Using data to help Prague’s cultural sector thrive

The Citymapper transport app helps people plan their journeys with real-time travel information. Prague wants to use the same principle for culture.

“The pandemic affected all the different sectors but the cultural sector in particular was hit hard,” says Petr Suska, Board Member and Director at Operator ICT, Prague's municipal IT services company.

“It is a very important sector that is a significant part of the image of the city of Prague,” he comments.

“Also of course, people couldn't perform and they moved to other jobs or had to find alternatives. We were looking very closely at how to bring the cultural sector back up to speed. We were also pondering how we could use data to be...