Warsaw wins prize in Bloomberg Mayors Challenge

The city of Warsaw was awarded one of the runner-up prizes in the annual Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Grand Prize for Innovation, worth €5 million, this year went to Barcelona and its project called “Collaborative Care Networks for Better Aging.” The runner-up innovation prizes, €1 million each, were awarded to Warsaw and to Athens, Greece, Kirklees, UK, and Stockholm, Sweden. Warsaw’s entry is a project called “Virtual Warsaw - Urban Information System for Visually Impaired.” Using beacons that communicate with phones through apps, the system is designed to provide support for the disabled. The scheme was developed in cooperation with IT firm Ifinity.