Nelys García, director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana
Brussels, July 14 (RHC) 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 the Cuban capital, said Nelys García, director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana.
Invited to participate in the civil society forum "EU-Latin America and the Caribbean, partners for change", which will end this Friday, the director of International Cooperation of the Office commented that the event represents a space to address bi-regional collaboration initiatives.
In our case, we have this project underway with EU funding and co-financing from the City of Barcelona, dedicated to the transfer and exchange of knowledge and best practices, which will allow the implementation of a pilot model of 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 ongoing action in the Historic Center of the capital of the Antillean nation also has a focus on promoting cultural and creative industries, said the official of the OHCH, a public institution in charge of preserving that part of Havana, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.
According to García, in the last decade, other projects have materialized with the EU, such as the rescue of threatened heritage, particularly the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, and the comprehensive care for adolescents in Old Havana, in which Unicef also participated.
The collaboration initiatives, he added, have always responded to priorities identified by the OHCH, within the framework of its development plans. The forum "EU-Latin America and the Caribbean, partners for change" was presented by the organizers as a prelude to the Third Summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), also scheduled to be held in Brussels on July 17 and 18. (Source: PL)
