With Germany's largest international smart city startup challenge, the Ruhr Metropolis - City of Cities - is calling start-ups from across the globe to apply and solve the real-world challenges of four cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen through a paid pilot. The application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 3, 2020. In the following paragraphs, we will look more closely on the Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen challenges.
Topic: incentives
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CityTech RUHR: The Bottrop & Gelsenkirchen Challenges
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 28, 2020 12:50:57 PM
Topics:
Smart City Startup
Smart City Challenge
Blockchain
Incentives
Gelsenkirchen
CityTech Ruhr
Bottrop
Startup Challenge
Ruhr Metropolis
Schalke 04
Token
Retail
Economic Revitalization
City of Cities
Local Businesses
Community Development
City Center
Call for Better Cities
Local Shopping
Inner City
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How Crowdsourcing and Incentives Improve Public Safety
By Jon Glasco on Mar 10, 2019 10:44:35 PM
When it comes to public safety, smart city leaders recognize the importance of engaging with citizens and encouraging them to report safety problems. In this article, we present a perspective on public safety — and focus on Vizsafe, a U.S. startup firm which discovered opportunities to incentivize citizens and improve safety by creating a platform which connects the power of crowdsourcing and smartphone technologies with a blockchain-based rewards system.
Topics:
Crowdsourcing
Public Safety
Citizen Participation
Blockchain
Municipal Government
Innovative Public Services
Innovative Technologies
Smart City Platform
Vizsafe
indoor mapping
Incentives