This year's edition of the Smart Cities Marketplace Forum will be a part of the joint EC representation at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona on 07-09 November 2023.

The Smart Cities Marketplace team is happy to announce that we are again part of the Smart City Expo World Congress, the world’s biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation, which will take place from 7-9 November 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.

Key partner of the Smart City Expo World Congress, Catalonia Trade and Investment, together with GOOSE project, the EEN and the Smart Cities Marketplace, organises its main Brokerage Event - Smart Cities' Challenges.

The City of Bydgoszcz, located in northern Poland, has made significant progress towards its sustainable development goals. Recently, the city's project application for technical assistance and consultancy services from the Smart Cities Marketplace was approved.

With a particular emphasis on citizen engagement, affordable housing, energy efficiency, and digitalisation, this webinar as part of the EUSEW sustainable energy days served as a platform for exchanging ideas and forging partnerships to shape the future of urban environments.

The Smart Cities Marketplace was present at this year’s Urban Futures Conference, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 21 - 23 June 2023.

The Smart Cities Marketplace as an initiative of the European Commission is constantly evolving and so is our digital brochure. Discover the most fascinating and important information about the Marketplace all in one location.

Smart Cities Marketplace (SCM) actively participated in the polisMOBILITY conference held in Cologne, Germany from 24th to 26th May 2023, in collaboration with its consortium partner, EIT Urban Mobility. The main focus of the event was on the four pillars: Engage, Explore, Shape, and Deal.

Smart Cities Marketplace consortium member, EIT Urban Mobility is pleased to announce the support of Bosch’s challenge-based open innovation programme “digital.auto”. This strategic collaboration aims to support Bosch and its partners in identifying innovative solutions and engaging the brightest developers to drive the future of mobility.

5G connectivity has the potential to improve all kinds of digital services. Opting for the right type of connectivity is becoming increasingly crucial and at the same time challenging for local decision-makers.

More than 170 0000 tons of batteries will have reached their end of life in 2030 in Europe alone. Extending their lifespan and feeding valuable materials back into the economy at their end is crucial to reducing their environmental impact.

New funding opportunities for actors on local and regional levels across Europe. The Clean Energy Transition sub-programme of LIFE is dedicated to facilitating the transition towards an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient economy.

On June 9, 2023, the Every1 Project Consortium held an online meeting to update all stakeholders on their recent accomplishments and upcoming plans. Partners from across Europe took part in discussions regarding project developments, including updates on each Work Package.

For this edition, ManagEnergy has invited Jens Burchardt, Boston Consulting Group’s Managing Director and global expert on climate impact. He shared why it makes sense for private companies to accelerate their own energy transition.

The Harnessing Talent Platform (HTP) is a newly formed knowledge-building and experience-exchange platform, which seeks to support regions in addressing the consequences of the demographic change and in mitigating the challenges associated with the decline of tertiary educated populations across the EU.