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

Education

Moscow’s cloud-based educational platform is connecting more than 900 000 pupils, 65 000
teachers and 773 schools to a single platform. It is the largest e-learning project in the world. Its
educational content library contains 44 000 lesson scenarios and 542 000 content units, i.e.
textbooks, assignments, tests, presentations and videos. One hundred per cent of Moscow’s
students have classroom access to ICT facilities. The city’s investment in its education systems
and institutions is also reflected in other KPIs. Moscow boasts an adult literacy rate of 99.96 per
cent, with 27 881 higher-level education degrees per 100 000 of the city’s inhabitants and 95.4
per cent of its school-age population enrolled in public schools.

Culture

Moscow is a historic European city with a vibrant and modern culture. Moscow’s government
currently spends 2.46 per cent of its annual budget on supporting the city’s cultural heritage and
maintaining its cultural institutions (which number 74.84 per 100 000 inhabitants).

Preparedness and resilience

Disaster and emergency response and mitigation are also key resilience factors in a city’s
environmental sustainability. Moscow has not suffered from any major natural disasters in
recent years, and consequently, its natural disaster-related economic losses remain low, at
0.007 per cent of GDP; and the city recorded 0.13 natural disaster related deaths per 100 000
inhabitants.
However, its emergency response resources remain sound, with
100 full-time firefighters per 100 000 of the city’s inhabitants and
an average response time from an initial call to the on-site arrival
of emergency services of 3.17 minutes.

Also contributing to Moscow’s overall resilience and sustainability
is food security. No less than 10.74 per cent of local food is being
supplied from within 100 kilometres of the city’s urban area.
Further efforts to produce and source local foods will benefit the
city in the future.
The following list summarizes the key measures adopted by
Moscow within the U4SSC Society and Culture dimension and
offers further suggestions for other aspiring Smart Sustainable
Cities, as well as Moscow.

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

The Moscow online school, cloud-based Urban stakeholders are encouraged to adopt
educational platform, connects 900 000 pupils, 65 compulsory e-learning systems for students, and
000 teachers and 773 schools. It is the largest e- foster public-private partnerships that will invest
learning project in the world. Its educational in the city’s schools as a way of developing a
content library contains 44 000 lesson scenarios future economic labour force that is ICT literate.
and 542 000 content units, i.e. textbooks,
assignments, tests, presentations and videos.

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