The team of the NGO “SMART CITY HUB” promotes the formation of a smart community that is responsible for the urban space and makes it comfortable for all residents. In 2018, the social campaign “Don’t buy, take it from the animal shelter” was launched. In this way, we helped stray animals find a family. More than 2 million people could see the posters in the subway and around the city. As a result, Kyiv residents sheltered almost 500 stray dogs and cats.

A social campaign was launched to promote adoption among citizens and to help cats and dogs find loving owners. The project was created in cooperation with the Kyiv Smart City city initiative and the Kyiv City Veterinary Clinic. In 2019, the project managed to give 196 dogs and 264 cats to the family.

Animals are part of the city’s ecosystem. Special electronic information and analytical “Register of Pets” was created to record domestic and stray animals in Kyiv. It allows you to collect, store and visualize pet data in a single database.

Famous Ukrainian celebrities joined the social project, including fashion photographer Sonya Plakydyuk, model and singer Daria Astafyeva, showman Richard Horn, singer Victoria from the band “NeAngely”. Also, ICTV TV presenter Anna Afendikova and INGRET singer appeared in social advertising for the campaign’s Christmas and New Year posters.

NGO “SMART CITY HUB” conducts research, expert consultations and other activities that contribute to the development of legislation on the use of intelligent systems in urban management processes.

On March 5, 2019, in Kyiv, our team, with the support of the Kyiv City State Administration, launched a large-scale project called AI for Kyiv. The main goal of the project is to investigate the issues of ethics and transparency in the use of automated decision-making in Kyiv. The 14-month project is funded by a $ 260,000 grant from the global philanthropic organization Luminate, which focuses on empowering citizens and institutions to build just and open societies. Luminate was created by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Kyiv project aims to initiate a discussion on digital human rights in Ukraine and to develop practical examples of transparent, accountable and fair use of artificial intelligence / automated decision-making by the Kyiv City Administration. Public organization “SMART CITY HUB” seeks to develop and find optimal solutions to improve the quality of life in the city based on the principles of open access to data, as well as an intelligent and transparent transformation of city management using modern technologies and innovations.