State Legislature promotes Córdoba’s new “smart municipality” by helping to close the digital divide

of Cordoba Provincial Congress This Monday, the IV meeting of the “Córdoba Smart District” was hosted by the State Agency for Technology Development, Digital Transformation and Youth Delegation and the City Council Innovation Promotion Directorate. … In Andalusia, two projects have been unveiled with: 1.49 million euros included in city order It will be able to provide assistance to promote the development of smart cities and smart regions. 70 municipalities Four autonomous local entities (ELAs) that provide equal opportunities in the digital field.

Salvador Fuentes, President of the Cordoba Regional Council, asserted that “these two projects will bring these towns within the Autonomous Region of Cordoba.” digital space And sow opportunities. This digital connectivity, he continued, “is one of the state’s development tools, a connectivity network that allows it to sow opportunities, establish itself as a future territory and anchor its population in the most rural areas.”

Cordoba smart city

This is not only an intelligent Internet connection, but also an intelligent irrigation system, an intelligent lighting installation, an intelligent health and environmental station, or a network of tourist sensors. “We are moving towards smart municipalities for the future,” Fuentes declared.

Sara Alguacil, Representative for Technology Development, Digital Transformation and Youth at the Cordoba Regional Council, said these projects have already received awards. Execution period is 18 months It says it will “enable local governments to serve their residents more efficiently and effectively.”

Finally, Nieves Valenzuela, Director of Innovation Promotion in the Universities Department, asserted that the incentive directive also applies to 21 projects in Andalusia with a budget of nearly 9 million euros.

Valenzuela argued that “for the Autonomous Government of Andalusia, it will have significant territorial consequences, because we are talking about aid targeted at the following municipalities”: 20,000 residents In total, it includes 311 municipalities.