Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation in Cities Europe's cities, towns and regions are instrumental in promoting ownership of the energy transition and in pushing climate and energy related innovation from within...
The path to meeting Europe’s urban mobility goals In order to reach European urban mobility goals, cities need to first look at new urban mobility solutions. Modern cities all face...
Is a service-centric platform model the Next Big Thing for smart cities? Back in 2013, the old Spanish port city of Santander was featured in news reports as a smart...
Follow up on the Citizen Engagement Manifesto 'Go Local' campaign On behalf of the ‘Citizen Focus’ Action Cluster, we would like to express our gratitude to all the volunteers that...
SET Field Test - An open call for 5 European cities to field test CitizenCity SET Social Engagement Toolkit 5 European cities to field test CitizenCity SET in early 2018...
In view of the EIP-SCC Manifesto on Citizen Engagement one-year anniversary, the ' Citizen Focus' Action Cluster is aiming at continuing the ‘G o Local’ campaign in order to reach...
CitizenCity SET Information Webinars CitizenCity has been active in the last 24 months with many interventions around Europe in many sectors, including design workshops this year in London and Milan...
In view of the EIP-SCC Manifesto on Citizen Engagement one-year Anniversary, the Citizen Focus Action Cluster is re-launching the initiative 'Inclusive Smart Cities Ambassadors'. As a result of previously conducted...
This year's Annual Polis Conference "Transport innovation for sustainable cities and regions" takes place on 6-7 December 2017 in Brussels. Many members speak in the parallel sessions and plenaries, including...
CitizenCity SETs course with Calls & Webinars Purpose into action The goal of SET is to drive the success of city programs by enabling cities to better engage with their...
European Smart Cities gets a further boost towards collaborative action Many of you will have enjoyed a few balmy yet hectic days in Barcelona at the Smart City EXPO World...
EU Smart City projects featured at Expo World Congress in Barcelona Smart City projects from across Europe will be featured at the 7 th Smart City Expo World Congress is...
Citizen City – Empower to co-create future cities FreeUp, do quite some work with and for city governments. More and more cities face challenges that cannot be solved in isolation...
While local governments can and should manage much of the evolution to “smart cities,” national governments have an important role to play as well in accelerating and coordinating their development...
Major Enhancements made to European Energy Planning Tool An EU-funded research project, Heat Roadmap Europe (HRE), has added major new features to its energy planning tool. The Pan-European Thermal Atlas...
Shifting cities to a low carbon future presents major technological, economic and social challenges for city authorities, urban planners and project developers alike. The framework conditions need to be created...
Procura+ Awards - Rewarding Europe's most sustainable and innovative public procurement The winners of the 2017 Procura+ Award were announced at an award ceremony held in Tallinn (Estonia) in the...
Urban environments are accelerating their transformation towards cleaner, friendlier places able to respect and use resources more efficiently. Across Europe, cities are blending social innovation, engineering and ICT excellence and...
Big names in business and industry are pushing Europe’s circular economy forward "The future is circular," insists Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Abdeluheb Choho. With the European Union making the circular economy...
Two major companies are teaming up to develop a project that could help as many as 8.5 million drivers on the road. The joint venture between BMW and IBM will...
