To ensure their sustainability, resilience, and adaptability to today's challenging and ever-changing conditions, cities need to synthesize their modern selves[/QUOTE]
To ensure their sustainability, resilience, and adaptability to today's challenging and ever-changing conditions , they are called upon to compose their modern self by interconnecting human social and natural capital and utilizing technological solutions and digital data, said the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriakos Kokkinos at the open to the public workshop Pafos in the era of Smart Cities, organized by the Municipality of Pafos at the Attikon Municipal Complex.
In the framework of the workshop, the Smart and Digital City projects implemented or promoted by the Municipality of Pafos were presented. Companies and institutions in the field of innovative research and technology presented their participation in the Smart and Digital City projects of the Municipality. The Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy and the Mayor of Pafos, Mr. Faidonas Faidonos, gave short speeches at the conference.
Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriakos Kokkinos described Pafos as a model city not only in innovation. Kokkinos said that every change, every reform, every upgrade of the city of the country of the society there is a leader, and the leader is the one who through the way he works in his daily life, brings the upgrade.
He then congratulated the Mayor of Paphos not only for the pioneering actions he implements, as he said, but also for the broader spirit of cooperation and solidarity he demonstrates towards the formation of a modern, smart and digital Cyprus.
Among other things, Kokkinos noted that technology is not for the sake of technology but to make the citizen happier. He also pointed out that the use of data is a great advantage. Mr. Kokkinos said that Cyprus has all the guarantees for our transformation into a smart innovative island, a favorable natural and demographic environment, political will and collectivity on the part of local government and financial tools.
For his part, the Mayor of Pafos, Mr. Faidonas Fidonos, said that in the city of Pafos we are talking about holistic solutions, while stating that the course of the city of Pafos is guaranteed.
He also said that they understood very early on that in order for a city to survive, progress and stand out at a time when the economy and technology are moving at incomprehensible speeds, it needs to implement a wide range of projects from applications to infrastructure projects worth several millions of dollars.
The Mayor of Paphos said that the Smart and Digital City projects have given Paphos the opportunity to be declared as European Capital of Smart Tourism for 2023. He said this is a valid international distinction for Paphos which comes at an important time, as the Municipality and other city stakeholders have invested significantly in recent years to make Paphos a model smart destination in areas such as accessibility, digitalisation, cultural heritage and creativity, he added.
Source: CNA
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