February 21 in Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) between the Department of Information and Communication Technologies executive body of Kyiv City State Administration, the Institute of Space Research of NAS of Ukraine and SSAU and NGO “SMART CITY hub” was signed an agreement on cooperation in the project ERA-PLANET.
The agreement begins an active phase of cooperation within the European program HORIZON 2020 (ERA-PLANET SMURBS project) between the scientific community, the city authorities of Kyiv and the public on the implementation of innovative solutions in the field of smart city development in order to improve safety and comfort of living. The ERA-PLANET project aims to create a single European Earth observation space by coordinating national and regional research programs.
For example, the main objectives of the SMURBS (SMart URBan Solutions for Air Quality, Disasters and City Growth) project are to monitor the environmental situation in the city (assess air quality), assess the growth of urban agglomeration, and prevent the effects of emergency situations using unified information technology and remote data Earth sensing.