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Suggested action(s) for Daegu and other aspiring
Measures adopted by Daegu
smart cities
Daegu has a dedicated Smart City Division Other cities should, when possible, emulate the
team which supports companies involved in the clear definition of responsibilities to support their
development of new technologies and business. journey towards becoming smarter and more
For the Smart City Plan, a Smart City Support sustainable. It is also key for any city embarking
Centre was established and has been in operation on this journey to engage and capture the
to support the participation and collaboration of knowledge of current inhabitants to help define
inhabitants and companies. problems and provide feedback on locally based
solutions.
An Urban Problem Discovery Team has been set
up to gather and engage inhabitants in the overall Following on from the establishment of its
project. smart city plan, the city should aim to set up an
evaluation framework based on the U4SSC KPIs
to ensure that the guidelines depicted in its
city’s plan are implemented adequately, and to
strive for the collective attainment of SDG11 and
SDG17.
The growing volume and variety of data streams Other cities and countries can learn from Daegu
generated in the urban sphere are pertinent and the Republic of Korea by establishing
for obtaining the city's insights and formulating national, regional and city-level data hubs that
knowledge-based solutions for supporting are coordinated and can exchange data easily.
sustainable development. Realizing this, the Accordingly, aspiring smart cities are encouraged
Republic of Korea launched its Open Data Portal, to view open data as a vital enabler for the
which is complemented by Daegu’s own regional generation of actionable data and contextual
city portal. analysis for managing and planning for the future
city.
Lack of coordination of the data hubs can result in
data collected at the local level not being able to
be shared at the national level or between cities.
A lack of interoperability can hinder the ability
to translate actionable information based on the
raw data feeds. In this context, Daegu and other
aspiring smart cities should aim to ensure data
interoperability across the data value chain.

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