Safe City (federal concept)

History

2023

106 billion rubles for 2024 were pledged for the Safe City program in Moscow

The Safe City program in Moscow was allocated 106 billion rubles for 2024. The head of the Moscow Department of Finance Elena Zyabbarova announced this during her speech in the Moscow City Duma on November 21, 2023.

According to her, the costs of the Safe City program in Moscow from 2024 to 2026. will amount to 304 billion rubles. For 2025, 98.2 billion rubles were pledged, for 2026 - 105 billion rubles. In the budget of Moscow for 2024, approved in 2022, 48.7 billion rubles were allocated for these purposes.

106 billion rubles were pledged for the Safe City program

Zyabbarova says that the allocations will be aimed at ensuring the safety of residents, protecting and anti-terrorist protection of city facilities, purchasing equipment and property for fire departments, strengthening the material and technical base of bodies that ensure security in the city.

As RBC writes with reference to the materials for the draft budget of Moscow, for the implementation of the article "ensuring law and order and preventing offenses" (this includes the participation of the city in the protection of public order and ensuring public safety, as well as ensuring public order with the involvement of people's vigilantes, strengthening the material and technical base of law enforcement agencies, protection and anti-terrorist protection of city facilities) the city authorities pledged about 72.7 billion rubles for 2024. In the budget of 2023, the financing of the subprogram was assumed in the amount of about 26 billion rubles, but 93.6 billion rubles were already spent against the plan of 113.7 billion rubles (as of October 18, 2023), the publication indicates.

The Safe City program has been implemented in Moscow since 2012. Within its framework, an extensive video surveillance system was created in Moscow, the number of installed cameras exceeded 225,000, of which almost 7,000 were installed in crowded places (by 2023).^[1]

Petersburg allocated 2 billion rubles for telecom services within the framework of the "Safe City"

On July 25, 2023, the St. Petersburg State Public Institution "City Monitoring Center" announced a tender for the provision of telecommunications services within the framework of the "Safe City" project. The initial contract price is approximately 2 billion rubles. Read more here.

2021: Rostec's daughter creates software to predict riots

At the end Russia software of November 2021, it became known about the development of a predictive analytics of rallies and riots. This project is being implemented by the Rostec National Center for Informatization (). NCI More. here

2019

Development of the regulatory framework and development of methodological documents for the operation of the Safe City hardware and software complex

The All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Russian Emergencies Ministry (VNII GOCHS) is preparing proposals for the development of a regulatory legal framework and is developing methodological documents necessary for the functioning of the Safe City hardware and software complex. The institute announced this on September 12, 2019.

As of September 12, 2019, VNII GOCHS developed technical requirements and formed organizational issues of building the Safe City complex.

On the ground, the introduction of integrated systems for ensuring the safety of the life of the population, including the "Safe City," according to plans, should be completed by 2030.

Maxim Akimov declared war on public-private projects of video recording of traffic violations

Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov in an interview with RBC in February 2019 criticized the idea of ​ ​ public-private partnerships (PPP) and the commercialization of technologies in the field of traffic safety regulation^[2] He noted that now the camera on the road is a means of commercialization. And cameras should not earn, otherwise they are not there, Akimov believes.

I also really dislike all these public-private partnerships in this area. We will strangle the gray schemes that were born from the fact that in many heads the idea prevails that such controversial forms of PPP are a solution to budgetary problems. No, this is the sale of future freedoms in installments. In the case of cameras, the state had to directly invest in federal, regional, and municipal highways, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

Private projects where the state uses coercion and punishment are "immoral and ineffective," says Maxim Akimov "(photo - sk.ru)"

Maxim Akimov added that a revision of the existing concession scheme will be initiated, which allow private companies to install cameras on the roads. However, the interests of concessionaires will remain in the spotlight, because this is a civil law relationship, he says.

Akimov clarified that he is against private projects where the state uses coercion and punishment. In his opinion, this is "immoral and ineffective" and replaces the main motive - to ensure that no one violates in specific areas. In the case of PPP, on the contrary, it is beneficial to ensure that they violate as often as possible, because cash flow becomes the main measure, the Deputy Prime Minister argues.

I can be asked - where are the interests of private business? Listen, our business interests in other places are often violated. And where the state must ensure the basic rights of citizens, it must be present, despite the costs, says Maxim Akimov.

Akimov sees the transfer of video recording systems for traffic violations to the state in the future for five to six years. The infrastructure must be carefully, but systematically transferred to the hands of public authorities, he is sure.

According to TAdviser estimates, until the beginning of 2018, video surveillance system and photo and video recording of traffic rules made up one of the largest items of expenses for elements of the Safe City agro-industrial complex in the regions. By the end of 2017, in most regions, a key part of video surveillance systems and traffic rules fixation was already created and/or its creation was completed. First of all, this applies to cities of federal significance and regions that hosted the 2018 World Cup, where especially large funds were directed to such systems in 2017.

An analysis of public procurement in the Safe City region shows that Rostelecom is the leading contractor in such projects, often involving subcontractors in their implementation. By mid-2017, Rostelecom had implemented Safe City projects in 73 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the company told TAdviser.

In projects, Rostelecom subcontractors are different companies: from large, for example, Technoserv, to lesser-known regional organizations. Technoserv, AT Consulting, NVision Group can also be classified as the largest project integrators.

Notable players in this market include the Avtodoria company, the main owner of which in 2012-2017. was the wife of the former Minister of Communications Svetlana Nikiforova through the Startobaza Foundation. The company develops its own solution for controlling the speed of vehicles and provides services based on it in different regions of Russia. In 2013, the introduction of Avtodoria's solutions was supported by the government: then Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov instructed "to consider and legislatively consolidate the introduction of the Avtodoria system with the right of the subjects of the federation to independently resolve the issue of its use."

2018: Regions to receive federal funding to build "Safe City" agro-industrial complex

The regions will receive federal funding for the construction of the Safe City agro-industrial complex, said Alexander Chupriyan, First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management, on June 6, 2018 at the conference "Digital and Safe Region: Technologies, Industries, Regulatory Regulation"^[3]

According to Chupriyan, the results of the implementation of the concept of building the Safe City agro-industrial complex were presented to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov on Monday, June 4, 2018.

The real construction of the agro-industrial complex "Safe City" is underway in ten regions. In 75, our technical specifications are agreed. I.e. everything is prepared for competitive procedures. An absolutely eternal question: "Where is the money?" There are two options. This is either federal money that goes through the EMERCOM of Russia, or this is money from a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. There are no other options. The message of Yuri Ivanovich Borisov is that we must have a federal component in financial matters. And we will now solve this issue with maximum support, "said Alexander Chupriyan.

Later, Oksana Yakimyuk, chief designer of the Safe City agro-industrial complex, also spoke about federal funding.

We have several regions that are performing more than well. The federal funding, which Deputy Prime Minister Borisov spoke about, concerns pilot regions. Who are the pilot regions? These are those who have already implemented or are introducing the Safe City agro-industrial complex, respectively, the Arkhangelsk region, the Vologda region, the Tyumen region, the Irkutsk region, the Kursk region - these are those who will receive primarily funding to continue the implementation of the Safe City agro-industrial complex. There will be no such thing that the region did nothing, but claims federal funding, - explained Oksana Yakimyuk.

2017: A number of regions delay the introduction of the "Safe City" system

Some regions of Russia are delaying the introduction of Safe City systems. This was announced during a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation in July 2017 by the deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia Alexander Chupriyan of the Ministry of^[4]

A number of regions do not have time to ensure the commissioning of the system in time and its normal functioning for a number of reasons, he said.

According to Chupriyan, the system is being actively implemented and commissioned in the Kursk, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory and the Altai Republic. In the near future, the process of implementing the complex will be launched in the Tver, Yaroslavl, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Pskov, Irkutsk and Kemerovo regions, as well as on the territory of the Nenets and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Districts, in the Primorsky Territory and St. Petersburg.

Currently, the composition of the functions and systems of the Safe City hardware and software complex has been expanded from two video surveillance and photo and video recording systems to 150 systems, Chupriyan said. - The concept of the complex includes not only safety functions, but also the functions of territory management. The infrastructure, which is created on the basis of the "Safe City," is the basis for the development of all derivative functions for urban management - the so-called smart cities, bright cities, clean cities and other topics related to city management.

2014

Coordination of EMERCOM of Russia

In 2014, the Russian Emergencies Ministry began to coordinate the construction and development of the Safe City hardware and software complex. ^[5] More details here.

Concept Approval

In December 2014, the government approved the concept of creating the Safe City complex^[6] of the Government of the^[6]

The goal of building and developing the Safe City agro-industrial complex is to increase the overall level of public safety, law and order and habitat security through significant improvements in coordination of forces and services, responsible for solving these problems by introducing an integrated information system on the basis of municipalities, providing forecasting, monitoring, prevention and elimination of possible threats, as well as control over the elimination of the consequences of emergencies and offenses with integration under its control of the actions of information and control subsystems of duty personnel, dispatching, municipal services for their operational interaction in the interests of the municipality, - said in the order of the government.

The concept establishes uniform requirements for urban security systems created in Russian regions.

Functional structure of APC

The composition of the Safe City agro-industrial complex is defined in the methodological recommendations for its construction and development in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, approved by the Russian Emergencies Ministry in December 2016. These recommendations should be guided by the regions in their projects.

According to the methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the agro-industrial complex should consist of 4 key functional units:

• Block "Coordination of Services and Departments"
• Block "Safety of the population and municipal (communal) infrastructure"
• Block "Safety on" transport
• Environmental Safety Block

At the same time, the recommendations indicate that during the development and implementation of the Safe City agro-industrial complex, the priority is:

• creation of automated systems of the functional unit "Coordination of services and departments";
• ensuring the proper level of informatization of the unified duty dispatch service (EDDS) as a body for the daily management of the unified state emergency prevention and response system (RSChS) at the municipal level;
• introduction of public security and law enforcement systems consisting of: intelligent video surveillance systems, emergency communications and biometric analysis systems, photo and video recording systems for traffic violations.

Financing

The unified federal program for the "Safe City" and federal funding were not initially provided. Guided by federal documents, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation developed their own programs for the creation of the Safe City agro-industrial complex, determined the size of investments and sources of financing.

TAdviser estimates the minimum total investments of all Russian regions in systems related to the "Safe City" for 2017-2020 at about 73 billion rubles. The assessment is based on an analysis of approved programs related to improving the security of regions, including the construction of Safe City systems, estimates of the necessary investments in such projects by the authorities of a number of regions, as well as estimates of a number of regional Chief information officers with whom TAdviser spoke.

Agro-Industrial Complex Business Models

Three main models can be distinguished according to which the Safe City agro-industrial complex is being created in the regions: the purchase of software and equipment into the ownership of the region, PPP with the subsequent transfer of equipment to the regional balance sheet and the purchase of Safe City elements as a service.

Analysis of TAdviser public procurement for 2015-2017. shows that all regions acquire this or that part of the Safe City agro-industrial complex systems. Many regions use a combination of models - they buy part of the equipment into ownership, partially use the PPP model or buy services.

Regional projects

• "Safe City" in the Moscow Region
• Infrastructure of the agro-industrial complex "Safe City" of St. Petersburg
• "Safe City" in the Chelyabinsk Region
• "Safe City" in the Omsk Region
• "Safe City" in the Vologda Oblast
• "Safe City" in the Arkhangelsk Region
• "Safe City" in the Volgograd Region
• "Safe city" in the Murmansk region
• "Safe City" in the Krasnodar Territory
• "Safe City" in Buryatia

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