EU-Cuba project focuses on smart city model

The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH) are promoting a project to implement a smart city model in Havana, Nelys García, director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, said on Friday.

Invited to participate in the civil society forum “EU-Latin America and the Caribbean, partners for change,” which ended on Friday, the director of International Cooperation at the Office told Prensa Latina that the event is a space to address bi-regional collaboration.

In our case, we have this project underway with EU funding and co-financed by the Barcelona City Council, and dedicated to transfer and exchange knowledge and good practices, which allow for the implementation of a pilot model of a smart city, she said.

This concept consists of promoting urban spaces in which people are at the center of their development, based on the use of information and communication technologies.

The action underway in the Historic Center of Havana focus on promoting cultural and creative industries, said the official of the OHCH, a public institution in charge of preserving that part of Havana, which was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1982.