{"id":88067,"date":"2019-10-15T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2019-10-15T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:22:43","slug":"india-joins-wefs-g20-global-smart-cities-alliance-on-technology-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-joins-wefs-g20-global-smart-cities-alliance-on-technology-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"India joins WEF\u2019s G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>India has joined the World Economic Forum\u2019s(WEF) G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance was established in June 2019, in conjunction with the G20 Summit held in Osaka,Japan.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is an alliance that comprises of 15 of the world\u2019s leading city networks and technology governance organisations.<\/li><li>It seeks to work towards advancing the responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The alliance also aims to create global norms and policy standards for the use of connected devices in public spaces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Founding set of Institutional Partners include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presidents and host nations of Group of 20 (G20) in 2019 and 2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>Japan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Smart City Mission of India&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cities for All&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cities Today Institute&nbsp;<\/li><li>Commonwealth Local Government Forum&nbsp;<\/li><li>Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of the alliance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smart city technologies can help decrease traffic congestion, combat crime, improve resilience during natural disasters and reduce greenhouse emissions.&nbsp;<\/li><li>However,without proper governance,these technologies pose significant risk, notably to privacy and security.<\/li><li>Hence,India joining the league is a first step towards accelerating global best practices, fostering greater openness and public trust as well as mitigating risks regarding the collection of data in public spaces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World Economic Forum(WEF):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WEF was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva,Switzerland.<\/li><li>The objective of WEF is to improve the state of the world by engaging business,political,academic and other leaders of society to shape global,regional and industry agendas.<\/li><li>Some of the most significant reports published by the WEF are (a)Global Competitiveness Report (b)Global Gender Gap Report (c)Global Risks Report and (d)Global Travel and Tourism Report among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About G20:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>G20 is an international forum of the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies formed in 1999.<\/li><li>The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of the population.<\/li><li>They have no permanent staff of its own and its chairmanship rotates annually between nations divided into regional groupings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:India has joined the World Economic Forum\u2019s(WEF) G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance. 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