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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to shape Smart Sustainable Cities - The case of Moscow

Employment

Moscow’s significant investment in ICTs has resulted in a vibrant economy. This is reflected in
its low overall and youth unemployment rates (1.27% and 0.17% respectively). ICT sector
employment in the city is growing at 4.41 per cent of the city’s labour force. With its increased
attractiveness as a high-tech city, Moscow’s tourism sector is also expected to grow creating
more potential jobs in the tourism sector which currently accounts for only 0.43 per cent of the
city’s labour force works. This bodes well for the prospects of the more than 65 per cent of
Moscow’s population eligible to work (which is also reflected in the city’s positive dependency
ratio of 0.43).

Public services

Public services in Moscow has been vastly improved. There are now 222 services on Mos.ru, for
a total reported of 250 public services delivered through electronic means. In addition, 100 per
cent of Moscow’s public-sector procurement activities are being conducted electronically. By
managing procurement transactions (e.g. bids, requests for proposal [RFP], invoices, payments)
on electronic platforms, the efficiency of government operations has been improved
significantly, which allows for a wider base of suppliers to access potential government business.

Moscow’s public e-services contribute towards meeting UN SDG Target 16.6: Develop
effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels, and SDG Target 16.7
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.

The following list summarizes the key measures adopted by Moscow within the U4SSC Economy
dimension and offers further suggestions for other aspiring Smart Sustainable Cities, as well as
for Moscow.

Measures adopted by Moscow Suggested action(s) for Moscow and other
aspiring Smart Sustainable Cities

Moscow provides free or affordable Wi-Fi, 3G and Urban stakeholders, in line with their Smart City
4G services, which forms the ICT backbone of its goals, should also strive to provide free or
Information City and Smart Moscow 2030 affordable internet access to the public and to
strategies (see section 4.2). make concrete efforts to expand the wireless
spectrum in the future
The reported KPIs in the ICT domain demonstrate
that Moscow has maintained a high level of Feasibility studies into the cost, scalability and
development in this area, with a view to applicability are recommended, as are the
upgrading connectivity where possible in the exploration of alternatives such as leveraging
future. already existing private networks to form
partitioned public networks of community
hotspots. The latter would require additional
cyber security, bandwidth control, quality of
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service and privacy regulation considerations.

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