The Ministry of Construction of Russia approved methodological recommendations for financing urbanization digitalization projects
According to the document in 2019, subsidies from the federal budget, intended for the implementation of the program to create a comfortable urban environment of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment”, may be partially directed to the activities of digitization of the urban economy in the framework of the Smart City project. “Among the priorities that we face is the involvement of citizens in the processes of creating a comfortable urban environment. By 2024, this figure should reach 30 percent of the entire population of the country. The use of digital services allows you to make communication with the authorities simple and convenient, and also saves resources for conducting rating voting for the facilities, - said the Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services Vladimir Yakushev. “In addition, a comfortable environment should be safe, which is why we expanded the list of activities of the Smart City standard for which federal subsidies for the project to create a comfortable urban environment can be directed.”