About the development of smart cities of the future at the Economic Forum in Karpacz
06.09.2022
Modern tools respond to the needs of the local community and make living in a city more comfortable. How to invest and what to invest in for technological development to improve the attractiveness of cities? This was the topic discussed on the first day of the 31st edition of the Economic Forum in which the Vice-Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak participated.
‘The idea of a smart city is changing. The current focus is on citizens and issues linked to them co-creating the city or the possibilities to jointly decide where the local governments’ funds are being invested’
said Vice-Minister Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak.
The Vice-Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy stressed that participation and solving specific problems reported by the inhabitants are prioritized on a smart city.
Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak mentioned that there are almost one thousand cities in Poland and all of them want to and should develop. The path to being smart is open to all the cities, both the larger and the smaller ones.
‘The National Urban Policy 2030 (KPM 2030) helps create the conditions for cities and urban functional areas to develop in a sustainable way and offer a high quality of life to their inhabitants’
the Vice-Minister stressed.
The Council of Ministers adopted the document on 14 June 2022. KPM 2030 defines the vision of a long-term development of cities and their functional areas. The path leads primarily through strong, compact, robust, green and productive cities.
Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak also talked about the support for activities promoting the smart city concept. Among other things, she mentioned the Local Development program financed by the Norwegian Funds and the EEA. She also mentioned the Urban Partnership Initiative. Its second edition has just started. She mentioned the HUMAN SMART CITIES. Intelligent cities co-created by inhabitants subsidy contest as an example of support from EU funds.
‘I believe that, in the 2021-2027 perspective, EU funds will make it possible to continue support the implementation the smart city idea and an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving, to ecological, environmental and social challenges facing the cities’
the Secretary of State said.
The Vice-Minister stressed that the main goal of the urban development policy is seen in developing a socially fair city, sustainable in its development, in particular, transforming towards a city that is compact and green, productive and digital, accessible and efficiently managed.