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No. 29 (2022.06.02.)
Smart City Issue
Recruitment of innovative products (Fast Track 2022) for the 3 Smart Challenge business
2022.05.16. / MOLIT, Smart City Association
 The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport started a recruitment notice to designate innovative products for the solution suites that showed excellent empirical results in the smart challenge project that solves urban problems faced by each local government with smart city solutions.
 Technology linked to innovative growth support policies by government departmentsCertification, SupportThe publicity of innovative products discovered through business is evaluated and can be designated for 3 years. Designated products are given the same benefits as other innovative products, and are registered in the mall dedicated to the innovation marketplace to support the purchase of public institutions. 
Companies wishing to apply should prepare the required documents and submit them to the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (dusikkim@kict.re.kr) for one month from May 5 (Mon) to June 16.
Smart City Policy Project
The 3rd Smart City Best Practices and Solution Performance Sharing Workshop
2022.05.12. / MOLIT, Smart City Association
 The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and the Smart City Association are regional bases.·A place to share achievements with local governments and companies was prepared so that excellent achievements can be used in smart city creation projects such as small and medium-sized cities. The '3rd Smart City Best Practices/Solution Performance Sharing Workshop' was held at Shilla Stay Seobusan, Busan on May 5, with 12 people attending, including local governments, companies, and experts. 
 This event was divided into three sections, and in 'Section 3', smart city policy directions and core businesses were introduced, and in 'Section 1', the case of companies participating in the Busan City Challenge (dot), and companies participating in the Daejeon City Challenge ( CNCITY Energy), Yonsei University Campus Challenge Participating Company (Kakao Mobility), Sungshin Women’s University Campus Challenge Participating Company (Kyorim Soft), Smart City Next Innovation Technology Project Startup (Moba Wheel), etc. Solutions and companies were introduced. Lastly, 'Session 2' visited the Busan National Pilot Smart City Eco-Delta Smart Village site and had a time to experience city services that residents feel. 
Smart City Special
「2021 Smart City Next Innovation Technology Demonstration Project」 
2022.05.26. / MOLIT, Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA)
 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport discovers smart city technology·municipalities to spread·Universities participate "Smart challenge business' etc., but it has been demonstrated centered on city-level comprehensive solutions, so the opportunity to demonstrate unit technology is relatively lacking. In addition, smart city service demanders such as local governments and public institutions have high intentions to introduce innovative technologies developed in the private sector, but there are no empirical examples such as verification of the quality of innovative technologies, so it was difficult to actively introduce them.
 Accordingly, MOLIT isBy promoting the 「Smart City Next Innovation Technology Demonstration Project」, we are providing the private sector with an opportunity to secure demonstration cases of smart city innovative technology. In 2021, four innovative technologies began to be demonstrated. 
 Let's take a look at the contents and empirical results of core technologies and services through the following card news.
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1. Web-based augmented reality service
2. Intelligent monitoring system for road surface
3. Weather/Environment, Smart City Weather/Climate Service
4. Mobility service for the handicapped
Smart City Policy Trend
MOLIT, 'Autonomous Driving Parking Robot' Expanding and Distributing ... Stepping into the “Era of Mobility”
December 2022.05.26, XNUMX / MOLIT
 The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport made an administrative notice from May 5 to June 27 of the amendment to the 「Regulations on Safety Standards and Inspection Standards for Mechanical Parking Devices」, which institutionalizes parking robots that are operated under a regulatory sandbox demonstration exception, and announced that it will be implemented from September 6. This amendment is intended to provide institutional arrangements for commercialization of parking robots by prescribing ① the definition of parking robots and ② safety standards and inspection standards necessary for the operation of parking robots.
 In the future, if a parking robot is introduced, it is expected that the parking time will be shortened and the risk of safety accidents that may occur in the parking lot will be greatly reduced.
MOLIT opens Korea's first 'Smart Complex Shelter' on the 1th in Hadong, Gyeongnam
December 2022.05.09, XNUMX / MOLIT
 The 'Smart Complex Shelter', a state-of-the-art facility that combines road users' drowsiness shelter and local government-specific facilities such as local publicity centers and special product sales centers, will be unveiled for the first time in Hadong, Gyeongsangnam-do. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced on the 10th that it would open the nation's first 'Smart Complex Shelter' on National Road 19 in Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam on the 1th. The Smart Complex Shelter is a convergence and complex shelter where MOLIT and local governments work together to combine a rest function on the road with regional publicity functions such as local publicity centers and special product sales centers, and combine cutting-edge technologies such as eco-friendly vehicles and new and renewable energy. do. Following Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam, smart complex shelters will be opened this year in Inje-gun, Gangwon-do, and Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do.
Incheon City and Latvia seek cooperation in smart city and information technology fields
2022.05.11. / Incheon City
The Incheon Metropolitan City reported that Martinsi Baumanis, the representative of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency's Korean office, visited Inhae on the 11th to meet with Incheon City Ambassador for International Relations Jang Je-hak. Latvia is an advanced country in the information technology field equipped with infrastructure such as block chain and fintech, which are the core of the 4th industrial revolution era. We are fully supporting smart city services. During the meeting, they shared about the advanced smart city technologies of the two countries and promised practical exchanges and cooperation between Incheon City and Latvia in the future.
Gwangju City Continues Support for Gwangju Future Industry Even After New Government Inauguration

2022.05.04. / Gwangju
 The 20th Presidential Transition Committee, the Special Committee for Balanced Regional Development, announced 7 policy tasks for the 15 major promises in the Gwangju region, including Gwangju, the representative city of artificial intelligence (AI) in Korea, and the establishment of a future mobility leading city. Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the afternoon of the 4th that the 'People's Reporting on Policy Tasks in Gwangju/Jeonnam Region' was held at the Kimdaejung Convention Center. The policy tasks for the Gwangju region announced by the Special Committee for Balanced Regional Development this time contain the policy direction for the implementation of the 7 regional promises. fold.
Smart City News
「2022 World Smart City Expo」WSCE Conference & Awards Recruitment
1. Conference Competition
  • (Recruitment target) Smart city-related companies, institutions, local governments, academic associations, etc.
  • (Recruitment period) '22. 5. 11. (Wednesday) ~ '22. 6. 10. (Fri)
  • (areas of recruitment) ①Policy & Global Cooperation, ②Infra & Building, ③Data & Digital Technology, ④Eco & Energy, ⑤Governance & Citizen Participation
 2. Awards Competition
  • (Recruitment target) Smart city-related municipalities, companies, institutions, etc.
  • (Recruitment period) '22. 5. 16. (Mon) ~ '22. 7. 14. (Thu)
  • (areas of recruitment) ①Overseas Cooperation, ②City, ③Energy & Environment, ④Mobility, ⑤Tech & Solution
Smart City Literature
Smart City Policy Promotion and Gyeonggi-do Metropolitan Government Strategy
Kim Myung-jin
Digital Convergence Research, Korea Digital Policy Society vol.20, no.4 (2022) pp.55-62
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