Region of Casablanca-Settat. FIWARE4Cities book ed. 5

In this weekly series, we present to you each time one innovative city on its digital journey and on its way to become smart(er). This time, we have the Region of Casablanca-Settat for you.

Casablanca, with 3,71 million inhabitants in the urban area and over 4,27 million in the Greater Casablanca, is the largest city and the economic centre of Morocco, second largest city in the Maghreb region and the eighth-largest in the Arab world. Casablanca is Morocco’s chief port and one of the largest financial centres in Africa. Casablanca- Settat Region, had a gross domestic product of 290 billion Moroccan dirhams in 2020, accounting for 32% of Morocco’s GDP and ranking first among Moroccan regions.

Its economy is primarily based on services and industry.

The Region of Casablanca-Settat has expressed the need for a smart solution to improve quality of life for Casablanca’s inhabitants, enhance mobility at the regional level, promote economic attractiveness and improve the city climate.

Maroc Numeric Cluster, a recognised FIWARE iHub, has signed an agreement with the public sector represented by the Region of Casablanca-Settat for a duration of 3 years on 6 different projects to transform the region into a Smart Territory using FIWARE.

CasablancaSmart Territory

The strategic goal of the Casablanca Smart Territory Platform is to provide a set of tools and paradigms for optimization of resources and sustainability of eco-friendly socio-economic development. This will be achieved through using infrastructures and innovative ICT tools for interconnecting city systems such as transport, health, education, economy, environment and governance. It also aims at improving citizens’ daily life and facilitating citizens’ access to city services while giving them the opportunity, through better connectivity and eco-citizenship sensitization and promotion, to become key players in the development of their city.

A participatory oriented social innovation approach will allow, step by step, to build a set of interconnected pilot projects and sites. It will also gradually set up a sustainable smart city collaborative innovation ecosystem ultimately creating a sustainable inclusive economy which turns societal and economic challenges into business opportunities.

FIWARE APIs is providing a way to deploy efficient, cost effective and replicable solutions, provided that acceptance by the users is effective.