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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to shape Smart Sustainable Cities - The case of Moscow

The Smart City Lab

To further the development and integration of new technologies, a Smart City Lab was created
inside the IT Department in 2016. The Smart City Lab is a think tank of urban innovations. It is
responsible for sourcing prospective projects, technologies and companies that would meet
Moscow’s biggest challenges in making the city more liveable. 21 The Smart City Lab also
develops and tests tools that would improve the efficiency of the existing infrastructures. It
serves as a conduit for smart and sustainable city idea generation within Moscow’s IT
Department and engages in a wide-array of research, scanning, analysis and benchmarking
activities. The Lab also collaborates with different private, public and academic partners to
gather and disseminate information on best practices and the latest developments in smart
sustainable cities. The Smart City Lab’s comprehensive set of activities aids the IT Department
and City Government in identifying, developing and implementing policies and solutions for a
smart and sustainable Moscow. The Lab’s workflow is illustrated in Figure 6.

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Figure 6: Moscow Smart City Lab’s scheme of workflows

21 Smart City Lab: Overview | LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartcitylab/
22 Received as part of Smart City Lab’s answers to ITU’s pre- case study development Preliminary
Questions.

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