Global Policy Roadmap
Through the Alliance, global experts from government, private-sector partners and civil society, are compiling and analyzing policies from around the world to identify model policies for successful, ethical smart cities.
Policies were prioritized on the basis of two main conditions:
- that they are established as good practice based on considerable experience in leading cities from multiple geographies;
- that they are foundational to building smart cities, and not prescriptive of the technologies, applications or outcomes.
Roadmap v1.0
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Pick a principle to see model policies recommended by Alliance partners:
Cities adopting the roadmap
Apeldoorn
Barcelona
Belfast
Bengaluru
Bilbao
Bogota
Brasilia
Buenos Aires
Chattanooga
Cordoba
Daegu
Dubai
eThekwini
Faridabad
Gaziantep
Hamamatsu
Hyderabad
Indore
Istanbul
Kaga
Kakogawa
Kampala
Karlsruhe
Leeds
Lisbon
London
Maebashi
Manila
Medellin
Melbourne
Mexico City
Milan
Moscow
Newcastle
San Jose
Toronto
Submit a policy
Our Working Group depends on examples from cities and experts around the world to develop the model policies above. You may have a good example that the Alliance can use and promote in the roadmap. If you do, please send it to the Alliance for consideration.
We may also seek you out to develop a case study based on your example.
Frequently asked questions
1. Why are there grey / incomplete policies?
The Alliance is developing highly detailed model policies which require months to research, draft and refine. Rather than wait for all policies to be complete, the Alliance is releasing new model policies as they are developed, so that we can learn from how cities use these policies and improve the whole roadmap over time in accordance with agile development principles.
2. How were these policies selected?
The Alliance is driven by our expert Working Group, comprised of more than 50 policy experts from the around the world (and growing). These experts have researched and prioritized policies for the roadmap through monthly workshops.
3. Who is in the Working Group?
The Working Group is comprised of more than 50 experts. It is a representative group with experts from every geography, drawn from public sector, private sector and civil society.
4. How were the model policies developed?
Each model policy was developed by a small task force of policy experts, selected to be representative across geography and sectors. These task forces researched and drafted model policies that were then reviewed by the wider Working Group, as well as selected external reviewers. You can learn about the people involved in developing each policy by navigating to the ‘Acknowledgements’ section in each model policy.
5. How can I just adopt a policy like this? My city is very different.
The Alliance recognizes that no city should simply copy a model or template for its policy. The roadmap is intended to provide a baseline that can be adapted to different circumstances.
6. This guidance is in English, will there be multi-language support?
Alliance partners are working on developing guidance in other languages to be made available in PDF formats, including Japanese and Spanish.