Karnataka Smart City Project (KSCP). Preparation Workshop (3-4 February 2017)

The purpose of the KSCP preparation workshop is to get all the city senior management teams of selected smart cities together to brainstorm for the task of implementing the SC projects under GoI’s 100SC Program.

Such a meet is expected to bring all the senior city officials, consulting resources, senior officials of the government of Karnataka and KUIDFC together to discuss and finalize the implementation plan and arrangements for the Smart City Project of the state. Such an exercise shall go a long way in putting all the project activities in perspective, create a detailed project implementation plan, get budgetary allocation for individual projects in perspective and put in place a capacity building and change management plan for the project implementation. Such an exercise shall also facilitate finalization of the implementation arrangements for the smart city project of the state.  Broad agenda for the two-day meet is as described below:

Deliverables

The two day KSCP Preparation Workshop is expected to develop the following deliverables:

1. Develop a SC ICT Solutions Plan for individual smart city components and their detailed implementation plan for SC ICT Solutions complete with timelines, budgetary allocation, implementation plan, capacity building plan, etc.
2. The workshop will also deliberate on the evolving smart city knowledge platform, some of the prototypes that are under development for smart cities, possibilities of study tours to other smart cities like Seoul, identifying specific projects across city verticals and the scaling up methodology for the proven pilots.
3. The workshop shall also bring together all the city officials from various ‘implementing agencies’ and put in perspective the ‘common implementation arrangements’ for the project. This shall facilitate creating a ‘Common SC Road Map’ for all agencies involved in the project implementation of the project in the state.
4. The workshop will also discuss and agree on a common set of ‘Results Indicators’ and a baseline survey will be planned to collect baseline data for Monitoring and Evaluation of the SC project at regular intervals for the duration of the project.

Proposed Agenda