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SMART CITIES
understood to combine a variety organisation, system, or project. difference the project has made by
of sectors rather than focusing on a Furthermore, the partners use key comparing the situation prior to and
single one; and the term ‘performance performance indicator metrics to after its implementation. KPIs can also
measurement’ is used to refer to evaluate factors that are deemed be used to benchmark projects against
the process of collecting, analysing crucial to the success of the project. each other.
and/or reporting information on the These serve to assess or evaluate
performance of an individual, group, individual projects and indicate the To clear the ground for CITYkeys,
participants were also asked to draw
up an inventory of their existing KPIs
and classify them into one of the triple
bottom line themes of: ‘people’ (social
sustainability), ‘planet’ (environmental
sustainability) or ‘prosperity’ (economic
sustainability) – also known as the ‘3 Ps’.
Subthemes describing major policy
ambitions have also been identified.
These were needed because the
success – or not – of a project also
hinges on how it is realised in various
environments. Accordingly, the themes
of ‘governance’ and ‘propagation’
(potential for up-scaling and adoption
in other contexts) have been added to
the 3 Ps.
At a series of workshops, project
participants, accompanied by a group
of researchers, identified a final set
of KPIs based on criteria such as
relevance, availability, measurability,
and reliability. In total, 92 project
indicators and 73 city indicators have
been selected (http://bit.ly/1Sc0iys),
based on an inventory of 43 existing
indicator frameworks for cities and
projects (http://bit.ly/1VXYaNg).
Project indicators are meant for
assessing the success and replication
potential of smart city projects.
These are usually taken from project
documentation or gathered through
interviews with people involved in
the project. On the other hand, city
indicators can normally be retrieved
from statistics compiled by municipal
administrations or European statistical
bureaus. The list of all indicators is
regularly reviewed and updated to
reflect their applicability and usability.
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