Astana to turn into 'the smartest city' in Kazakhstan by 2030

ASTANA. November 23. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Astana is going through the era of tremendous transformation. Astana Mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov acquainted the guests with a unique project SmartAstana, which will turn the capital into one of the intellectual cities of the world.

"It is impossible to solve problems of the 21^st century by consciousness of the 19^th century. Dynamics of cities of the world urban system has changed. Hence our task in the era of tremendous transformation of cities is striving for making our capital technically equipped, intellectually developed, basing on active introduction of new innovative technologic solutions. Hence we elaborated a concept of SmartAstana project for realizing how Astana should develop further," I.Tasmagambetov said.

SmartAstana project is based on the model of the European "smart cities" based on interaction of six characteristics: smart economy, mobile access, smart environment, smart akimat, smart housing sphere, smart people.

According to him, today one of the first practical steps on implementation of this concept is introduction of some pilot projects in the capital, including the social ones - in the field of healthcare and education. It is planned to launch pilot projects till the end of the year.

"I think, by 2030 Astana will be not only the most beautiful city, but "the smartest" one in the country," the Mayor said.