Francisco Javier García Vieira leads the Area in Public Digital Services of Red.es, a public Spanish institution under the Ministry of Industry which works towards the optimization of the ICT...
A Symposium on Smart City KPIs, organised by the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Joint Programme for Smart Cities (JPSC) at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2015 in Barcelona...
The Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) was officially presented during the Smart City Expo World Congress 2015, which was held in Barcelona, Spain on 17-19 November. The 2015 Congress brought...
The Walloon Export Agency (Agence Wallonne à l'Exportation) and Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI), the agency that deals with international relations for the Wallonia and Brussels regions, are organising an exploratory Smart...
URBACT, the European Territorial Cooperation programme for fostering sustainable integrated urban development in cities across Europe, has published the report ‘Integrated Regeneration of Deprived Areas and the New Cohesion Policy...
A new report titled ‘Accelerating Low-Carbon Development in the World’s Cities’, produced by the New Climate Economy, has found that investing in low-carbon urban actions, such as public and low-emission...
The European Digital City Index (EDCi) - an index which describes how well different European cities support digital entrepreneurship, was launched at the end of October 2015. The index was...
The High Level Group on Simplification, launched by the European Commission in July, held its first meeting in Brussels in October 2015. The chairman of the Group, former Commission Vice-President...
The Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) project will be presented during the Smart City Expo World Congress 2015 taking place in Barcelona, Spain from 17 to 19 November. Join us...
The London transport system plays a very important role in people’s health. It enables Londoners to access jobs, education, shops, recreation, health and social services as well as travel to...
The EU-funded PASTA project is inviting local authorities from across Europe to share good examples of walking and cycling initiatives to promote physical activity, and to join a pioneering community...
Since 2009, some 6,500 local authorities have committed to the 2020 CO2 reduction objective. As part of the “new and integrated Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy”, signatory cities...
The European Commission will invest almost EUR 16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation funding scheme, following a...
One third of the world’s remaining safe carbon budget could be determined by urban policy decisions in the next five years, according to a new report from the C40 Cities...
Could you describe your commitment in a few words? The SINFONIA project is to deploy large-scale, integrated and scalable energy solutions in mid-sized European cities. The cities of Bolzano (Italy)...
The first European Smart Cities Project Coordinators Meeting took place in Brussels on October 13. The goal of the meeting, which brought project leaders together with town planners and architects...
Could you describe your commitment in a few words? The European Energy Award® (EEA) supports municipalities willing to contribute to sustainable energy policy and urban development through the rational use...
Could you describe your commitment in a few words? EV4SCC (Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Cities and Communities) is a new collaborative platform to mobilise a Europe-wide dialogue on the potential...
The Call for Applications for the 2016 European Green Leaf (EGL) Award is currently open. The European Green Leaf is a competition open to cities with a population of between...
The Call for Applications for the 2018 European Green Capital Award is now open and will run until Monday 19 October. This competition is open to all cities across Europe...
