- The smart city momentum is growing extensively in the Asia Pacific (AP) region.
- Winners of the 2016 Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) came from all over Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ), with Singapore and New Zealand coming up as the biggest winners with three awards each.
IDC Asia Pacific has announced the winners of the 2016 Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA). SCAPA recognises the most outstanding smart city projects in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) in 14 functional e-services. On its second year, the most outstanding projects recognised by IDC’s SCAPA in these categories are from all over APeJ, with Singapore and New Zealand coming up as the biggest winners with three awards each.
“The smart city momentum is growing extensively in the AP region as many nations see it as an organic, bottom-up and middle-out innovation growth that will spearhead the next cycle of e-government evolutions. While at least 90% of all AP local governments or smart cities’ growth leverage funds that are provided by central or federal functions, many of them are notably given the autonomy to create their own unique identity in city governance, strategic operations and provisioning of effective e-services,” says Gerald Wang, Head, Asia Pacific Government and Education.
“As such, there is notably a growing prevalence of citizen-directed initiatives and driving local industries, which ultimately contributes back to stimulating domestic social and economic sustainability. This year’s submissions and winners highlight the impacts of climate change and slowing global trade. This led to the stronger push for environmental sustainability and operational efficiency so as to bring about better living standards and future continuity of the various AP cities.”
IDC Government Insights went through a six-phased benchmarking exercise to determine the top smart city projects for 2016. These included identifying and cataloguing the key smart city projects in the region by IDC Analysts across APeJ (25%), online voting to determine public opinion (50%), and the assessment of an International Advisory Council (25%).
To get more insights about the best practices of the 14 Smart City winners, the IDC Government Insights Smart City Development Index for 2015 to 2016 will be published later this year.
“The smart city momentum is growing extensively in the AP region as many nations see it as an organic, bottom-up and middle-out innovation growth that will spearhead the next cycle of e-government evolutions. While at least 90% of all AP local governments or smart cities’ growth leverage funds that are provided by central or federal functions, many of them are notably given the autonomy to create their own unique identity in city governance, strategic operations and provisioning of effective e-services,” says Gerald Wang, Head, Asia Pacific Government and Education.
“As such, there is notably a growing prevalence of citizen-directed initiatives and driving local industries, which ultimately contributes back to stimulating domestic social and economic sustainability. This year’s submissions and winners highlight the impacts of climate change and slowing global trade. This led to the stronger push for environmental sustainability and operational efficiency so as to bring about better living standards and future continuity of the various AP cities.”
IDC Government Insights went through a six-phased benchmarking exercise to determine the top smart city projects for 2016. These included identifying and cataloguing the key smart city projects in the region by IDC Analysts across APeJ (25%), online voting to determine public opinion (50%), and the assessment of an International Advisory Council (25%).
To get more insights about the best practices of the 14 Smart City winners, the IDC Government Insights Smart City Development Index for 2015 to 2016 will be published later this year.
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