Visit from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

On October 29-30, 2018, the Cluster Sofia City of Knowledge hosted a delegation from the city of Istanbul. The purpose of this visit was, the members of the delegation to be introduced to the objectives and the way the cluster and its members work, to study the progress of the city in the process of digital transformation and to sign a co-operation agreement. The delegation was led by Muhammed Alyuruk - Managing Director of ISBAK Istanbul and together with him were Dr. Fatih GÜNDOĞAN from IT Smart City Technologies Inc. and prof. Yilmaz Cakir, Head of BAŞAKŞEHİR LIVING LAB.

 ISBAK Istanbul was established by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1986 and is the largest municipal company in Turkey that plans and implements the process of turning Turkey's metropolis into a smart city.

The guests made a presentation in Sofia Municipality in the presence of Deputy Mayor of Transport Evgeni Krussev and other representatives of Sofia Municipality and visited the Centre for Urban Mobility, where they have demonstrated the results of the already implemented by the Centre project for intelligent transport management. During the visit of the delegation to the cluster headquarter, information and proposals for future cooperative activities were shared.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed.