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Digitization of local governments DATA-DRIVEN ADMINISTRATION AND DIGITAL URBAN PLANNING - DIGITIZATION PROJECTS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LOZORNO AND SVIDNÍK
Digitization of local governments is a key element of European strategies Digital Europe or Green Deal. As the introduction of innovations requires appropriate project preparation, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic supported the project Sharing know-how between representatives of Slovak and Czech companies in the field of urban innovation and tools (smart city) within the Project Scheme to Support Economic Diplomacy. The aim of the project is to support the cooperation of the CZECH. UP association and the Slovak partner WANART and to prepare innovative projects for selected Slovak municipalities Lozorno and Svidník for subsequent submission to one of the supporting financial mechanisms of the EU or national sources. The purpose of the projects is to prepare municipalities for the use of digital tools for more efficient management, effective response to threats, support for innovation and the digital economy, and the ability to prepare investment projects of municipalities, co-financed from EU resources. Two municipalities were selected for the economic cooperation project, specifically in the west and east of Slovakia, which could serve as examples of good practice for neighbouring municipalities and thus become natural „demonstrators“ (i.e., examples of possible municipal approach to digitization). The project also builds on the long-term holistic (multi-field) cooperation of experts within the CZECH.UP association, which deals with these activities at the national level and which is the main researcher of the project.
: Expected result The resulting projects are proposed as initial, i.e., they are a prelude to further investments of municipalities in their development.
Therefore, they focus on obtaining all available data about the municipality and their conversion into digital form, in one data register and on one data portal (future part of the municipality‘s website), supplemented by sensors systems, with training of relevant staff or communication with the public. The aim of the projects is to collect data on the state and development of the city into one data tool for the purposes of city planning in the context of climate change, sustainable mobility, and the Green Deal.
: Project for Svidník Town Svidník with 11 thousand inhabitants is in Eastern Slovakia in the northern part of the Low Beskydy Mountains about 35 km east of Bardejov, in the Prešov region, on the main route to Poland (Dukla Pass), 130 km from Rzeszów, Poland. There is a strong Ruthenian community and the largest employer is a local hospital. Half of the city‘s expenditure goes to education, culture, and sports. The city has already introduced some digital tools or tools to increase the transparency and openness of the city, such as participatory budgeting, portal for life situations, electronic submission of complaints through the mobile application “My city virtually” or transparent expenses and city contracts available at https://svidnik.digitalnemesto.sk. „We welcomed the offer of expert assistance with the preparation of a project that would help our city find its way around the current possibilities of digital tools for more efficient city management and propose the necessary investments for future co-financing from European or other sources,“ said Marcela Ivančová, the Mayor of Svidník. „We would like to address some of the challenges facing the city, such as waste management, a moni-
