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22 March 2021

The Pitch – the Smart Cities Marketplace launches a video competition

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With a call for videos, the Smart Cities Marketplace is asking members of its Community, the Action Clusters, and Initiatives as well as other EU funded Smart City projects to share videos of their smart solutions, services, and ideas. The aim is to bring the best five projects to the market.

This year, the Smart Cities Marketplace is publishing a call for videos, asking members of the Smart Cities Marketplace Community, the Action Clusters, and Initiatives as well as the Smart Cities & Communities Lighthouse projects and other EU funded Smart City projects to share videos of their solutions, services and ideas.

The submitted videos will be assessed by the Smart Cities Marketplace Consortium and the European Commission. After their evaluation, the submitters of the picked top five videos have the offer to be assisted through financing masterclasses and one-to-one coaching by the Smart Cities Marketplace’s Matchmaking team to further develop and bring their idea, product, or service to the market.

The top five videos will, furthermore, gain some publicity by being published on the European Commission’s Smart Cities Marketplace website and the respective YouTube channel.

The deadline for the submission is set for 1 June 2021. Please note that we are happy to receive self-produced videos or videos produced for another purpose focused on smart city solutions.

Good things to remember when producing the video:

  1. Organisation name
  1. Please note that your video does not have to be long (2-3 minutes) or professionally made, we are interested in your proposal (self-production is very welcome)
  1. Focus on one (or more) of the following topics ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS, RENEWABLES (ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION), DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY or MOBILITY.
  1. Consider sharing the PROJECT MATURITY LEVEL in your video – as you perceive it!
    1. PML 1 – Potential project identified (project or technology apparently suitable for intervention)
    2. PML 2 – Project potential quantified
    3. PML 3 –Project investment estimated, and suitable business models identified (via audit, study, benchmarking, etc)
    4. PML 4 – Technical project and business case developed
    5. PML 5 – Investment-Ready (Business case and tender model confirmed)
    6. PML 6 – Investment offer or tendering requirements created (ready to sign or launch tender)
  1. Explain the EXPECTED IMPACTS such as:
    1. Energy savings
    2. Renewable energy production
    3. Avoided emissions (tCO2eq/annum)
    4. Temporary jobs created per year
    5. Permanent jobs created per year
    6. Other impacts (please state)
  1. Do you seek Investment? If yes, which kind:
    1. Loan
    2. Equity
    3. Debt
    4. Other (please state):     
  1. Do you already have a BUSINESS MODEL?
  1. Do you know what the INVESTMENT SIZE (EUR) will be?

Please submit your video to info@eu-smartcities.eu.