WeGO Met the Delegation from Seremban City Council

Seoul, October 7, 2024 — The WeGO Secretariat, represented by Secretary General, Jeong-kee Kim, and Program Manager, Lii Inn Tan,  welcomed a delegation of thirty-six delegates from the City Council of Seremban and Government officials from the Seremban City Council. The visit was designed to introduce WeGO’s operations around the world and discuss potential collaborations for Seremban City to become a WeGO member.

The session started with a welcome remark delivered by WeGO’s Secretary General Jeong-kee Kim. It was followed by a remark from Seremban’s Head of Delegation City Councillor, Mr. Lee Kai Yet, introducing Seremban’s smart city initiatives including Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0, a state-led, private sector-driven integrated economic region complementing the development of Greater Kuala Lumpur to be a competitive, inclusive and clean world-class metropolis. 

During the WeGO session, a presentation on WeGO’s activities was delivered by Program Manager, Mr. Lii Inn Tan, outlining the organization’s vision and initiatives. Several flagship activities of WeGO, including  Capacity building projects, Feasibility Studies, the Seoul Smart City Prize, and WeGO Smart City Champions, were highlighted. 

The presentation was followed by an engaging Q&A session during which WeGO received great interest from the participants about WeGO’s membership process, cooperation opportunities, feasibility studies opportunities and WeGO’s network across Asia and the world. The Seremban City Council expressed a strong interest in learning more about WeGO members’ smart city initiatives on urban planning strategies and inclusivity.

The WeGO Secretariat extended its sincere appreciation to the delegation of Seremban City Council for their interest in WeGO Membership. The WeGO Secretariat looks forward to welcoming Seremban City Council to join the WeGO family and further exploring potential collaborations together.

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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