What is the SUPPORT project?

The idea is to define an alternative problem to the phenomenon of rapid urbanization, disordered, precarious and the range of solutions currently proposed, inefficient in view of the results obtained (5R - rehabilitation, renovation, restructuring, regeneration, resorption, manage planning events, mapping spaces, etc.). Indeed, the overall vision and transversality are currently lacking in urban management. We are convinced that data literacy can contribute to the establishment of a global, coherent and transversal vision of development and urban development. The data will bring innovation, transparency and economy. It can serve as a guide in decision-making.

What strategic and operational approaches of APPUI?

• Strategic approach

1. studying the integration and interoperability mechanisms of urban information systems. Secondly, the analysis, the cross-referencing of data from multiple, heterogeneous, incomplete sources and the production of comparable development and urban development indicators.
2. the creation of "intelligent communities" and the creation of the first network of urban actors to promote and defend urban data in Cameroon.

• Operational approach

1. the capitalization of knowledge on the urban environment in a data federating platform called YUSIIP (Platform for Integration and Interoperability of Urban Information Systems of Yaoundé).
2. • the creation of a "smart community" and the creation of a network of urban actors in Yaoundé for the exchange and sharing of data in order to co-produce and / or co-build the city.

Urban data and urban management, the perfect duo!

The improvement of the everyday life of urban populations is or will be the daily work of urban actors. Urban data are basic building blocks that enable these stakeholders to work in the field of urban management: to study it in order to know the urban dynamics, to elucidate users' needs and uses, to feed their information systems, to help boost their performance, perform innovative services and analyze to improve it. Data is therefore the essential raw material for the creation of urban intelligence. As for urban management, it concerns on the one hand, the daily management of the city (maintenance of networks, heritage, services, planning procedures and regulations), and on the other hand, its development (planning, programming, operations, etc.). Both dimensions involve specific professional practices and specific data and / or types of information. Urban management and data meet the same objectives: to be levers for the optimization of the city and to provide urban actors with the control, sustainability and / or sustainability of solutions to guarantee the best living conditions for the population.

Why is it important to master urban data?

Data (urban) has great potential. The use of data makes it possible to better understand the behavior of urban populations (urban dwellers) and to propose responses adapted to their needs. From this point of view, urban data analysis offers promising new fields:

• the adjustment of public policies closer to the individuals;
• decompartmentalization of public policies;
• the abandonment of silo approaches for urban management;
• the optimization of the city (data is a lever of optimization of the city).

What are the missions of APPUI?

• Promote and defend urban data (collection, processing, crossing, recovery, sharing, conservation, reuse, etc.).
• To feed reflections on urban innovation.
• Generate new ways of working together (valorize pioneering initiatives, by stimulating exchange between the different stakeholders).
• Promote the participation of citizens in the adoption of new responsible and innovative urban behaviors.
• Contribute to good territorial governance (e-communities).
• Develop co-production and / or co-construction tools for the city.

What are the issues facing cities, local communities and public entities?

Cities, local authorities and public entities face challenges of many kinds:

• Optimize the natural resources present in territories (water, energy, space, etc.).
• Optimize existing infrastructures (buildings, roads, networks).
• Optimize financial resources in constant decline.

Key figures

• 2018, year of creation of APPUI