadband as important precondition
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Roadmap
• 2001: Establishment of SARA
Computing & Networking
Services, creating the Almere
Internet Exchange (ALM-IX
connected with AMS-IX), the
centre of the Almere Fiber
Network and data centre facilities
• 2003: Almere Fiber Pilot, first
building site of Almere Fiber City
in public private partnership
• 2006: FttI-backbone, fiber
connectivity for public offices and
schools
• 2006: FttB-expanding the
backbone, fiber connectivity for
business parks
• 2007-2010: FttH, expanding the
network to the whole city in
public private partnership

9. Almere Fiber City
Broadband as important precondition
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ALM-IX
AFP
FttI
FttB

10. Almere Fiber City
AlmeerNet
www.Almere.nl

11. Almere Fiber City
Some results
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• Attracted new (ICT) companies: created 1000 new
jobs and fast growing in the media sector and
datacenters
• Retention of SME’s: retention of 1000 jobs
• Presence of advanced Broadband Services Center
• Over € 450M new investments in the city
• All basic schools connected saved the city € 5M
• Pupils & Teachers have internet broadband access
• Increase of community websites (social benefits)
• Development of innovative broadband services
• Increase of interest of public organizations and
companies to develop a common strategic agenda

12. Almere Fiber City
Conclusions
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• A Next Generation Broadband
Network Unleashes Infinite and
Unimaginable Possibilities
Focus on the most important goals in I-vision Almere
the city and the region
Make a strong link between ideas,
proposals and the long term goals
• Dare to invest a little to stimulate www.almerekennisstad.nl
public and private investments
building a complete city
City and Province investment € 15,5M
New investments: € 450M
• Dare to invest to challenge the
Service Providers

13. Ideas, Relations and Inspiration
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