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House of Representatives President Annita Demetriou warned on Friday about forthcoming challenges in local governance during her address at the 2nd Cyprus Forum Cities event.
\nAdditionally, Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou outlined the Cyprus government\u2019s plans for smart city development, including the Smart Cyprus initiative aimed at implementing holistic solutions across the country.
\nDeputy Minister Irene Piki emphasised the critical role of cities in improving citizens\u2019 quality of life, highlighting various initiatives for sustainability and efficiency.
\nLocal government is getting ready for a challenging time starting June 9 said President of the House of Representatives, stressing how important it is for both the executive and legislative powers to stay alert. She said laws must be amended to fix problems, especially with a big reform coming up after 25 to 30 years of talks.
\nSpeaking at the 2nd Cyprus Forum Cities event on Friday, themed \u201cTowards a Sustainable, Green, and Smart City of the Future,\u201d held in Limassol Annita Demetriou stressed the need for \u201ccollaboration and vigilance from all of us to genuinely support the reform,\u201d urging citizens to choose their representatives in the upcoming June 9th elections.
\nDemetriou warmly welcomed the hosting of the 2nd Cyprus Forum Cities, emphasizing the critical nature of these discussions, particularly now, \u201cas we have just a few months to translate into reality a highly significant reform\u201d following the election of local government representatives, which fundamentally, as she added, \u201calters the functioning of local governance, at least as it has operated in recent years.\u201d
\nCyprus government focuses on smart city development, says Deputy Minister<\/strong>
\nDeputy Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy, Nikodemos Damianou, outlined the government\u2019s plans aimed at fostering conditions conducive to the transition towards smart cities.
\nDamianou highlighted Cyprus\u2019s current lack of the necessary technological infrastructure for the government, public sector, and business community to collectively build evolving ecosystems and solutions. He emphasised the need for a concerted effort to achieve this goal.
\nCentral to these efforts is the Smart Cyprus initiative, which operates under the philosophy of Platform Economy. Damianou explained that Smart Cyprus aims to provide a unified, holistic approach to implementing smart city solutions across the entire Cypriot territory. This initiative will offer a technological infrastructure\u2014a platform\u2014where smart city solutions can progressively integrate.
\nThe project, funded with \u20ac35 million from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, is currently in the competitive tendering phase, with a deadline set for mid-May. It entails the installation and integration of at least 120,000 smart sensors.
\nCyprus, he added, was the first European country to achieve 100% population coverage with 5G networks. Additionally, a significant project for the coverage of all rural and remote areas with optical fiber networks was recently announced, ensuring equal access to digital economy participation.
\nDamianou also said that the government\u2019s action plan for smart cities and investment in innovative technologies were part of a broader strategy to upgrade the country\u2019s digital infrastructure and modernise the state. He added that Cyprus aimed to become a pioneer in achieving 100% population coverage in high-speed connectivity spectrum, both mobile and fixed, by the end of 2025, thus fostering enhanced citizen-state interactions and transactions.
\nCities play a vital role in improving the quality of life of citizens says Piki<\/strong>
\nOur cities, as centers of social and economic activity, play a vital role in improving the quality of life of citizens, the primary goal of our governance, Deputy Minister to the President Irene Piki said.
\nPiki praised the action of the Cyprus Forum Cities as an initiative of the youth of our country and a shining example of teamwork and participatory democracy.
\nThe Deputy Minister referred to actions that are included in the 2024 annual planning and include ensuring affordable housing through innovative measures such as \u201crent and upgrade\u201d and \u201cbuild to rent\u201d, addressing traffic and promoting sustainable urban mobility with the creation of new \u201cPark & Ride\u201d areas and dedicated lanes for buses and bicycles, digital transformation by digitizing key services and implementing the Digital Citizen, and increasing urban greening.
\nShe said that actions for a climate-neutral future are included in the National Action Plan for the Circular Economy, the pilot implementation of the Green Community, the penetration of RES projects through land and sea spatial planning, the implementation of sponsorship plans that strengthen energy upgrading of households and businesses such as \u201cPhotovoltaics for all\u201d, the strengthening of electric mobility through grant schemes for the purchase of electric and low-emission vehicles and the implementation of Pay as you throw (PAYT) from local authorities.
\nPiki also referred to the role of local authorities, pointing out that the reform gives increased powers to the authorities and the necessary tools, so that they are administratively and financially independent organizations, sustainable and efficient.
\nCommissioner for the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou, highlighted the Office\u2019s commitment to fostering sustainable and climate-neutral community clusters as a top priority. The initiative aims to assist these clusters on a pilot basis to transition towards environmentally friendly practices and resilience against climate change.
\nTheodosiou emphasized the implementation of green initiatives aligned with European directives, focusing on sustainable development, landscape and soil protection, nature restoration, and enhancing citizens\u2019 quality of life. Additionally, she said that the Commissioner\u2019s Office was actively working to promote the adoption of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve models in various regions.
\nThe Forum was also addressed by President of the European Committee of Regions (CoR) Vasco Alves Cordeiro. In his televised address Cordeiro noted that as we face growing threats to democracy at all levels and divides across Europe\u2019s regions, it is of crucial importance to make the most of decentralization and ensure that local and regional authorities are well-funded, respected and power responsible and have sufficient manoeuvres to respond to concrete issues on the ground.
\nHe reiterated CoR\u2019s readiness to play its part, in areas such as achieving global targets for climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development and actively evolving local communities. \u201cMobility transition, improving people\u2019s quality of life by investing in public transportation infrastructure as well as promoting active mobility. Addressing the housing crisis, it is about time we ensure everyone has access to affordable and comfortable housing in Europe\u201d he said.
\nDirector-General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO) of the European Commission Themis Christophidou reminded that in Cyprus EU\u2019s cohesion policy, has supported sustainable urban development strategies covering the urban centres of Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Pafos, noting that for 2021-2027 the Commission supports projects led by 30 municipalities and communities of all sizes with 72 million euros of European investment benefiting more than half a million Cypriots.
\nAt the same time she added that through the European urban initiative launched in 2022 with the budget of 450 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) the Commission offers opportunities and an environment for implementing strategies.
\n\u201cFunded projects test new solutions, techniques and planning models, building capacities and sharing knowledge in the sustainable urban development\u201d she noted, indicating that \u201cthis initiative takes its roots in our conviction that cities must be driving the design and implementation of policy responses to their local challenges\u201d.
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