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What is PAS 186:2020 about?
Joining a series of existing smart city publications (PAS 180, PAS 183, PAS 184 and PAS 185), PAS 186:2020 sets out recommendations for suppliers of data products and services to smart cities and communities.
Who is PAS 186:2020 for?
Organizations that supply smart and connected services to cities and local authorities regardless of sector, including:
- Engineering, architecture and infrastructure consultancies and suppliers
- Facilities management companies
- Organizations that provide back-end/outsourced services to cities and local authorities
In addition, stakeholders responsible for procuring, contracting or commissioning services might also benefit from this PAS by referencing it when detailing requirements for data products and data services within smart cities and/or smart communities.
Why should you use PAS 186:2020?
This PAS gives recommendations for suppliers of data products and services to smart cities and smart communities. It’s technology-neutral and supplier-impartial and its recommendations are independent of the underlying IT infrastructures that hold and deliver data products and data services.
The PAS was written by bringing together industry experts and consumers from across the globe to reach consensus. The steering group included expert representatives from electrotechnical, engineering, smart city, local government and consumer fields.
Use of PAS 186:2020 will:
- Help remove barriers for suppliers of data products and data services by defining a set of clear recommendations that ensure products and services are designed to meet city requirements
- Address market failures experienced by cities by ensuring data products and data services are not developed in isolation from solving real city problems and are based on a clear set of outcomes
- Address market concerns around ethics and security of smart city products and services through embedding best practice in their design
- Ensure data products and services are developed in a citizen-centric and inclusive way
