Smart-City
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Call for projects
As part of the launch of the Inclusive AI Award for Smart Cities and Smart Buildings, we invite public and private stakeholders to express their interest in this initiative.
Your responses will help us better understand your projects, priorities, and expectations in order to prepare the next stage of the call for applications (February 2026).
Estimated completion time: 5 minutes.
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AI, a crucial issue
A ubiquitous impact
AI is at the heart of today’s news and is already redefining our immediate environment, our cities, and our relationship with technology. Its scope is unprecedented.
A matter of deployment
The question is no longer whether AI will become widespread, but rather how we choose to deploy it—and in whose service.
Responsible and Inclusive AI
As members of Arborus, we affirm that AI must be designed and operated in a responsible and inclusive way, for everyone. The challenge is to make ethical AI viable and widespread.
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AI in the City
AI Already Present in Our Cities
Artificial intelligence is already deployed in our cities for waste management, water management, accessibility, and risk prevention, impacting many aspects of urban life.
Lack of an ethical and inclusive strategy
Despite its deployment, this integration of AI often takes place without a clear ethical or inclusive strategy, raising questions about its long-term impact.
Arborus’ Commitment to Inclusive AI
AI is at the heart of today’s news and is already redefining our immediate environment, our cities, and our relationship with technology. Its scale is unprecedented.
Mobilizing Stakeholders for Our Charter
The central question is: how can we encourage local authorities, public institutions, companies, start-ups, and laboratories to embrace the fundamental principles of our Charter in order to shape the cities and buildings of tomorrow?
Why This Award?
Our conviction is that the concrete application of our Charter to specific projects will demonstrate the value of inclusive AI.
To achieve this, it is crucial to raise awareness among key stakeholders and highlight their exemplary practices, so that they become inspiring role models for the entire sector.
We propose establishing an Inclusive AI Award SCSB.
This award will create an incentive for responsible AI by positively recognizing committed projects and companies.
A Citizen Dimension
Demonstrate the possibility of integrating a citizen dimension at the heart of these technologies, ensuring that AI truly serves everyone.
A Strengthened Ecosystem
Strengthen a responsible ecosystem between public authorities, the city, and its citizens, fostering harmonious collaboration for the urban future.
Leading by Example
Promote AI literacy through proof, by concretely demonstrating that it is possible to develop and deploy AI differently and in a more inclusive way.
The Award will be based on the 7 principles
of the Charter for Inclusive AI.
THE COMPANIES SIGNING THIS CHARTER COMMIT TO :
1
Promote gender balance and diversity within teams working on AI-based solutions.
2
Organize to assess and respond to all forms of discrimination that may result from biased or stereotyped data.
3
Ensure the quality of the data used to guarantee the most equitable systems possible: data that is unified, consistent, verified, traceable, and usable.
4
Provide training to raise awareness and foster accountability among designers, developers, and all stakeholders involved in the development of AI, regarding stereotypes and biases that may lead to discrimination.
5
Raise awareness among specifiers of AI-based solutions about the risks of bias and stereotypes that may lead to discrimination, and incorporate control and iterative evaluation checkpoints into specifications.
6
Carefully select suppliers and evaluate them on an iterative basis to ensure that the entire AI value chain is non-discriminatory.
7
Monitor AI-based solutions and continuously adapt processes.
The 4 Award Categories
City Award
Recognizes municipalities or urban initiatives that integrate AI in an inclusive way into city management, improving quality of life for all.
Building Project Award
Recognition for real estate projects or smart buildings integrating AI solutions that enhance accessibility, energy efficiency, and occupants’ well-being.
Technology Award
Recognizes AI-based technological innovations that promote inclusion, diversity, and equity in urban and built environments.
Sustainability Award
Celebrates projects that use AI to promote environmental and social sustainability, while ensuring an inclusive and responsible approach.