INNOVATION
A smart and sustainable initiative for the northernmost city in Africa, Bizerte
Bizerte Smart city project is an opportunity for Bizerte to create the conditions for the urban transformation of the city, and to boost future sustainable development providing a digital and technological leap.
Tags: Spatial Planning, Living Laboratories, Green City, Urban Regeneration
Challenges addressed
- Educate participants on the Smart City concept based on feedback from other cities
- Create a Smart City digital transformation roadmap for the next 30 years
- Identify a detailed action plan for the next 10 years.
- Take advantage of the major infrastructure works programmed in Bizerte for the next five years (bridge, gas, water …) to start a Smart City
Main objectives
- To position Bizerte as the “smart” city leader in Tunisia and one of the driving cities in Africa
- To make Bizerte a territory with positive energy for green growth
- Launch a thinklab composed of about ten stakeholders representing public institutions, private companies, start-ups, research labs and academics to build a strategic roadmap
- Identify and launch a pilot “Significant” on the city of Bizerte in consultation with local authorities
Facts
Project type Smart City Development
Promoter Association Bizerte 2050
Start date 2012
Estimated End 2050
Website www.bizertesmartcity.com
Project description
In a context of accelerated urbanization and increased mobility, Bizerte, with the planned construction of a new bridge, is set to undergo major changes, in particular at the digital and technological levels, which will affect its international position. In this context, the Bizerte 2050 Association has just launched an ambitious program called Bizerte Smart City that aims to transform the capital of northern Tunisia into a smart and sustainable city.
The project initially concerns the entire Bizerte region, including other cities such as Sejnane, Menzel Jémil, Joumine and Ghezela and, in the second phase, all regions of the country in the context of interregional a period of 30 or 40 years. This project must, first and foremost, be preceded by the creation of an ecosystem committed to a sustainable development strategy using new technologies, in cities and in rural areas. The aim is to integrate he smart components into the development of these future projects, namely in the management of mobility, energy, building and housing, public service, mobilityand integrated management.
Impact and results
- 2.000 Millions DTN in investments
- 12.000 participants
- 2.000 enterprises
- Urban Structure
- Smart Bridge: Traffic and access management of the city and public safety and video surveillance
- Pedestrian zone in the city centre and smart parking management
- Intelligent Housing Management
- SmartGrid
- Sustainable urban planning and design
- Urban green flow and garden cit
- Energy & Environment
- Integrated building Management systems (energy, security)
- Public Lighting Management System
- Mobility & Transport
- Auto-adaptive Traffic management
- Integrated mobility management System
- Real-time traveller information
- Economic Development
- E-Government and Smart Public Services
- ZIPER: Industrial-Port Zone dedicated to renewable energies
- Utica International Airport: Serious event management, integrated mobility management system and real-time traveller information, auto-adaptive traffic management
