Challenge:

Keeping in touch during times of social distancing

Cities:

Kaiserslautern & Wolfsburg, Germany

Digital solution:

Hello Again by Capalogic GmbH from Wolfsburg, Germany

Easy-to-use video communication app adapted to the needs of the elderly that can be managed remotely by relatives. The team received the award „Best Digital Solution for Social Cohesion“.

Challenge:

Empower digital literacy to increase participation

City:

Amt Süderbrarup, Germany

Digital solution:

WeCreate Süderbrarup by WeCreate from Leipzig, Germany

Providing a digital interface for engagement, networking and project management, which builds on offered analog workshops and networking events. The team received the award „Best Digital Solution for Access“.

Challenge:

Empowering urban dwellers to harness green space benefits and overcome access barriers 

City: 

Coimbatore, India 

Digital Solution: 

safergreen by zora – Zozmann & Karutz GbR from Leipzig, Germany and Red Dot Foundation Global from Columbia, USA

Easy-to-use information and warning app that provides citizens with details about the location, condition, and visitor traffic of green spaces and playgrounds. Citizens can submit alerts about the safety situation and required maintenance, which will benefit user-centric greenspace management.

Challenge:

Holistic and sustainable citizen participation

City:

Kassel, Germany

Digital Solution:

Smart Kassel – fits together by Civocracy B.V. from Berlin, Germany 

Implementing a digital participation platform to complement a holistic strategy of on- and offline participation, dedicated communication strategies and targeted stakeholder involvement around the topic of Smart City.

Challenge:

Strengthening the local market

City:

Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico

Digital solution: 

Online Market Solution “Mi Mercado AMG” by Kampala Capital City Authority from Kampala, Uganda

The online sales platform enables local retailers to offer their products even during the pandemic. A sustainable delivery service guarantees the population to avoid physical contact. The team received the award „Best Digital Solution for Vibrant Urban & Local Centres.  

Challenge:

Efficiently manage overcrowded public spaces (sidewalks, parks etc.) by people and micro-mobility vehicles to improve infrastructure demands

City:

Miraflores, Peru

Digital solution:

PIMUS Plattform for Citizen Proposal Digital Inventory and CaminAPP by Municipalities Tecate & Tijuana and the federal state Baja California from Mexico  

Citizen have the opportunity to report problems, such as overcrowded squares or run-down streets, and suggest possible solutions to the city administration. In this way, citizens, experts and the city administration can work together on solutions. The team received the award „Best Digital Solution for Mobility“.

Challenge:

Optimizing the use of parking for residents and commuters to improve the quality of life

City:

Miraflores, Peru

Digital solution:

Cityparking.io by Life is Hard S.A. from Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

The mobile app provides real-time data on the current parking situation and offers live navigation. A dedicated dashboard allows the municipality to access data and statistics on parking usage.

Challenge:

Avoid overcrowding in highly frequented, touristic areas

City:

Bamberg, Germany

Digital solution:

Smart Tourism – A Data and Services Platform 4 Citizens by Engineering DSS GmbH from Düsseldorf, Germany, based on the Open Source Plattform of FIWARE

The number of pedestrians at certain public spaces in Bamberg is detected by sensors and displayed in real time via an app and public display boards. Visitors can be guided to points of interest (PoI) via a navigation service. The team received the award „Best Digital Solution for Resilience“.

Challenge:

Developing a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator Dashboard

City:

Bamberg, Germany

Digital solution:

SDG dashboard and statistics Platform by Polyteia GmbH from Berlin, Germany 

The digital platform fosters evidence-based decision-making for Bamberg’s citizens and monitors the city’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The solution relies on data from automated interfaces of legacy systems, data-input masks, or publicly available data sources and visualize it in different modules.

Challenge:

Using insights on the COVID-19 situation for evidence-based decision making

City:

Fortaleza, Brazil

Digital solution:

Uptown Contact Trace – by Coherence Systems and Silicon Harlem from New York City, USA 

A unified system designed to empower contact tracers to collect and deliver secure anonymous data. It provides a safe, secure, data framework that improves collection and dissemination of data between public health and social services agencies.

Challenge:

Mitigation of adverse impact of disaster risk and pollution on the long-term growth potential of coastal areas

City:

Kochi, India

Digital solution:

From Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) to Sustainable Growth by Digitalization by SEE NOW Consulting UG from Hilden, Germany, HESOTECH GmbH from Diez, Germany, Fintech Exaloan AG from Frankfurt, Germany, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research from Leipzig, Germany and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), from Kala Lumpur, Malaysia 

A transdisciplinary urban resilience system improving stakeholders’ decision-making process by aggregated data and data driven forecasting models, along with an automated funding infrastructure for PPP financing, investments, and sustainable economic growth.

Challenge:

Fostering digital competencies of city officials

City:

Bhubaneshwar, India

The city used the Scalathon to further specify its challenge and formulate next steps. It is intented to design a self-learning platform to promote digital competence for municipal administrative employees.