Digitalization has an enormous impact on all areas of life and is driving social and economic development. It is changing the way we live, work, communicate, learn and manage our everyday lives, opening up completely new opportunities that need to be exploited in the future. The City of Aachen has taken up the challenge of digital change and the enormously rapidly advancing technologies and, as a partner to many institutions, companies and initiatives, is actively shaping the overall process of digital transformation in the Aachen region.
The digital transformation begins with the digitalization strategy, which in this framework strategy answers the question of how digital processes and models can be transformed in the city while taking into account urban society and its various needs. The city of Aachen already has a successful history in terms of digitalization and launched the "Digital Strategy for the City of Aachen" in 2018 through cooperation between a wide range of departments. This laid the foundation for the path towards digitalization, which is based on cooperation between the administration and members of Aachen City Council as well as the conscious participation of citizens in a public meeting in summer 2018. Thirteen areas of work were identified within the digital strategy that have already been implemented or still need to be implemented as part of the digital transformation.
The administration is currently revising this strategy so that new and up-to-date information will soon be available here.