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Certified Intelligent Community

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Discover the level of development of your city, county, or province in the digital age according to the parameters of the think tank Intelligent Community Forum.


Then define the growth and promotion strategy for your community and apply for the Intelligent Community Certificate or the Intelligent Community of the Year Award (TOP1, TOP7, TOP21). 

Intelligent Community Forum

The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)  is a New York-based think tank founded in 2000. It promotes a methodology for building more prosperous, innovative, and resilient societies in the digital age based on six pillars: 

  1. Technology and infrastructure.
  2. Talent and education.
  3. Innovation.
  4. Sustainability.
  5. Equity.
  6. Leadership and good governance. 

Intelligent Community of the Year

Each year, ICF honors cities and regions that stand out as intelligent communities by following its recommendations in three categories: TOP1, TOP7, and TOP21. More than 200 cities from around the world compete for the award each year.

List of Award-Winning Communities

The Spanish city of Las Rozas de Madrid, powered and advised by Argelich Networks, was recognized as a TOP21 Smart Community in 2024 and 2025.


In 2025, it was awarded the TOP7 2025 award.

Benchmarking

ICF also offers a comparative analysis program that assesses the level of development of a city or municipal association within the context of the digital age.


Argelich Networks builds on this program, complementing it with its   extensive experience and own criteria, to determine the real status of a   community and provide recommendations for its growth.


All of this is achieved through a simple process lasting approximately   three months, consisting of:


  1. Completing a form, with on-site support from Argelich Networks   consultants, and collecting the documentation that supports the responses.
  2. Analysis of the documentation by ICF.
  3. Issuance of an official ICF report (Benchmarking).
  4. Issuance of a recommendations report by Argelich Networks.


Why This Analysis

The analysis we propose allows you to identify your community’s strengths and areas for improvement by comparing your indicators with those of leading cities worldwide.


It serves as the starting point for developing a strategic plan for growth and improvement. 


Certificate and Awards

 If the ICF report is positive, the community may qualify to receive the Intelligent Community certification through an audit process and compete for the Intelligent Community of the Year awards.

 

Argelich Networks will also support you throughout the entire process. 


List of certified communities 


The charismatic mayor of the Brazilian city of Curitiba, Rafael Greca, excitedly receives the 2024 Smart Community Award in the presence of ICF's three co-founders, Robert Bell, Lou Zacharilla, and John Jung, as well as representatives from the Vietnamese province of Binh Duong, the 2023 winner.


The event was held in Barcelona and co-organized by Argelich Networks.

Conferences

ICF organizes three international conferences each year in different cities around the world, where the award-winning communities are presented. Your community can also co-organize and host one of these conferences.


ICF prefers to organize conferences on different continents 


Our Services to Communities

.Argelich Networks provides strategic consulting services to create prosperity.


We support the entire process of comparative analysis and certification in accordance with the criteria of the Intelligent Community Forum. 


The roadmap we recommend is presented in the following diagram.



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