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Coordinated by Layla Pavone, it will support departments and managements

Milan, March 18 2022 – The Municipality's board for technological innovation and digital transformation met today for the first time in the presence of Mayor Giuseppe Sala.

The board will report directly to the Mayor and will be coordinated by Layla Pavone, former Executive board member and Chief Innovation marketing and communication officer of Digital Magics. 
It includes: Guido Arnone, Chief technology officer of the Municipality of Milan, Stefano Achermann, CEO BE shaping the future and Founder of the Association for Milan, Paolo Coppola, consultant to the Presidency of the Council and the Ministry of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition, Claudio Farina, Executive vice president Digital transformation & technology SNAM, Paola Generali, President Assintel (National Association of ICT companies Confcommercio), Gioia Ghezzi, President ATM and President Milano Smart city alliance (Assolombarda), Lorenzo Maternini, Co-founder and vice president Corporate relations of Talent Garden, Donatella Sciuto, Vice Rector of the Milan Polytechnic.

The board will support the municipal administration in identifying solutions based on technology and digital. As an advisory committee, it will support and stimulate the development of strategies, projects and investments that the municipal administration will make in the coming years, also by virtue of the opportunities offered by the PNRR. At the same time, it will have a receptive approach to the needs and requirements expressed by the departments and managements.

"Digitization must be a friend of the Public Administration and citizens – declared Mayor Giuseppe Sala –. It is with this purpose that the Board was created: both to facilitate internal work within the municipal machine and to make the relationship with people more effective. Today, in fact, the main challenge is to bring together the capabilities and solutions that technology makes available with the needs of people, to improve their quality of life. With the support of the Board, Milan will undertake to seize the opportunities growth offered by the PNRR, enhancing digital transformation and technological innovation as strategic tools to reduce inequalities".  
  
"The activities and solutions that can be identified range across all areas of the city administration – underlined Layla Pavone –. We intend to promote innovation that is within everyone's reach, therefore inclusive. Which is useful for improving the relationship between the citizens and the Municipality of Milan and that it is sustainable, therefore capable of generating a positive social impact. Growing in innovation and digital transformation does not only mean increasing the competitiveness of the city, but also and above all making it more efficient and supportive. In this a great opportunity will come with the PNRR funds and with the opportunities that Milan will have to be able to seize and develop".