Smart Cities: A Case Study of Singapore
Just how smart is Singapore? Learn about the country's Smart Nation Initiative which aims to harness the power of ICTs in improving city life.
ICT has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic, and increase the competence and autonomy of urban water supply, as well as sanitation and solid waste providers. Now, under the name of “smart city”, many cities are trying to improve urban services and management by integrating cross-sector urban technologies, knowledge-intensive activities, and innovation to create new economic opportunities and boost living standards.
ADB and the Government of Singapore developed a training program to help ADB staff learn the case of Singapore's Smart Nation Initiative and contribute to enhancing the quality of ADB’s operations in designing of potential ADB urban projects covering urban, transportation, water, energy and e-government based on the learning outcome. Through the training program, the participating staff learned how the government, enterprises and the people work together towards making cities smart and encapsulate what activities needs and how to implement putting in place the priorities and goals and the key components and critical success factors to building a Smart City, using Singapore as a Case Study. The eGovernment Leadership Center of the National University of Singapore coordinated the program with various public and private agencies and resource people relevant to the program.
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03 Apr 2017 | Training Video Highlights |
Smart Cities Training: A Case Study of Singapore (Video) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) designed a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore... |
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03 Apr 2017 | Event Report |
Knowledge Summary - Smart Cities: A Case Study of Singapore The ADB's objective was to have a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach... |
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03 Apr 2017 | Introduction: What is a Smart City? | This session looked at international best practices and shared Singapore’s approach and plans for its Smart Nation Initiative. | Dr. Leong Mun Kew, Singapore e-Government Leadership Centre, NUS-ISS |
03 Apr 2017 | Governance : Leadership, Collaboration and Coordination | This segment looked at the Governance model that will drive leadership, collaboration and coordination across agencies and industries. | Ms. Chay Pui San Deputy Head, Singapore Smart Nation Program Office (SNPO) Prime Minister’s Office |
03 Apr 2017 | Smart Transport and Communications (I) | In this segment, Singapore Land Transport Authority shared some of its plans and its various Smart Mobility initiatives. | Mr. Huang Shao Fei Director, Innovation & Smart Mobility Office Land Transport Authority, Singapore |
03 Apr 2017 | Smart Transport and Communications (II) | This session looked at the dynamics between innovators and policymakers and what each side needs to do to create a supportive environment for innovation. | Mr. Leonard Tan Deputy Director, Road Pricing Systems Land Transport Authority, Singapore and Mr. Silvester Prakasam Director, Fare System, LTA Singapore |
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04 Apr 2017 | Urban Water (I) - Urban Water Management and the Development of Smart Systems | This session introduced PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, and covered examples of innovative and smart solutions for urban water management. | Mr. Tan Nguan Sen, Director and Chief Sustainability Officer PUB, Singapore |
04 Apr 2017 | Urban Water (II) - Technologies and Implementation of Smart Water Systems | Details on how these plans were conceived, developed and implemented were shared; highlighting the challenges and key lessons learnt. | Kok Tze Weng, Chief Engineer/Water Supply Networks, PUB Singapore |
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05 Apr 2017 | Urban System Studies: Green City and Energy Sustainability | This segment looked at how Singapore tackle these key urban challenges and espouse on some of the key principles and programs. | Mr. Michael Koh, Fellow Singapore Centre for Liveable Cities |
05 Apr 2017 | Smart ICT Infrastructure and Platform | This session presented the rising use of IT devices and the underlying network and platform to support this. | Dr. Leong Mun Kew, Deputy Director and Chief - Software Engineering & Design, NUS-ISS |
05 Apr 2017 | Smart Data: Data Sharing, Open Data | This segment examined the important role played by Digital Data that will connect horizontally across the different sectors to enable seamless collaborations. | Ms. Serene Ho, Lecturer/Consultant e-Government Leadership Centre, NUS-ISS |
05 Apr 2017 | Workshop– Participants’ Action Planning | The workshop exercise intended to allow participants to apply the concepts, ideas and opportunities introduced in the 3 days to their target cities/country of which the ADB’s participants comes from. | Dr. Leong Mun Kew, NUS-ISS Workshop Facilitator |