Open Standards for Civic Tech APIs Edge Closer to Reality
Smart Cities have a big future and early adopters from across the globe will pave the way. Will your city be one of them?
The EU-funded open API platform FIWARE has reached an agreement with seven countries to embed its core infrastructure as open API standards for creating new civic tech solutions. The initiative hopes to foster the growth of a new wave of startups focused on smart city technologies.
A new Open & Agile Smart Cities initiative has been signed by seven countries — Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Spain — that agree to four key mechanisms for the development of smart city infrastructure. The initiative is a partnership between the the EU-funded FIWARE and the Connected Smart Cities Network.
“Three of the mechanisms are technical and the fourth is the agreed approach to take,” said Martin Brynskov, chair of the Connected Smart Cities Network. “A letter of intent has been signed by the 31 cities that includes a commitment to an approach that is driven by implementation. This initiative is about doing something; ideas will evolve through implementation, and we will see what is a good idea and what is a bad idea.”
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