Information Policy

Andrus Ansip: Going digital in the Baltic Sea Region

The Baltic Sea is home to one of the most economically dynamic regions in Europe and the world. However, deepening regional integration has been a longstanding issue for the countries that share a coastline of some 8,000 km, on account of their differing economic priorities and political concerns.

Opinion: Belarus may become “IT Hong Kong” of Eastern Europe

Belarus may become an “IT Hong Kong” of Eastern Europe thanks to new legislation, founder of the investment company VP Capital Viktor Prokopenya said as he spoke at the meeting of the Central European Initiative in Minsk on 28 November.

City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting

The fourth Participatory Budgeting Vote will take place from December 2-8, 2017.  Mark your calendars now! 

Cambridge residents will be able to vote online on this website or in person at multiple events around town during Vote Week.  This process is open to all Cambridge residents who are at least 12 years old, including non-US citizens and university students.  Make your voice heard!

These are the 25 most high-tech cities in the world

Cities are the way of the future.

In less than 35 years, the World Health Organization estimates that two-thirds of the world population will be living in urban areas. That's an additional 2.5 billion people. The cities that will flourish the most are those that rely on cutting-edge technologies and create opportunities for people to develop new ones.

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Award-winning smart parking app, EasyPark, have released the 2017 Smart City Index, revealing Copenhagen, Denmark as the smartest city, followed by Singapore, and Swedish city Stockholm. Creating technology which is designed to make people’s lives easier, EasyPark’s ambition is to help build more livable cities for the future. They undertook this study not only to highlight those metropolises which are on the forefront of smart urban growth, but also to learn from those cities which are showing impressive acceleration towards making life smoother for their citizens through digitalization.

Study reveals which cities are on the forefront of smart urban growth

Award-winning smart parking app, EasyPark, have released the 2017 Smart City Index, revealing Copenhagen, Denmark as the smartest city, followed by Singapore, and Swedish city Stockholm. Creating technology which is designed to make people’s lives easier, EasyPark’s ambition is to help build more livable cities for the future. They undertook this study not only to highlight those metropolises which are on the forefront of smart urban growth, but also to learn from those cities which are showing impressive acceleration towards making life smoother for their citizens through digitalization.