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2018 ANNUAL REPORT
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), established by 50
founding member cities in 2010, is an international association of city and other
local governments, smart tech solutions providers, and national and regional
institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities.
WeGO’s Secretariat is based in Seoul, Korea, with regional o�ces in East Asia
(Chengdu, China), Eurasia (Ulyanovsk, Russia), the Mediterranean (Beyoğlu, Turkey),
and Latin America (Mexico City, Mexico).
Today, WeGO has 150 members around the world and serves as their international
platform to improve the quality of life, innovate in the delivery of public services,
and strengthen regional competitiveness.
About WeGO
Table of Contents
3 Greetings
5 EXCOM 2018
6 Programs
10 Products & Services
11 Member Overview
13 New MOU Partners
3 WeGO
Greetings
Won-soon ParkMayor of Seoul & President of WeGO
Greetings from the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
to the number of staggering challenges that cities are facing today. From its establishment in 2010, WeGO has gone a long way from an organization that works solely on e-government to an organization that helps address various urban issues through the use of rapidly-evolving and innovative smart sustainable city tools.
Seoul is proud and honored to serve as the President City of WeGO and host the WeGO Secretariat, especially as our city aims to share its development and smart city experience to other cities. The City of Seoul launched “Seoul’s Policy Sharing Initiative”, where the city aims to provide capacity building programs, policy consulting, and knowledge sharing to other cities and local governments. Seoul hopes that through this endeavor, it will help WeGO in achieving its vision for smart sustainable cities.
It is our great honor to continue serving as the President City of this dynamic organization, and I look forward to seeing WeGO members become more active in WeGO programs and events in 2019. May this publication inspire you to look back on a wonderful year and help you look forward to an exciting year ahead!
Won-soon Park
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Kyong-yul LeeSecretary General of WeGO
Greetings from the WeGO Secretariat in Seoul. It is my pleasure as the newly appointed Secretary General to present this year’s Annual Report.
2018 was a year of inroads for our rapidly expanding organization. The Executive Committee for the �rst time convened in Southeast Asia, in Quezon City, Philippines. WeGO’s membership by the end of the year also increased by 9%; and, we now have a new category for corporate members, with already a dozen companies that are providing smart tech solutions to our members for the advancement of smart sustainable cities. To add to our range of products and services, we launched in September our Civic Participation System (CPS), which can be downloaded for free on mobile devices as a platform for residents of any city to communicate directly with their local government.
means the capacity to solve problems—an obvious requirement for cities to be smart. The second, which is perhaps more overlooked, is consciousness, or the ability to feel happiness. A city that is smart is a city that is loved. So, smart cities must be both livable and lovable. Smart cities are happy cities for smart people, and smart people cannot be happy in a dumb or ugly city. WeGO is working with our members to build smart cities worldwide toward our vision of “Smart Sustainable Cities for All”—and, in this pursuit, we are making the world smarter. I look forward to sharing many more of these accomplishments for you in the years to come.
Kyong-yul Lee
5 WeGO
EXCOM 2018
WeGO’s Executive Committee Meeting (EXCOM) 2018 was convened from October 17 to 19 in
Quezon City, Philippines. Over 50 o�cials from 13 EXCOM member cities, 8 observer cities, and
6 observer institutions jointly considered ways to further elevate the success of WeGO. 27 new
members were inducted, regional o�ce activities were assessed, membership fee use for the
This year’s meeting took place alongside the Philippine Smart City Summit—the premier event on
smart cities in the Philippines—at which WeGO members introduced their cities’ respective smart
sustainable city initiatives. WeGO separately organized a session on “Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
for Smart Sustainable City Implementation,” where experts talked about how cities can work with
national governments, multilateral development banks, companies, and startups to realize their
smart sustainable city goals.
EXCOM 2019 is scheduled to take place in Seongnam, Korea, in October 2019.
EXCOM 2018 Participants
EXCOM MembersAddis Ababa (Ethiopia) | Beyoğlu (Turkey) | Chengdu (China) | Goyang (Korea) | Jakarta (Indonesia)
| Khartoum State (Sudan) | Makati (Philippines) | Mexico City (Mexico) | Nairobi (Kenya) | Seberang
Perai (Malaysia) | Seoul (Korea) | Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) | Ulyanovsk Region (Russia)
Observer CitiesBaguio (Philippines) | Bharatpur (Nepal) | Bizerte (Tunisia) | La Union (Philippines) | Maputo
(Mozambique) | Quezon City (Philippines) | São Paulo (Brazil) | Sundarharaicha (Nepal)
Observer InstitutionsAsian Development Bank | Bizerte 2050 (Tunisia) | National Information Center (Sudan) | Ministry
of Communications and Information Technology (Sudan) | Open Government Partnership | Public-
Private Partnership Center of the Philippines (Philippines)
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Programs
WeGO Smart Sustainable Cities Training Program in Seoul 2018Seoul, Korea | March 18-25
Organized in partnership with the Seoul HRD Center, this one-week program focused on various smart city topics like
Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Chengdu, Kampala, La Marsa, Nairobi, Sunwal, Ulaanbaatar, and Ulyanovsk Region.
FMDV-WeGO Smart City Study Visit Paris, France, & Brussels, Belgium | May 28-31
WeGO member cities from Asia took part in this �rst-ever study visit in Western Europe organized by WeGO and the
Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV). The City of Paris shared its initiatives for smart and sustainable growth, and a
workshop was carried out on the empowerment of cities and citizens through data, hosted by the Brussels Capital Region.
GCTC Global Tech JamPortland, Oregon, USA | June 20-22
Supported by WeGO, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea
Telecom (KT) presented their best practices at the Global City Teams
Challenge, an initiative led by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology in the US. WeGO also hosted a reception with the Hong Kong
Trade and Development Council to expand its network in North America.
7 WeGO
4th
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam | July 4-6
With cooperation from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), WeGO hosted a roundtable for member cities
to present their objectives and progress in relation to smart city development. At the end of the event, ITU and the
forum participants formally acknowledged WeGO as an international platform for cities to share their best practices and
develop partnerships in the Thanh Hoa Outcome Statement.
Joint Workshop for Smart Sustainable Cities and e-Government Jeju Island, Korea | July 9-13
In partnership with the World Bank and the National Information Society Agency of Korea (NIA), WeGO organized a
the “smart island” of Jeju, which itself is an exemplary case in sustainable energy.
5th OGP Global Summit Tbilisi, Georgia | July 17-19
WeGO organized a session at this event hosted by the Open Government Partnership that showcased how local
governments are taking advantage of ICT to increase citizen participation. It also formally launched its Civic
Participation System (CPS), WeGO’s smart, multilateral communication platform for the comprehensive assessment of
citizens’ needs and swift, accurate, and transparent delivery of public services.
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WeGO Smart City WeekSeoul, Korea | September 18-20
This three-day program converged Seoul Digital Summit and the Smart Cities Summit Asia, with sessions co-organized
with the World Bank, Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV), Re-Imagining Cities Foundation, and the Embassy
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Around 10 city o�cials in WeGO’s network took part to focus on smart city
frameworks, policies, and citizen participation.
Urban Innovation Challenge: Citypreneurs 2018Seoul, Korea | October 31
WeGO was a co-host—along with several UN agencies in Korea—of this year’s annual competition for startups around
the world with a desire to solve urban issues in Seoul. WeavAir, which works toward the improvement of indoor air
and social protection.
‘Diplomacy for the Homo Sapiencity’ & WeGO Networking Dinner Seoul, Korea | December 17
networking event for diplomatic missions and locally based partner organizations. Presentations were made by WeGO,
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Korea, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Urban Solutions
Agency, and corporate stakeholders with smart city solutions.
9 WeGO
Regional O�ces
Mexico City, Mexico | October 24-26
WeGO’s Latin America Regional O�ce was o�cially inaugurated in Mexico City with the presence of the Secretary
as C5, Futura Museum, and La Mexicana, and WeGO further met with CISCO and Telmex, which are also based in North
America.
Chengdu Smart City and e-Government Training Program Chengdu, China | December 3-7
WeGO’s East Asia Regional O�ce hosted its annual program for 14 o�cials from 8 cities around the world. In its
technical tours, the program focused attention on Chengdu’s smart sustainable city projects such as the Tianfu
Greenway, an ambitious project of green pathways stretching across the metropolitan area and beyond, and the Bright
Eye Project, an initiative that allows residents to access e-government services through their television at home.
2018 ANNUAL REPORT 10
Products & Services
Feasibility Study 2018 This year’s study set out to construct a data analytics
platform for smart tra�c in Danang, Vietnam. IGB &
Company—a consulting �rm that conducts research in
sustainable development, environmental conservation,
and IC T—and DataStreams—a data management
company that specializes in big data analysis solutions—
were contracted as solutions providers. With the end of the
study, a pilot project is now scheduled to be carried out
CPS As part of WeGO’s Feasibility Study 2015, the Civic
Participation System (CPS) was introduced as an innovative
alternative to the outdated, vertical model of government-
to-citizen communication, as a dynamic space for inclusive
and interactive dialogue—horizontally, among a diversity
of stakeholders—to solve the expansive series of urban
challenges we share. In July 2018, it was enhanced with
extra functions and made available free of charge to all
members, with paid options for plus and premium features.
Smart Sustainable City Projects Catalog This online resource has been under development as an archive for smart
city projects from May. Cities can refer to the expanding archive of cases for
insight on their own projects. For each case, key areas needed for successful
and impact assessments.
Beyoğlu
Ulyanovsk Region
Chengdu
President CitySeoul
11 WeGO
Member Overview
Agra, Astana, Baguio, Baku, Bandung, Bangkok, Batam, Baubau, Belbari, Bharatpur, Birgunj, Cauayan, Chengdu, Dambulla, Danang, Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Dharan, Dhulikhel, Galle, Gimpo, Goyang City, Gwangmyeong, Dujiangyan, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Kathmandu, Kepri, La Union Province, Makati, Manila, Matale, Ningbo, Penang Island, Peshawar, Pokhara, Quezon City, Rajshahi City, Ramgram, Saga Prefecture, San Fernando La Union, Seberang Perai, Sejong City, Seongnam, Seoul, Serang Regency, Sundarharaicha, Sunwal, Suva, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Tarakeshwor, Tashkent, Thua Thien Hue, Ulaanbaatar, Zhejiang Province
Local Governments (130)
WeGO’s 150 Members as of December 31, 2018
Africa (40)Accra, Addis Ababa, Calabar, Dakar, Donga, Dar es Salaam, East Nile Locality, Elkhawi Locality, Gadarif City, Gadarif State, Gazira State, Gassol, Harare, Hasahisa, Jalingo, Kaduna State, Kampala Capital City, Karim-Lamido, Kasama, Kassala State, Khartoum Locality, Khartoum State, Kigali, Kurmi-Biassa, La Marsa, Lunte, Maputo, Nairobi, North Kordofan State, Pupule Yorro, River Nile State, Sardauna-Gembu, Sennar State, Shaikan Locality, Sokoto State, South Gezeera Locality, Takum, Tunis, Umelgoura Locality, White Nile State
Europe (19)Ankara, Antakya, Berlin, Beyoğlu, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Magas, Malatya, Minsk, Moscow, Mugla, Paris, Rotterdam, Stavropol, Ulyanovsk Region, Vladivostok, Yakutsk
Americas (8)Asunción, Caracas, Mexico City, Pittsburgh, Porto Alegre, San Francisco, São Paulo, Villa Tapia
Middle East (5)Abu Dhabi, Erbil, Hebron, Muscat, Shiraz
Mexico City
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Organizations (7) Bizerte 2050 (Tunisia) Engineering School at Kabul University (Afghanistan), National Information Center (NIC) (Sudan), National Information Technology Agency (NITA) (Ghana), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) (Nigeria), National information Technology Authority (NITA-U) (Uganda)
East Asia – Chengdu, ChinaEurasia – Ulyanovsk Region, Russia Mediterranean – Beyoğlu, TurkeyLatin America – Mexico City, Mexico
Bold indicates new members in 2018.
Corporations (13) Danfoss (Denmark), Fantom Foundation (Korea), Gabotech (Korea), Hancom (Korea), IGB&Company (Korea) , KBSYS (Korea), Korea Smart Card (Korea), NTSYS (Korea), SIIM (China), SRPOST (Korea), Sycros (Korea), Winitech (Korea), XnTree (UK)
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New MOU Partners
European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) August 29, 2018
Shandong International Investment Management Co., Ltd. (SIIM) October 2, 2018
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) November 12, 2018
Re-Imagining Cities Foundation (Re-Cities)November 16, 2018
Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)November 23, 2018
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