Strategy for
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connected city
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Table of contents
1 Introduction2
2 Enabling factors
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3 Implementation of the strategy 5
3.1 Priority projects
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Introduction
The progress of digitalization and new technologies, within areas such as the Internet of
Things1, big data2 and analysis, leads to new possibilities. At the same time, Stockholm is
rapidly changing as a result of urbanization, globalization and increased life expectancy.
Therefore, a strategy for Stockholm as a smart and connected city has been developed in collaboration with the City of Stockholm’s employees, residents, businesses and
academia. The strategy was formally adopted by the City Council of Stockholm on April
3, 2017.
By utilizing Stockholm’s favourable conditions, such as well developed gender equality, widespread IT infrastructure and high digital maturity, as well as the opportunities of
digitalization and new technologies, the City of Stockholm will make life easier and better
for everyone who lives, stays or works in the capital.
The core of the strategy’s target vision shows the goal of the strategy and the City’s
digitalization efforts – to provide the highest quality of life for the Stockholm inhabitants
and the best entrepreneurial climate. These objectives are achieved by Stockholm, through
innovative solutions, transparency and connectivity, as well as by becoming more economically, ecologically, democratically and socially sustainable.
The strategy for Stockholm as a smart and connected city mainly focuses on the opportunities that arise with development in areas such as the Internet of Things, big data and
1 A collective term for physical objects or ”things” that electronically communicates with the
outside world to create added value.
2 Digitally stored information of such magnitude that it is hard to process with traditional
techniques and traditional database methods. In many cases, the data sets are created continuously (in real time) and also analyzed in real time.
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Target picture
– a smart and
connected
city
Implementation
Principles for implementation
Coordination and
collaboration
Communication
Prioritized projects
Enablers
Strategical enabling principles
Operation
Technology
Principles for
cost allocation
analysis. This means that the strategy, through new services and features, is concentrated
on Stockholm as a physical place rather than the organisation City of Stockholm. The
implementation of the strategy thus represents a subset of the city’s overall work on digital
development, as described in and governed by the City of Stockholm’s digitalization program. The smart city is made possible through connectivity and open data, integrated
platforms, sensors and other technologies. Guidelines for the use of technologies and
other enabling factors are described in the strategy, as well as success factors and implementation principles.
The City Council’s formal adaptation implies that the strategy and its principles is to be
followed and implemented by all of the City’s operations. Implementation of the strategy is essentially a matter for the operations and not an IT issue. Without going into detail,
this document summarizes the strategy’s most important key concepts and principles. For
further information please see:
ff Strategy for Stockholm as a smart and connected city – the full strategy.
ff The Smart City website (Stockholm.se/smartstad) – where one can follow the development of the smart city.
Any questions regarding the strategy and its contents or the general work with digital
development in the City of Stockholm are to be referred to the department for Digital
Development (The City Executive Office): [email protected].
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Figure 1:Strategic enabling principles
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Solutions are
built on
common
digital
platforms
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Systems
exchange
data through
central
platforms
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Technical
solutions are
based on
open
standards
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Agreements
enables
development
and
innovation
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Security and
privacy
protection is
ensured
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The data is
made available
internally and
externally open
data
Technical
solutions
are built
modularly
Enabling factors
To reach the target image of Stockholm as a smart and connected city, a number of
enabling factors are necessary. In the strategy, these are divided into three main areas:
operations, technology (including applications and services, digital platforms and IT infrastructure, as well as information security and privacy), and principles for costs distribution.
These are outlined in the strategy. Enablers in operations as well as parts of the City’s
technical architecture are detailed in the framework of the City’s digitalization program
with associated guidelines.
To guide the core areas and the development of the technology that enables the smart
city, seven strategic principles have been developed and pursued by the City. See Figure
1 above. The strategic principles are an important tool for achieving digital sustainability.
Digital sustainability refers to solutions being designed so they can be used in the longterm, cost-effectively and that they are easy to incrementally develop, reuse, and connect.
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Figure 2: Principles for implementation
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Initiatives are
based on the
needs of the
citizens
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Development
builds on what
is already in
progress
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Prioritizing is
done in line
with the
target picture
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Development is
done through
collaboration
internally and
externally
Long-term
perspective
permeates all
investments
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Information is
collected with
regard to
others
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Digitization
is included in
urban planning
processes
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Change is
driven by
communication
internally and
externally
I mplementation of the
strategy
The implementation of the strategy consists of three main areas: coordination and collaboration (internally and externally, which implies commitment and responsibility for all parties),
communication (and dialogue with residents), as well as prioritised projects (described
below). To guide and coordinate the implementation of the strategy, eight principles for
implementation has been developed to be pursued by the City. See Figure 2 above. The
principles for implementation are an essential tool for achieving a common direction towards
the target vision, to ensure proactivity and to avoid solutions that are developed in silos.
3.1
Prioritised projects
To ensure that the target vision of the smart city is reached, relevant projects that meet the
City’s needs and are in line with the objectives of the target vision need to be developed. In the
implementation of the strategy, a number of high-priority centrally funded projects are identified to kick-start and support it’s implementation. A central principle of the strategy is that the
prioritised operations will be implemented in parallel and integrated with the projects for legal,
organizational and not least the technical conditions that aim to establish basic platforms and
processes. This is required in order to realize the strategy’s vision in a sustainable way.
It is important to acknowledge that it is the operation’s needs and development opportunities that controls the technical progress of the strategy’s implementation, not the other
way around.
Preferred operation are assessed based on a number of criteria, that should be in line
with the target vision and the City’s mission. They need also have good feasibility, be
long-term, scalable and assessed to provide great benefits and impact on one or more target groups. The selection criteria should also take into account an increased collaboration
between different operations and decreased silo structures.
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