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The city of Daegu plans to operate the Data Hub in 2022, develop algorithms for long-term and
continuous solution to urban problems, and upgrade the Data hub by securing new data to utilize
it as an urban operations platform.

6.1.5 Daegu smart city operation model

Daegu recognizes that in order to realize a data-driven smart sustainable city, the existing urban
operation system must be converted into a smart sustainable city operations system. Accordingly,
Daegu is reviewing smart sustainable city strategies, inhabitant-centred smart sustainable city
operations, and systematic management and evaluation guidelines to make this happen. The
intention is to convert the existing city operations model based on departments or tasks into an
integrated city operation model suitable for a data-driven smart sustainable city. As a first step, SK
Telecom’s smart city operations model was applied to Daegu.

1. City operation framework

Daegu aims to implement a smarter and more sustainable city through the formulation of a smart
sustainable city strategy based on an inhabitant-centred city operations, systematic management
and evaluation through the conversion of the existing city operations model into a city operations
framework. Globally, the standards and operational directions that smart sustainable cities have
in common is their aim to attain SDG17 – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize
the global partnership for sustainable development – which is expected comprehensively to lead
to the happiness of inhabitants' lives in urban areas.

2. Data operation framework

To enable data-driven city operations, Daegu will collect, store, manage and analyse all city
data beyond the existing smart city service-oriented silo form, and share data with various city
stakeholders such as inhabitants, local governments and private companies. Daegu aims to
establish and operate a data management/operation framework that can be utilized for smart
and more sustainable city operations.

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