Building a Smarter Future: How Baguio City Is Transforming Urban Living

Seoul, July 07th – WeGO is glad to announce that this year Baguio City (Philippines) and SRPOST (WeGO corporate member) will be developing a smart CCTV platform that can detect guns and weapons in real-time and this solution will city to prevent violence and protect citizens.

Interview with representatives from Baguio City

“We would like to thank WeGO for this opportunity and we do appreciate that WeGO is very active in reaching all members to pursue the goals and objectives of WeGO. We are grateful indeed that we are part of the WeGO family…. Truly it takes us to embrace new trends, and new things and explore, discover what we do not know, and also expand our partnership with other cities through our membership with WeGO. So, we are very thankful indeed and we wish you all the best we hope that you will continue to guide us and assist us in all your programs and projects’ – Atty. Leticia O. Clemente, Baguio City Budget Office.

Watch a full interview with Adam Bert A. Lacay, from Baguio Smart City Command Center and Atty. Leticia O. Clemente, Baguio City Budget Office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q7E3dIJd80&t=832s

About WeGO

The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), is a membership-based international association of local governments, smart tech solution providers, and institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities through facilitating public-private partnerships (PPP). WeGO was founded by 50 member cities in 2010 as the World e-Governments Organization, hence our acronym. In response to the evolving concept of smart cities, WeGO expanded its vision and mandate at the 7th General Assembly (2017) and its name to the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization. WeGO’s Secretariat is based in Seoul, Korea, and has regional offices in East Asia (Chengdu, China), the Mediterranean (Beyoglu, Turkey), Africa (Abuja, Nigeria), Middle East & North Africa (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Latin America (Cuenca, Ecuador), and Central Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan). As the leading platform on smart city development, WeGO’s mission is to share knowledge and good practices in e-Governance; strengthen administrative efficiency and transparency; advance digital capacity; facilitate civic involvement; bridge the digital divide and inequality; and promote cooperation solidarity among cities and local governments around the world.

WeGO serves for its members as their international platform to improve the quality of life, innovate in the delivery of public services, and strengthen regional competitiveness.

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