What is CityApp?• A CITYNET and Microsoft partnered event to bring together technology and local knowledge to

address urban challenges

• The municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley, Microsoft Innovation Center, NGOs, and civil society work together to conceptualize, develop and implement innovative solutions to make Kathmandu even more people-friendly

• Conceptualize: Municipal government officials, local NGOs, corporations and citizens submit short “Problem-Solution Statements” of urban development challenges in their cities

• Develop: Using the “Problem-Solution Statements” local software programmers, developers and technology experts build solutions to the challenges through Microsoft training, tools and resources

• Implement: Municipalities, citizens and NGOs can use the newly developed applications to respond to urban development challenges. CITYNET and Microsoft will support the sharing of new applications.

CityApp Mission • Develop technology-based solutions to address common urban challenges in the

Kathmandu Valley

CityApp Objectives• Bring together a wide range of stakeholders to identify common urban challenges• Mobilize civic-minded programmers, designers, data analysts, community leaders,

creative thinkers, and other innovators, to develop web, mobile, and SMS solutions to the most pressing urban challenges

• Increase communication and information sharing between citizens, governments, and the public and private sectors through the use of web and mobile applications

• Incubate new innovative applications for wide-scale use, contributing to sustainable urban development

Problem Statements• Municipal officials working in urban development from municipalities in Kathmandu Valley, UN-Habitat

Nepal, and the Centre for Integrated Urban Development have written detailed Problem Statements.

Solution Development

• Solution Blueprints being prepared by many young practitioners and professionals

• Concentrated application development by 100+ local professional and student software developers for 3 days

• Software developers will bring their own tools and work in small teams

• Developers will respond to the blueprints and problem statements through their application solutions, be they web-based, mobile-based or SMS-based.

ACTIVITY START ENDProject Start Jan 7, 2014Problem Statement Jan 7 Jan 29Roadshows to promote blueprint challenge Jan 7 Feb 5Blueprint challenge Jan 15 Mar 5Roadshows to promote the CityApp Appathon Jan 20 Feb 15CityApp application Jan 20 Mar 4Selection of final attendees for CityApp Mar 4 Mar 9CityApp Main Event (Dhulikhel Lodge Resort, 3 days- 2 nights) Mar 13 Mar 15Award Ceremony Mar 15 Mar 15Selection of 3-5 top solutions for incubation Mar 15 Mar 15Incubation Mar 16 May 31Presentation of selected Apps in World City Summit Jun 1Project End Jun 1, 2014

CityApp Project Timeline

DATE Thu, Mar 13 Fri, Mar 14 Sat, Mar 15TIME DAY I DAY II DAY III06:00-06:30 Arrive at bus stop

08:00 Arrive Venue08:00-09:00 Registration & Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast09:00-10:00

Solution DevelopmentFinal touch to App

10:00-12:00 Inaugural Session(Dhulikhel Lodge Resort)

Pitch Fest

12:00-13:00 Initial briefing13:00-14:00 Lunch/Check-in Lunch Lunch/Check-out14:00-15:00 Solution Development Solution Development Travel back15:00-17:00 Closing/Award Ceremony

(Hotel Shankar, Lazimpat)17:00-17:30 Tea Break Tea Break17:30-18:00 Solution Development Solution Development18:00-20:00

20:00-21:00 Dinner Dinner21:00-23:3023:30-24:00 Midnight snacks Midnight snacks24:00 onward Take rest or continue development Take rest or continue development

CityApp Main Event Schedule (Mar 13 – 15, 2014)

Being promoted through organizers and partners’ Web sites, social media and mailers

CityApp Web contentsURLs:http://www.micnepal.org/EventsActivities/CityApp.aspx

http://citynet-ap.org/cityapp-kathmandu-2014/

http://citynet-ap.org/press-release-citynet-and-microsoft-collaborate-on-cityapp-kathmandu-2014/

How to get involved and what rewards• Anyone who in interested may download the form from http://www.micnepal.org/EventsActivities/CityApp.aspx • Apply with the solution blueprint challenge or for CityApp

Glimpses of Roadshows• Designed to sensitize stakeholders to CityApp

• 15+ engineering and business colleges• Joint presentations by CityNet and Microsoft• Microsoft student partners (MSPs)• IT Professionals User Group• Stakeholders’ consultative meetings • Domain experts’ presentations

CityApp in Media• Exclusive TV shows on Nepal Television – Hamro Kathmandu & Nepal Mandal (3

shows)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FUazjX6_E• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50PszkkiK0

• Broadsheet coverage• The Himalayan Times

The RepublicaAnnapurna Post (Nepali)Gorkhapatra Online (Nepali)

• Blog sites• TechNetNepal.net

http://technetnepal.net/blogs/cityapp/archive/2014/02/12/cityapp-appathon-event.aspx• Guthi

Apps for a better Kathmandu

Promotional materials

• Fleece pullover • Facebook badge

Stage skirting banner

Photo Op banner

Expected Outcomes

• Identify the needs of the municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley through the problem statements

• Make usable applications available to the cities in the Kathmandu Valley, and later to cities across the network

• Strengthen the linkage with the member cities in Nepal and related local development actors

• Build CITYNET network brand value and name recognition across South and South East Asia