Nara Prefecture's Miyake Town and Macnica have signed a comprehensive partnership agreement on sustainable town development utilizing advanced technologies such as generative AI. The agreement aims to promote administrative DX and improve resident services, building a co-creation model to solve local issues.

Miyake Town, Nara Prefecture (Mayor: Koji Morita, hereinafter "Miyake Town") and Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter Macnica") announced today that they have concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement to promote sustainable town development by utilizing advanced technologies, including generative AI.

■Background/purpose
Miyake Town aims to create a town where people can "shine in their own way," and is actively promoting administrative reforms utilizing digital technology to maintain and improve the quality of resident services within limited resources. Meanwhile, Macnica has leveraged its strengths in discovering cutting-edge technologies from around the world and its ability to implement them, supporting many local governments in promoting DX and solving regional issues.
This partnership agreement aims to combine Miyake Town's regional challenges with Macnica 's expertise in advanced technologies such as generative AI. Beyond simply introducing technology, the goal is to jointly build a "new way of life in the community where AI is integrated into daily life (co-creation model)" that will improve the efficiency of administrative work and enhance the convenience of residents, thereby creating a foundation for sustainable community development that will benefit future generations.

■ Details of the cooperation agreement
(1) Promoting the efficiency of administrative work and administrative DX by utilizing advanced technologies such as generative AI.
(2) Improving resident services and revitalizing local communities through the resolution of local issues using AI
(3) Construction of an AI social implementation model through co-creation among industry, government, academia, and the public.

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