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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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