Famalicão is present at the 'Smart City Expo World Congress' (SCEWC), the most important international event in the sector of smart cities, which started today in Barcelona and runs until 17 November. This edition marks the debut of Portugal with its own stand, called 'SMART Portugal', in which the municipality of Famalicão has a space under the slogan 'Famalicão your place'.
This is the first time that the world fair dedicated to smart cities hosts a space assigned to Portugal, where about two dozen Portuguese cities and companies, leaders in the construction of sustainable urban intelligence, are present. This unique opportunity grants visibility in the global city ecosystem.
It is worth mentioning that the coordination of the mission to the fair is the responsibility of AICEP - Investments and Foreign Trade Agency of Portugal and NOVA Cidade - Urban Analytics Lab of NOVA Information Management School (IMS), with the support of the Consulate of Portugal in Barcelona and the Barcelona Delegation of AICEP / Economic and Commercial Section - Embassy of Portugal in Spain.
Vila Nova de Famalicão Town Hall will present its project at the Portugal stand tomorrow, 16 November, at 11.30am, in a dynamic sharing of knowledge and good practices, which will tour all the Portuguese municipalities taking part in the fair.
B-Smart Famalicão is based on the Smart City concept, an approach to governance in which technology plays an important role, but whose essence is people. Building a city and a municipality where citizens can have the best quality of life possible is the motto for the implementation of the Smart City in Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The municipal programme B-Smart Famalicão seeks to implement actions to create a more sustainable, greener, more inclusive, more innovative municipality with a more modern public management, cultivating and promoting diversity, equal opportunities and citizen participation. The actions to be developed are always based on the Urban Agenda 2030 defined by the United Nations, with the consequent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but also the Urban Agenda for the European Union and the Territorial Agenda 2030.
Through the Urban Intelligence Centre, a control and operations centre of the Municipality of Famalicão, interaction with citizens is fostered, so that they become an increasingly important actor in the construction of their city and municipality. The B-Smart platform and the app 'Famalicão Your Place' are two tools that are already in full operation and accessible to the public, within the scope of the B-Smart Famalicão strategy.