1. iCity
Linked Open Apps Ecosystem to open
up innovation in smart cities

2. iCity
Aim:
Enhance urban life and respond to societal challenges by means of ‘bootstrapping’ urban open
innovation ecosystems.
Contribute to a increase third party services of public interest privision by opening public digital
assets and infrastructure to be used in transforming manner.
Objectives:
To integrate a common technological platform upon which services, designed and instantiated by
interested user-driven open innovation ecosystems can be offered to the citizens throughout a City Open
Apps Store.
Create a confident respectful relationship upon data and infrastructure provided by public
administrations that can be relied to build upon solid third party services.
Outputs:
A platform for cities to manage open infrastructures and support service of public interest created
and deployed by third party
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3. Vision
By opening public infrastructures, A digital urban space where services
iCity is opening space for innovative of public interest are deployed thanks
services of public interest while to third party involvement (SMEs,
preserving public service provision developers, students, enterpreneurs,
and quality citizens...)
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4. Focus
Human
capital
New
services
economy
Resilient Information
infrastructures space
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5. Value Chain
The consortium includes all the actors of the value chain
CISCO CitiLab
Cornella
Public
ICT Service
Public Space
Infrastructure Operation
Living Innovation of
Space Network of Public
Adminis- Lab Ecosystems Public
Sensors Infrastructures
tration Interest
Data
Barcelona
Bologna Fraunhofer
Genova FOKUS IN3 (UOC)
London Retevision
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6. Public Space Value Chain
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7. iCity Platform
The project delivers a platform to preserve the provision of public
services while opening the public infrastructures
At the same time assuring the reliability of the open infrastructures
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8. Urban Innovation Ecosystem
Cities have reach innovation ecosystems
They will use the platform to deliver services of public interest
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9. Service Deployment Process
There is a process to get them on board and launch new services
of public interest
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10. Governance
Governance bodies based on pppp will be created
As well as processes to regulate the deployment of such services
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11. Facts & Figures
iCity is a project of the CIP PSP Call 5th
Developed from 2012 to 2014
Co-funded by:
European Commission
Coordinated by:
Barcelona Municipal Institute of Information Technology
In strong partnership with:
City of Bologna, Greater London Authority, City of Genova,
CISCO, Abertis-Retevision, Fraunhofer-Fokus, Internet
Interdisciplinary Institute (Open University of Catalonia) and
CitiLab.
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