The City of Bratislava is currently building a whole new ecosystem of open source digital services under the leadership of its CIO Petra Dzurovčinová. These services will be tested in Slovakia's capital and then are planned to be expanded to other cities with a goal of limiting the existing vendor lock-in and improving public services for the residents.
“Digitisation efforts in Bratislava were supported by the Bloomberg Philantropies network which helped the working team to apply agile and design thinking techniques throughout the process, based on the experience of working with other cities. Additionally, Bratislava’s mayor participated in two dedicated programs, and contacts were made with other cities in the United States and Europe such as Budapest, Prague, Vilnius, Amsterdam and London.”
“Digitisation efforts in Bratislava were supported by the Bloomberg Philantropies network which helped the working team to apply agile and design thinking techniques throughout the process, based on the experience of working with other cities. Additionally, Bratislava’s mayor participated in two dedicated programs, and contacts were made with other cities in the United States and Europe such as Budapest, Prague, Vilnius, Amsterdam and London.”
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