Holistic, Multifaceted, and Citizen-Centric Smart Taipei Strategies

Abstract

TPMO, as the bridge between city government and industry to improve Smart Taipei.

Taipei City has a vision of livability and takes promoting smart city as a driving force. Therefore, “Smart City” is not a noun but a verb and is seen as a method to solve city challenges, meet the needs of citizens, and improve the quality of municipal services, to make Taipei City develop toward a livable city.

The promotion of the smart city in Taipei City is in accordance with the policies and objectives of the city’s governance strategy. Through the innovation of mechanism, with citizens as the main part and combining the power of citizens and communities, together with the opportunities opened up by the public sector, information technology and innovation will be brought into the public sector, so that departments of Taipei City, private enterprises, start-ups, academic institutions, communities, and citizens can participate together and keep communicating with stakeholders and choose appropriate technology service solutions. Taipei City therefore will be enabled to make continuous progress under rapid environmental changes (Fig. 1).