Digital City” barometer presented at the Innovative City trade show
Connected, intelligent or sustainable, today’s city is brimming with digital solutions. Equipped with sensors, decision-making systems and new ways of communicating with residents, they are striving to meet the challenges imposed on them by society. Syntec Numérique has been conducting the “Ville Numérique”* barometer for the past three years, in order to measure the degree of transformation of local authorities and the various facets of digital technology that they have identified. 47 local authorities were questioned about their “digital” priorities, and nearly 500 projects were studied.
The city’s attractiveness: a top priority for elected officials
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Attractiveness:91% of cities surveyed want to be attractive to businesses. They see digital technology as a gas pedal of economic development and a means of attracting investors. In second place last year, attractiveness is now in first place, and has been growing steadily since 2013. |
- Quality of services for constituents:82% of elected representatives consider that digital technology makes it possible to adapt city services to users’ expectations, to make them more innovative but also more efficient. It remains an important objective for the panel surveyed, even if it loses one place compared to 2014.
- Good management: 55% of local authorities believe that digital technology improves the achievement of public policy objectives, transparency of accounts and better use of resources. This is a constant concern for elected representatives.
On the other hand, this new wave confirms that sustainable development is not a priority objective for cities.
“On the one hand, our barometer analyzes the primary concerns of elected officials in terms of digital investments, and on the other, the reality of the projects deployed. This new wave was an opportunity to confirm the indicators from previous editions, but also to discover the evolution of certain trends”, explains Philippe Sajhau, Chairman of Syntec Numérique’s Digital City Committee.
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