An online platform that consolidates demand and supply institutions for smart city projects will be introduced. The government will revamp the "Smart City Integrated Portal" to link, in both directions, local governments seeking technologies to solve urban problems with corporations that need demonstration sites and access to public data.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 30th it will fully revamp the Smart City Integrated Portal, including by newly introducing "Smart City Open Lab," a two-way matching service that consolidates demand institutions for smart city projects such as local governments with supply institutions such as corporations and universities.
The Smart City Integrated Portal is a platform that shares corporations' products and solutions and smart city policy cases. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) will use this revamp to go beyond simple information provision and strengthen online matching functions that support collaboration between local governments and corporations, and among corporations.
When Smart City Open Lab is introduced, the collaboration framework between local governments and corporations will be strengthened. If local governments register tasks needed to solve urban problems such as transportation and safety, corporations with relevant technologies will be able to express intent to collaborate. If corporations register needs for demonstration sites to verify technologies or for urban data in areas such as traffic control and safety, local governments can participate.
Smart City Open Lab will also support collaboration among corporations with different technologies. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to enable multiple corporations to find partners through Open Lab when they plan convergence services or form consortia to win overseas smart city projects.
The "Solution Market," an online exhibition space introducing corporations' smart city technologies and products, will also be revamped. A curation function will be added to select products suitable for specific themes and to introduce use cases in real urban spaces.
An English-language website will also be established so overseas demand institutions can easily check domestic corporations' products and solutions. Search functions and the menu structure will be improved, and the user interface and system environment will be overhauled overall.
The revamped Smart City Integrated Portal will be piloted for three months from the 31st of this month to Oct. 31. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to start full service on Nov. 1 after reflecting user feedback and improving inconveniences.
Lee Gi-bong, director-general for urban policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), said, "Through this Smart City Integrated Portal revamp, a stage of opportunity will open for corporations with excellent products and services, and local governments with fresh ideas will be able to use innovative technologies to solve various urban problems," adding, "We will make every effort to ensure a safe and reliable smart city technology market takes shape so related industries can continue to develop."