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Ciprian Ciucu, the mayor of Bucharest, is in talks with private companies for voluntary assistance in digitizing municipal services. He acknowledges that the city is significantly lagging in digital public services and that the municipality struggles with drafting procurement documents. Ciucu plans to propose collaborations with these firms to the General Council by the end of the year. He also highlights that administrative capacity is hindered by legal challenges to the reorganization project of the municipality. Ciucu recalls successful digitalization projects during his tenure as the mayor of Sector 6, contrasting them with the current state of the municipality's services, which are fragmented and inefficient. He recently attended the Smart City Barcelona World Forum, where he learned about integrated public service applications from Abu Dhabi.