Research Article
Tools of Smart Governance in Cities of the Slovak Republic
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-51005-3_31, author={Katar\^{\i}na Vit\^{a}lišov\^{a} and Anna Vaňov\^{a} and Kamila Borsekov\^{a} and L’udmila Nagyov\^{a} and Dagmar Cag\^{a}ňov\^{a}}, title={Tools of Smart Governance in Cities of the Slovak Republic}, proceedings={Science and Technologies for Smart Cities. 5th EAI International Summit, SmartCity360, Braga, Portugal, December 4-6, 2019, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={SMARTCITY}, year={2020}, month={7}, keywords={Smart governance Participation City Tools}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-51005-3_31} }- Katarína Vitálišová
Anna Vaňová
Kamila Borseková
L’udmila Nagyová
Dagmar Cagáňová
Year: 2020
Tools of Smart Governance in Cities of the Slovak Republic
SMARTCITY
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51005-3_31
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to define the Smart Governance and its tools from the theoretical point of view, with special attention given to the civic participation as an important part of governance. Referring to the theory review, the authors of the paper identify the tools of Smart Governance in the Slovak Republic at the local level. Consequently is demonstrated its utilization on the examples of Slovak city, Banská Bystrica, as one of the pioneers in implementation the smart city concept in Slovakia. The main source of data are the Acts of the Slovak Republic, strategical documents at the national and local level, as well as the primary research in a form of questionnaire survey carried out among citizens in 2019. The final part of the paper presents the possibilities to develop systematically civic participation in the cities with support of smart IT technologies based on inspirations from well-developed smart cities in Europe.
