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Welcome to 2024!
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In times of uncertainty marked by energy fluctuations, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions, the Smart City Marketplace (SCM) offers also for 2024 a pragmatic approach to addressing climate challenges. Rather than spinning an old record, the Marketplace focuses on innovative yet practical solutions to advance climate mitigation and adaptation.
The SCM prioritises turning project ideas into bankable realities, recognising the need for financial viability amid the complexities of the current challenging situation. By embracing co-creation, the Marketplace encourages collaborative efforts through its Focus and Discussion groups and co-created Solution Booklets, ensuring that proposed ideas align with environmental goals and on-the-ground practicality.
A recent update to our website introduces an easily navigable wiki structure, including translating the Smart City Guidance Package into the Green Cities Wiki. This user-friendly platform allows stakeholders to engage with and contribute to the SCM's knowledge base, fostering a more accessible and collaborative environment.
As part of the Belgian presidency of the EU (January-June 2024), the Marketplace collaborates with Belgian authorities participating in an event to translate the EU Green Deal into local action, aiming to make tangible strides in sustainable practices. This pragmatic approach demonstrates the SCM's commitment to providing a blueprint for effective climate solutions.
In essence, the Smart Cities Marketplace offers a measured response to the challenges at hand. By emphasising practicality, collaboration and accessibility, the platform helps navigating the complexities of our time with a focus on tangible outcomes. In doing so, the Marketplace invites you to join its grounded and realistic approach to building a more sustainable and resilient future.
Georg Houben, Policy Officer, Directorate General, European Commission
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Smart Cities Marketplace News
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Explore: Urban Reverb: REPowerEU
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This episode of the Urban Reverb podcast discusses the REPower EU initiative. Listen to Paula Pinho, Director of the European Commission's DG Energy, Eckart Würzner the Mayor of Heidelberg and Sofia Barbosa the Director of Regulatory Affairs for a European energy services company (GreenVolt).
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Explore: Urban Reverb: The Family
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"Urban Reverb - The Family" highlights various European initiatives, including the Covenant of Mayors, Scalable Cities, and NetZeroCities, aiming to drive sustainability in cities.
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Explore: Watch now - Urban Insights Episode 1
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In this video Georg Houben, Project Officer of DG ENER and responsible for the Smart Cities Marketplace, discusses the urgency of addressing climate change, particularly in Europe, where the EU Green Deal aims to make the continent climate-neutral by 2050. The video is available in German and English.
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Urban Insights: Cooperation as a Driver of Change in Cities
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In this episode of Urban Insights, interviewees discuss the importance of cooperation for the transition to smarter, more sustainable and liveable cities. Listen to Han Vandevyvere (SCM), Fons Janssen (European Climate Ambassador for the Netherlands), Stefano Tarantola, (Joint Research Centre of the EC) and Simone van Raaij (Province of South Holland).
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Explore: Updated Solution Booklet: PV and Battery
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This updated booklet emphasises the dynamic role of batteries in the evolving energy landscape, highlighting their potential beyond traditional static installations. With the surge in electric vehicles, car batteries emerge as valuable assets for storing energy.
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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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Events
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Explore: Webinar - Solutions for Low Noise Road Surfaces
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The Commission is promoting a webinar to explain to local authorities, in simple and practical terms, what the possibilities are to use low-noise road surfaces, thanks to several past EU-funded projects and solutions engineered.
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Explore: Join the Smart Cities Marketplace Matchmaking Info Session
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Register for the info session and learn all about the matchmaking opportunities of the Marketplace as well as the ongoing call for applications and the Urban Transition Challenge.
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Explore: Webinar - Como os municípios podem beneficiar de consultoria gratuita da Comissão Europeia?
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O Smart Cities Marketplace, da Comissão Europeia, é uma iniciativa independente e não comercial, apoiada pela Comissão Europeia, que junta cidades, empresas e investidores com o propósito de tornar as cidades e comunidades mais resilientes, sustentáveis e inclusivas.
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Explore: STARDUST Final Conference
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Scalable Cities project STARDUST will be hosting its final event in Pamplona, Spain. STARDUST project is part of the Smart Cities and Communities family of project under the Scalable Cities.
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28/02/2024 - 29/02/2024
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Explore: ASCEND General Assembly
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The ASCEND project organises its second General Assembly event which will be held in Munich. The event will be filled with plenary sessions and workshops focused on the progress and achievements of ASCEND Lighthouse and Multiplier cities in their quest to develop and replicate Positive Clean Energy Districts.
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06/03/2024 - 08/03/2024
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Explore: Smart Cities Marketplace @ 11th Procura+ Conference
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This year the Smart Cities Marketplace will present at the 11th Procura+ conference covering the topic of "Procuring Smart Solutions".
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13/03/2024 - 14/03/2024
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Explore: Conference for Mayors
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The Government of Flanders will gather 550 mayors and representatives of local governments to the conference “Translating the EU green deal to local action”, in Brussels, within the framework of the Belgian EU Presidency.
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Explore: CHANGENOW 2024 CITIES PROGRAM
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In the framework of its yearly summit gathering more than 35,000 impact changemakers from 120 countries, ChangeNOW has developed a dedicated day to mayors and cities representatives, the Sustainable Cities Program, where the Smart Cities Marketplace will join with experts and a stand.
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Clean energy for EU islands forum 2024
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This isn't just a conference; it's an opportunity for us to connect, collaborate, and make positive changes together. Participate in interactive sessions, workshops, and discussions focusing on key aspects of island sustainability.
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14/05/2024 - 15/05/2024
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European Sustainable Energy Week 2024
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EUSEW returns in 2024 in a hybrid format, in Brussels and online. It comprises a high-level Policy Conference, the EUSEW Awards, and the fifth European Youth Energy Day as well as opportunities to forge connections with the EUSEW community at the Energy Fair.
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11/06/2024 - 13/06/2024
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Smart Cities Marketplace. An initiative of the European Commission. Contact us under info@smartcitiesmarketplace.eu
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