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Join Our Discussion and Focus Groups!

The Smart Cities Marketplace introduces Discussion and Focus Groups to foster peer exchange and support sustainable urban development.

  • Discussion Groups: Online forums where participants share experiences, collaborate, and discuss specific themes. Guided by a chair and a Smart Cities Marketplace team member.
  • Focus Groups: Collaborative efforts tackling shared smart city challenges. Unlike Discussion Groups, these involve online and in-person meetings (e.g., webinars, workshops). A secretariat member facilitates communication with potential for project development.

Who Can Apply?
This is open to consortia, cities, industries, SMEs, investors, researchers, and smart city experts from EU Member States or associated countries. Applicants must be at least 18 and free from conflicts of interest.

Why Apply?
Shape the agenda, gain visibility in the EU Smart Cities community, and engage in meaningful peer exchanges.

Community groups

Small Giants Focus Group

The Small Giants Focus Group empowers small and medium-sized European cities to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 through smart, collaborative solutions to shared sustainability challenges.

Geospatial Tools for Cities Focus Group

The Geospatial Tools for Cities Focus Group aims to help local authorities harness the potential of geospatial data by fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and identifying solutions to support informed, sustainable urban decision-making.

Deep Retrofitting Focus Group

The Deep Retrofitting Focus Group aims to promote the electrification of heating and cooling in buildings as part of Renewable Energy Communities, to support sustainable urban renovation and energy self-consumption across Europe.

Documents

Smart Cities Marketplace Charter (2023).pdf
Terms of Reference - Discussion groups.docx
Terms of Reference - Focus groups.docx