Smart Cities & Urban Modernisation for Municipal Leaders
An executive programme for mayors, municipal directors and urban planners on smart-city strategy, urban data platforms and modernising city services.
Leptis Magna
Programme overview
The programme takes municipal and local-council leaders from smart-city vision to an executable roadmap: governance, digital infrastructure, mobility, energy and water, digital municipal services and financing models, using cases from Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata benchmarked against Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Learning Objectives
- Formulate a smart-city strategy tied to citizen priorities and the national plan.
- Design urban data governance and an integrated city platform.
- Appraise smart mobility, energy and water projects on impact and cost.
- Build a financing and private-partnership model for city initiatives.
Target Audience
- Mayors and municipal council members.
- Directors of urban planning, services and utilities.
- Leaders in ministries of local government, housing and utilities.
Program Curriculum
- Module 1
Day 1: Smart-city vision and governance
- From a city of services to a city of data
- Governance models: the smart-city office and partnerships
- Case: modernising municipal services in Tripoli
- Module 2
Day 2: Digital infrastructure and the city platform
- IoT, connectivity and the city's digital identity
- Urban data platform and decision dashboards
- Cybersecurity for urban infrastructure
- Module 3
Day 3: Mobility, energy, water and environment
- Smart mobility and traffic management
- Energy efficiency, smart grids and water
- Data-driven waste and environmental quality
- Module 4
Day 4: Financing, delivery and the roadmap
- Financing models and private partnership
- ISO 37122 indicators and measuring progress
- Workshop: each participant's city roadmap