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interdepartmental network of digital government was proposed, and it took the lead initially by
assuming the Presidency. There are multiple collaboration agreements with AGESIC, the Ministry
of the Interior, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works,
ANTEL, ANII, BPS, DGI and DGR. Collaboration agreements were signed with the city of Buenos
Aires, with which Montevideo participated in the 2018 joint stand at the Smart City Congress in
Barcelona. Montevideo has presented the smart city strategy at nine international congresses.

All the projects of Montevideo Inteligente are financed with its own funds.

6.3 Montevideo Smart City Platform

The smart city platform is the information system that facilitates the collection of data from sensors
and meters, the executing of commands on actuators, as well as the handling of data flows of great
volume, speed or variety and their storage and processing (Big Data). It also offers real-time or
offline analysis of information and the visualization in georeferenced form on maps, dashboards
and panels or graphics. It enables the integration of databases and computer systems from different
verticals and businesses to process information and knowledge to support the decision-making
process. It also makes it possible to exchange information with other platforms, applications or
external systems in a secure environment, while allowing for the publication of open-data or open
services for use by external organizations or applications.

The Smart City Technology area management supervised the selection and implementation
process to establish the smart city platform through market research and analysis of solutions,
pilot and prototype designs, interviews with suppliers and city governments (Barcelona, Buenos
Aires, Santander and Malaga), comparative experiences, and attendance at expos and exhibitions.
Subsequently, it prepared specifications for the call for tenders to implement the project. The
FIWARE platform, an open-source platform based on standards developed by the European
Community, was selected; this is aimed at the implementation of intelligent solutions. The FIWARE
ecosystem currently reaches more than 150 cities, 22 iHubs and acceleration programmes for
companies and solutions based on the standards, in addition to participation in standardization
bodies. FIWARE was chosen because it is easy to implement and it guarantees interoperability and
integration with portals for open-data and open services. It is also a very powerful open-source
platform, which facilitates the use of context information in a massive way. It was later used in
Uruguay as a platform for IoT in another national company in addition to a FIWARE iHub. Several
other companies developed products for this platform:
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Real-time applications and services

The smart city platform facilitates the analysis and visualization of information in real time for
different applications, internal, as well as for use by citizens. Among other applications, the GPS
positions of units of the public transport system are available , including the position and routes
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of vehicles of the Municipality of Montevideo (IdeM) and those of the collection companies. Data
are also collected from air quality sensors, sound meters, meteorological stations, applications of

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