The City of Chicago launched a pilot project in partnership with the Global Cities Business Alliance (GCBA) and Mastercard to improve the city’s digital infrastructure. The city has put itself forward as a ‘living lab’ within which GCBA can explore the issue, in partnership with Mastercard. The partnership will come at no cost to Chicago taxpayers.
The Global Cities Business Alliance seeks to improve the dialogue between cities and businesses and with the support of its partners plans to expand this pilot to other global cities in the coming years.
The project will evaluate a selection of city-led projects in Chicago that required interaction between the city and the technology sector. The aim of the project is to develop a framework of common themes and interventions, identify ways in which to overcome barriers, and catalyse more effective future interactions between the city and the tech sector. A first set of outputs and learnings will be presented at the 2017 Global Cities Symposium in New York on 12-14 June 2017.
Source: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/city-of-chicago-launches-pilot-programme-with-mastercard--1162767