It is a matter of fact that our contemporary society is certainly evolving towards smarter aggregations. As reported by Affari Internazionali, in the European Union, there are 240 smart cities, and some of them are located in Italy as well. Recently, the Bel Paese welcomed a new partnership (linked to the Smart City world) between Rome and Barcelona, focused on sustainability. Among the goals, a deeper inclusion and participation of citizens, new forms of collaboration between private and public actors and the use of software able to allow the use of open data, also providing more effective services.

Rome followed the example of Milan, Turin and Padua, already engaged in more than 50 smart projects with other European smart cities. In spite of the gap between Northern and Southern Italy, together with a weak inter-council coordination, Italy is definitely progressing in its “smart cities revolution”.