Smart Cities

Towns and regions are facing the challenges of economic, environmental and social transition

For local elected officials, a new term of office with greater responsibilities in a post-COVID phase implies that complex issues have to be managed at a more local level, without necessarily having the data and cross-cutting tools to prepare for and accurately measure the effects of decisions that are made.

Despite the growing importance of groupings and pooled resources, budget constraints are limiting municipalities’ capacity to attain a critical size in order to establish and finance strong, lasting digital competence.

New technologies to meet the challenge of territorial transition

• AI and high-speed networks to increase attractiveness and economic vitality and develop renewable energies

• IoT, computer vision and mobile solutions for resilience and responsiveness in a crisis, and to optimize connected infrastructures

• Open data and blockchain for collaboration between private and public stakeholders

• Cloud to control costs and investments and have ubiquitous access to the IS

• 5G and collaborative 3D for connected healthcare, land-use planning, and the enhancement of tourist assets and property

• Cybersecurity and digital identity for 360° administrative e-Services

• User-centred apps and smart agents for social inclusion and service accessibility for all

Service platforms and geospatial data to create local value for inhabitants, service providers and elected officials

• Share Open & Closed data and create indicators, forecasts and simulations

• Process local and regional images in a semi-automated way via satellite, drones and cameras to monitor, safeguard, anticipate and predict – access to TR data via IoT on the use of infrastructures

• Participate in local projects, post ideas, search in natural language, access smart agents and services 24/7 and on all channels, and have access to ideas and innovations

• Access marketplaces that list service offers to boost local resources

• Protect data and local networks thanks to digital sovereignty and governance at regional level

Offer services and solutions to municipalities to equip them with the tools to steer their digital transformation towards:

• a smaller carbon and energy footprint

• inclusive and sustainable development 

• efficient and secure services for inhabitants and users

• optimized operational and investment costs

• ubiquitous, paperless and secure access to local and regional services

As a developer of software solutions and provider of digital services, Inetum works daily for cities, inter-municipal bodies, departments and regions, on data and applications that bring services to millions of local users.

Inetum is the leading developer in France of software for the Public Sector, with 40 years’ experience and an unequalled coverage of different sectors thanks to 34 dedicated solutions that support the entire life cycle of citizens, from maternity to cemetery.

• In terms of services, Inetum is one of the biggest digital service providers in the French Public Sector, differentiating itself through a combination of:
  • being close to the client thanks to an extensive coverage of the territory with 40 sites in France,
  • a wide portfolio of services to manage the entire life cycle of projects from scoping study to operations,
  • a strong innovative capacity with six innovation centres in Europe (including Paris, Nantes and Lyon)
  • a high level of industrialization with 4,000 employees in 22 pooled service centres
  • a strong capacity to work with our clients in collaborative, agile mode, with proven co-building models

• Inetum thus offers its clients:
  • the local presence and flexibility of a specialized IT services provider
  • the industrialization that can be expected from a comprehensive IT services provider
  • the operational expertise of a leading business-software developer 
  • the capacity to innovate and deploy co-building innovations to scale

Setting up governance at a territorial level requires defining projects and tools that will allow a local authority to:

• assess the current status and priorities for digital use (check-in and benchmark tool opening 19 fields of use: Check my City)

• manage the security of  sensitive public places (coordinating security and intervention forces during natural catastrophes, accidents, terrorism, etc.)

• efficiently guide and manage citizens in their administrative procedures (Citizen 360, Citizen Chatbot/Hello mairie)

• have access to geomatics data to accurately analyse public services and infrastructures across the territory (Karteis, Collaborative City)

• simulate territorial development by integrating factors like proximity, resource pooling, and improved quality of life in urban neighbourhoods or rural areas (short-distance city)

Relying on our expertise in connected objects, image processing by artificial intelligence, secure digital networks for real-time data collection, tools dedicated to the collective 3D design of new buildings and the use of digital twins, Inetum rolls out innovative solutions for municipalities to:

• Manage the availability of waste-collection systems 

• Identify and streamline pedestrian, bicycle, public-transport and car-traffic flows 

• Locate available parking spots in real time and push the information to drivers 

• Have a digital twin of public buildings to let the various stakeholders interact remotely right from the design phase (Inetum’s UMI3D Collaborative Virtual Reality protocol ) and collect operational data (energy consumption, air quality, etc.) in real time

• Use these tools to improve the management of buildings (optimization, prevention, reduced maintenance costs: Inetum consulting offer)

• Prevent, alert and protect against malicious attacks on the digital network and access to data generated by the city (Inetum’s Keenai Cybersecurity solution)