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Dear Smart Cities Marketplace Community,
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While COVID-19 seems to come to a halt in Europe our countries, cities and citizens are now being shaken by the impact of the war in Ukraine – high energy prices at times of shortage of public budgets, having dramatic consequences for the most vulnerable households, companies, and consumers. While the EU’s RePowerEU strategy aims to fight these effects with a vast catalogue of measures, there are possibly many ways to implement the identified measures, ideally acknowledging that European towns and cities are indispensable allies and prime partners.
Yet, towns and cities need practical support and help with the present challenges. The Smart Cities Marketplace is best positioned to complement the EU efforts with a comprehensive catalogue of offers to come in 2023: calls for free technical assistance, calls for urban projects, one-to-one-consultancy services for city-led consortia close to the financing stage, financing masterclasses and fine-tuned matchmaking for the financing of urban projects with the help of the steadily growing investor network of the Marketplace, an interactive wiki, an all-new community featuring Focus and Discussion groups, many of which continue the excellent work of the well-known Action Clusters, intensified partnerships with other EU initiatives, such as the Covenant of Mayors, Scalable Cities, CIVITAS, Living-in.eu, to name but a few … all this to say: stay tuned for the great offers to come from the Smart Cities Marketplace!
Georg Houben, Policy Offer, DG Energy, European Commission
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Smart Cities Marketplace News
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News from the Community of the Smart Cities Marketplace
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Beyond the Smart Cities Marketplace
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Explore & Shape: Madrid becomes first major European city with a 100% clean bus fleet!
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Congratulations, Madrid! The City Council's efforts, together with EMT, the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid, have made it possible to ensure that 100% of Madrid’s bus fleet is green and in compliance with the EU's Clean Vehicles Directive.
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Explore & Shape: How to implement a circular transition in your city?
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Cities can be key to drive circular change. That is why the European Investment Bank has set up a specific competency and resource just for cities: the Circular City Centre. Its aim is to to support EU cities in their circular economy transition.
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Explore & Shape: #CE4EUislands Studies on Regulatory Barriers in Seven European Countries
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After two years of research, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat published a series of studies accompanied by booklets on regulatory barriers and recommendations for the clean energy transition on EU islands concerning seven EU member states.
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Explore & Shape: Welcome to CIVINET Iberia and CIVINET Polska
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Through an open call, CIVITAS made one-off “kick-start funding” available to support the re-activation of CIVINET secretariats in France, Poland, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, or in one or more language areas covering these countries.
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Explore & Shape: Be part of something BIG – Open Call for Innovators
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During the oPEN Lab project, the oPEN Living Labs in Tartu, Pamplona, and Genk are working on Positive Energy Neighbourhoods (PENs). These PENs can serve as a testing ground for new market-ready technologies that can operate in combination with other technologies to tackle the challenges of our time. Join the Open Call.
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Smart City Projects News
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Explore & Shape: +CityxChange LHC Limerick’s Citizens’ Observatory
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Citizen engagement is key to successful energy transitions, with citizens playing critical roles in co-developing localized solutions and adapting behaviours.
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Explore: Making-City has been featured in a new Publication!
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The MAKING-CITY project has been featured in a new publication “Lessons Learned from Positive Energy District (PED) Projects: Cataloguing and Analysing Technology Solutions in Different Geographical Areas in Europe” as part of the energies special issue Advanced Energy Systems in Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts.
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Events
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Explore: Cities Forum 2023
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The Cities Forum is a biennial event of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy. For this edition, our host is Torino, a city with a vast history in urban transformation due to its transition from factory town to a city of knowledge, culture and innovation.
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16/03/2023 - 17/03/2023
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Explore: Standing on the shoulders of giant's journey
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A Scalable Cities community event hosted by the two Smart City Projects MatchUP and Making Cities together with the City of Valencia - Standing on the shoulders of giant's journey. From Positive Energy Districts to Climate Neutral Cities. How to scale up our technologies and solutions
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Explore: polisMOBILITY
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polisMOBILITY is the international event that takes a whole-system approach to the future of mobility and urban life.
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24/05/2023 - 26/05/2023
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Explore: European Sustainable Energy Week
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EUSEW returns in a hybrid format, in Brussels and online. It comprises a high-level Policy Conference, the EUSEW Awards, and the fourth European Youth Energy Day as well as opportunities to forge connections with the EUSEW community at the Energy Fair.
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20/06/2023 - 22/06/2023
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Explore: URBIS SMART CITY FAIR
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URBIS SMART CITY FAIR brings a clever combination of the fair with an exclusive conference program, which will introduce the leaders in the field of Smart city.
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Smart Cities Marketplace. An initiative of the European Commission. Contact us under info@smartcitiesmarketplace.eu
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Photo credits in order of appearance: Smart Cities Marketplace, Agata Smok (Th!nk E); Siora Keller (Steinbeis Europazentrum); EIT Urban Mobility, Joint Research Center, Scalable Cities, Scalable Cities, oPEN Lab, Josh Power (Unsplash), CIVINET, Agata Smok (Th!nk E), Shutterstock, Making City, +CityXChange.
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ISSN: 2600-0962
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