"Smart Cities Marketplace" Newsletter Issues

Editorial (20/01/2022)

Join us for the world leading event for cities from 15-17 November in Barcelona.

Together at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 in Barcelona (03/11/2022)

We are thrilled to announce a joint participation of 30 European initiatives and projects under the umbrella of the European Commission to the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 taking place between 15 and 17 November in Barcelona.

Not sure what your Matchmaking needs are? (03/11/2022)

Come talk to us from 15-17 November at the European Smart Cities and Communities stand in Hall 2, Gran Via, Level 0, Street B, Stand 21! The Smart Cities Marketplace team is available at the Smart City Expo World Congress for bilateral talks, dedicated individual meetings, small workshops and info sessions.

Register for the official Congress Brokerage Events! (04/11/2022)

Search for ‘Smart Cities Marketplace Matchmaking’ and send a direct message to one of our team members. Our offer for you: Mentoring to reach investors. Our matchmaking team will be available for meetings and project inputs!

Join us in the Agora Sessions (03/11/2022)

In addition to DG ENER, DG MOVE, DG CNECT almost 30 EU funded projects and initiatives are part of the joint programme and stand at this year’s Smart City World Congress. They participate in four agora sessions on the main stages of the fair.

Join us at the Smart Cities and Communities Stand (03/11/2022)

The programme at the booth will host 13 individual sessions organised in a collaborative manner by attending projects and initiatives. It will supplement and reinforce the cross-cutting topics presented of the joint agora programme.

Explore, Shape & Deal: Smart Cities Marketplace Kick-Off (07/09/2022)

Welcome to the Smart Cities Marketplace newsletter! The guest editorial below is written by our friends from the Covenant of Companies for Climate and Energy.

Explore: European Week of Regions and Cities - Capturing alternative sources of funding & financing for sustainable energy and climate actions (13/09/2022)

Together with the Covenant of Mayors and SCALABLE CITIES, the Smart Cities Marketplace will offer a session on ‘Capturing alternative sources of funding & financing for sustainable energy and climate actions.

Explore: Smart Solutions Casebook (22/09/2022)

This brief casebook explores how three cities, Barcelona (Spain), Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Grabovo (Bulgaria), have succeeded with the deployment of smart city solutions using innovative financing methods.

Explore: Meet the Smart Cities Marketplace (20/09/2022)

In the second half of 2022, the Smart Cities Marketplace will participate in various events. The Smart Cities Marketplace team would like to invite you to join these events, talk to us, and participate in our Matchmakings.

Explore & Shape: Smart Cities Marketplace Joined mySMARTLife Final Conference (20/09/2022)

The Smart Cities Marketplace team joined the mySMARTLife Final Conference in Hamburg (14 & 15 September).

Shape: Launch of the P2P Learning programme (07/09/2022)

Scalable Cities is launching its Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Learning programme on 1st of September 2022!

Shape & Deal: Cities as a Test Bed for Climate Neutrality: €32 million in Support for EU Cities Mission Pilot Cities (07/09/2022)

NetZeroCities is launching a groundbreaking programme that tests new approaches to reaching climate neutrality goals across cities in Europe. This Pilot Cities Programme is part of the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities (“EU Cities Mission”), providing €32 million in grants and hands-on support to cities.

Shape & Deal: Celsius guide: Advancing District Heating & Cooling Solutions and Uptake in European Cities (16/09/2022)

This publication informs cities and relevant stakeholders about the latest research outcomes in the District Heating and Cooling sector and inspires them to implement similar solutions.

Explore & Shape: Smart City Expo World Congress: Connect with Urban Leaders at the Brokerage Event (20/09/2022)

The Brokerage Event of the Smart City Expo World Congress is a series of 30-minute, pre-scheduled B2B and B2P meetings with a view to network with potential business partners and clients at #SCEWC22.

Explore: SPARCS and POCITYF at #EURegionsWeek 2022 (08/09/2022)

SPARCS and POCITYF will be showcasing how to make the energy transition a success through citizen engagement during EU Week of Regions and Cities. The webinar will take place on October 11 from 14:30-16:00 online.

Explore: European Week of Regions and Cities - Capturing alternative sources of funding & financing for sustainable energy and climate actions (10/10/2022)

Under the motto New challenges for Europe’s cohesion, the 2022 edition will focus on four main themes: Green transition, Territorial Cohesion, Digital transition and Youth empowerment. Together with the Covenant of Mayors and SCALABLE CITIES, the Smart Cities Marketplace will offer a session.

Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2022 (11/10/2022)

The “Smart Cities” Concept encompasses more than mobility, digital platforms or sustainability. The fundamental objective of a Smart City is the incorporation of all these areas in order to improve the lives of citizens in the world.

Explore: Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum – Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place (18/10/2022)

The conference is organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, Directorate-General for Climate Action, and the European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA), in collaboration with the EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

Explore: Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 (15/11/2022)

Smart City Expo World Congress gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organisations to move cities towards a better future. The Congress will take place in Barcelona.

Explore: New SCIS Self Reporting Tool Instruction Webinar (27/07/2022)

The SCIS self-reporting tool (SRT) facilitates the provision of so-called design and monitoring data for projects funded by the EU in the field of Smart Cities and Communities as well as Energy Efficiency projects in the built environment.

Explore: Working visit to Brussels and Smart Cities Marketplace 2022 Forum (25/05/2022)

On the 25th and 26th of April, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency organised a working visit to Brussels to have discussions on how the EU and national and local governments support small and medium enterprises and start-ups to contribute with their innovative solutions to the EU Mission to realize 100 climate-neutral and smart cities in 2030.

Shape & Deal: Sestao Goes Matchmaking (23/05/2022)

The city of Sestao, in Spain, has signed a contract with the European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF), making official the entering into the EEEF´s Technical Assistance (TA) program. The initial contact between the two was a result of the Smart Cities Marketplace Matchmaking activities.

Explore: Digitalization in Urban Energy Systems (18/07/2022)

Scalable Cities are proud to announce the publication of the paper: "Digitalization in Urban Energy Systems. Outlook 2025, 2030 and 2040." Digitalization is defined as the transformation of a business or industry by using digital technologies to improve its processes.

Shape & Deal: Scalable Cities Action Grant Deadline Extended (23/05/2022)

We would like to inform you that the deadline for the 1st Call for proposals of the Scalable Cities Action Grant has been extended until 31st August 2022 at 23.00 CEST.

Shape: Motorcycle Industry together for a more Sustainable Future (25/05/2022)

Urban mobility is going through a challenging transition towards electrification where the widespread adoption of electric motorcycles can play an important part in realising a more sustainable society.

Explore: European Commission - In focus: Energy and smart cities (27/07/2022)

European cities are a hub for all sorts of activities – a pathway for study opportunities, jobs and services because of their key infrastructure and economic activity. More than three-quarters of the EU population live in urban areas and this figure is expected to rise to almost 85% by 2050.

Shape & Deal: Extended Deadline - City in the Spotlight Award 2022: APPLICATIONS OPEN! (18/07/2022)

The City in the Spotlight Awards 2022, now at its 4th edition, will reward those signatories demonstrating the highest commitments, motivation and progress towards climate neutrality.

Explore & Shape: Call for Wood Construction Innovations (18/07/2022)

The Bioregions Facility has kicked off its second series of Forestry Speed Dating events on the theme of Bio-based solutions for sustainable construction.

Explore: Positive Energy Neighbourhoods - Drivers of Transformational Change (18/07/2022)

In order to scale up the implementation of positive energy neighbourhoods (PEN) & decarbonise the EU building stock, BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe as part of oPEN Lab, provides 4 policy recommendations in its recent policy paper.

Shape & Deal: Launch of the first Covenant of Companies call for technical assistance (23/05/2022)

The European Commission’s Covenant of Companies for Climate and Energy (CCCE) opened its first call for applications to its decarbonisation assistance programme for European businesses.

Explore: Launch of the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Review - 2022 edition (23/05/2022)

The European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Review - 20202 edition was launched at the World Urban Forum 11 in Katowice, Poland. It provides a consolidated method and examples of indicators that European local and regional governments can use to monitor the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Shape & Deal: Call for proposals for 70 CrAFt Cities (18/07/2022)

The CrAFt team is looking for 70 CrAFt Cities that want to test and share models of transformation with us, receive implementation support and become role models for cities across Europe.

Shape: MAKING-CITY celebrates the success of two demo-houses in Groningen (23/05/2022)

On 23 May, the residents of the Grote Beerstraat in Groningen celebrated the success of two MAKING-CITY demo houses.

Explore, Shape & Deal: ATELIER Project initiates a PED learning platform (23/05/2022)

ATELIER has initiated a Positive Energy Districts (PED) learning platform and developed a first introductory module, PED Start Guide.

Explore: RUGGEDISED Final Event (06/09/2022)

Anyone working towards a clean urban energy transition is invited to attend the final RUGGEDISED Smart Cities and Communities event. This final showcase of RUGGEDISED related work will be followed by the Recharge Earth Energy Transition Conference on 7 - 8 September, 2022, which will also feature RUGGEDISED best practices.

Explore: Joint ReUseHeat-Celsius Final Conference (07/09/2022)

ReUseHeat joined by Celsius Initiative organise their final public events in a joint conference where key findings on the waste heat potential and urban waste heat recovery and along with all the experience from the four demonstration sites will be presented by ReUseHeat.

Explore: mySMARTLife Final Conference - Smart People - Smart Economy - Smart Cities (14/09/2022)

After a one-year extension of the project duration, the Smart Cities and Communities project mySMARTLife is coming to an end in September 2022. Join the consortium and the mySMARTLife Cities Network for two days packed with keynotes, panel discussions, lessons learned and site visits for their final conference in Hamburg.

Explore: EnergyVille Living Lab Business Day (15/09/2022)

During the Living Lab Business Day, EnergyVille opens the doors to their living lab for technology, energy and innovation – their Open Thor Living Lab.

Explore: Urbis Smart City Fair 2022 (20/09/2022)

URBIS SMART CITY FAIR brings a combination of a trade fair and an exclusive conference programme, where leaders in the field of Smart City will be introduced.

Explore: The Urban Mobility Days Conference 2022 (20/09/2022)

Following in the footsteps of previous successful conferences, this year’s theme is “Moving people and goods more sustainably”. More than 70% of Europeans live in cities, and urban areas account for around 23% of the EU’s GHG transport emissions.

Explore: EUSEW - Going Green and Digital for Europe’s Energy Transition (26/09/2022)

The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) brings together public authorities, private companies, projects, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean, secure and efficient energies.

EUSEW: Lessons on climate neutrality and energy independence from the EU islands (27/09/2022)

Join our EUSEW session together with the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat to learn about transition experience of small-scale islands towards clean energy and energy independence with the (smart) cities and communities of the EU.

Explore: Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2022 (11/10/2022)

The “Smart Cities” Concept encompasses more than mobility, digital platforms or sustainability. The fundamental objective of a Smart City is the incorporation of all these areas in order to improve the lives of citizens in the world.

Explore, Shape & Deal: Smart Cities Marketplace Forum 2022 - Key Facts & Figures (25/05/2020)

The Smart Cities Marketplace Forum, was organised as an on-site event at the Event Lounge in Brussels and featured high-level keynotes, three plenaries (Political, Innovation, Finance), six parallel sessions, a public Action Cluster BarCamp working on nine overarching topics.

Explore & Shape: Towards a Just and Clean Urban Transition - The Future of the Smart Cities Marketplace (23/05/2022)

Following Commissioner Kadri Simon’s keynote, emphasising how cities are crucial for the European Green Deal and how RePower EU will move the EU away from dependence on Russian fossil fuels towards more sustainable energy, the panellists discussed the way forward.

Deal: Innovative Technologies for Cities, Part 1 (23/05/2022)

The importance of the role of innovation funding to develop new technologies was stressed in this session. The discussion was commenced by cities with the intent to install technologies as part of engagement with city procurement offices.

Deal: Innovative Technologies for Cities, Part 2 (23/05/2022)

This session included practical examples like the City of Amsterdam that has several ambitious plans, including an energy transition roadmap and a circular strategy.

Explore: Smart Cities Marketplace Forum - Day 2 WELCOME & OPENING KEYNOTE (24/05/2022)

Eero Ailio emphasised the need for cities to be involved in the energy transition. We have to rethink how cities are working, break down silos and engage in green procurement, for example, by using an integrated approach.

Shape: BarCamp Session 27 April 2022 - Join us for the Next Edition of the Smart Cities Marketplace! (24/05/2022)

The community of the Smart Cities Marketplace will undergo a major transformation in the coming months. Georg Houben (DG Energy) highlighted the main changes that are planned.

Shape: District heating and cooling helping cities reach their climate and energy goals - Results of the EU level survey (24/05/2022)

The stakeholder survey "Urban Heating and Cooling Transition" was launched in January 2022. Its results were presented and discussed at the REWARDHeat-Celsius policy workshop on 17 March in Brussels.

Explore: Positive Energy Districts Conference (24/05/2022)

Are you a civil servant, policymaker or researcher with an interest in positive energy districts? Join the two-day conference in Amsterdam (June 23-24) to visit PED projects, exchange experiences, share ideas and develop new insights with like-minded professionals.

Deal: The European Capital of Innovation Awards (23/05/2022)

The 8th edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital) is open for submissions until 30 June. The Awards recognise the role cities play in shaping the local innovation ecosytems and promote innovation.

Shape: procuRE Selects 3 Innovative Approaches (25/05/2020)

procuRE launched the first out of three phases towards reaching its goal to develop innovative solutions to achieve 100% Renewable Energy Supply in existing public buildings.

Explore: Deep Retrofit Community of Practice - Highly ambitious regions and projects across Europe (02/06/2022)

This online seminar brings together ambitious regions and already running renovation and one-stop-shop EU funded projects, to offer a complete outlook for the sector: from up-skilling, policy, implementation, examples, to future development.

Explore: Urban Future Global Conference (01/06/2022)

Helsingborg – a mid-sized city in Sweden – is one of the most innovative and fastest transforming cities we know. The municipality has completely changed its mindset and way of collaborating with citizens, businesses, academia, and other stakeholders in order to really make change happen.

Explore: Moving from Solutions to System Change (01/06/2022)

Cities of all sizes need to accelerate their transformation to climate-neutrality in 2050. The sense of urgency and pressure has never been higher.

Explore: Urbis Smart City Fair 2022 (02/06/2022)

Urbis Smart City Fair brings a combination of a trade fair and an exclusive conference programme, where leaders in the field of Smart City will be introduced.

Explore: SmartEnCity Project Final Conference (14/06/2022)

After six years of joint efforts, our sister project SmartEnCity is coming to an end and celebrating its Final Conference on 14–15 June 2022 on-site in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Explore: World Urban Forum (26/06/2022)

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanisation. WUF11 will be held in the Polish city of Katowice. This will be the first time that the WUF, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Eastern Europe.

Explore: EUSEW - Going green and digital for Europe’s energy transition (26/09/2022)

The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) brings together public authorities, private companies, projects, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean, secure and efficient energies.

Shape & Act: Kickstart the future – with the Action Clusters of the Smart Cities Marketplace (28/03/2022)

As part of our Smart Cities Marketplace Forum in April, we invite you to take part in our Action Cluster BarCamp! Bring your Smart City ideas, visions, and challenges – find inspiration, partners, and solutions.

Explore, Shape & Deal: Smart Cities Marketplace Masterclass in March - A Summary (25/03/2022)

The first Smart Cities Marketplace Masterclass of 2022 has taken place on 08 and 22 March. Participants were invited to discuss and present their smart city projects and learn how to make them bankable, mature, and successful.

Explore & Shape: SmartEnCity Project is Celebrating its Final Conference - Smart Cities Marketplace Takes Part! (24/01/2022)

After six years of joint efforts, our sister project SmartEnCity is coming to an end and celebrating its Final Conference on 14 – 15 June 2022 on-site in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Shape: Become a Forerunner City (23/11/2021)

The Celsius Initiative is about to kick off its Forerunner Groups for a new term. The groups are aiming to support cities in their energy transition to carbon-neutral heating and cooling systems.

Shape: Act!onHeat Support Facility is Live (22/03/2022)

The Act!onHeat Project is offering local energy planners hands-on support to establish or improve their H&C infrastructure through strategic heating & cooling planning.

Explore: Adapting to Climate Change in European Cities (20/01/2022)

Towards smarter, swifter & more systemic action: the new EU Strategy and this historical juncture with the COVID-19 pandemic make this a timely moment to ‘build back better’ and consider where local and regional governments should best direct their efforts for a more resilient future.

Shape: IRIS Case Studies – Vaasa (22/03/2022)

Finland has a lot to be proud of in terms of innovation. This year, the country ranked 8th globally in Bloomberg’s innovation index of world economies.

Explore: Energy Trading Platform for Local Markets by Volue (24/01/2022)

Trondheim ICT company and +CityxChange partner Volue have developed and now deployed an innovative trading solution for energy, capacity, and system services.

Explore: Nordic Edge 2022 (10/05/2022)

Mark your calendar for a new physical version of Nordic Edge Expo in Stavanger, Norway.

Explore: Decarb Cities Conference 2022 (11/05/2022)

The DecarbCities conference will showcase how cities can succeed in this challenge and define clear delivery pathways for future-proof urban heating and cooling solutions.

Explore: The European Energy Transition Conference (31/05/2022)

This conference will address the issue of energy sobriety through the theme “Less for more!”. LESS fossil fuels, pollution, CO2 emissions, resources consumed, energy insecurity for MORE renewable energy, well-being, quality of life, innovation and local jobs.

Explore & Shape: Plans to boost the Small Giants Initiative (17/11/2020)

The growing Small Giants network currently comprises a semi-formalised cluster of more than 50 cities across 20 countries. It aims to give small- and medium-sized cities a strong voice within the Smart Cities Marketplace and the broader EU market, to reverse the trend of focusing on larger cities.

Explore & Shape: Citizen Control of Personal Data Initiative - Strategy for 2022 (22/07/2021)

We need to achieve a critical mass of cities, and to do this by engaging not only with leaders, but also IT managers, specialists in the data areas such as mobility, health etc, those responsible for improving service delivery and consultation with citizens, legal officers, data controllers, and financial departments.

Explore, Shape & Deal: procuRE presents Guidance Webinars (25/05/2020)

As part of procuRE’s work as Action Cluster for Business Models and Finance, the project is presenting a series of recordings and presentations from tender webinars as well as some news about extended deadlines and the matchmaking platform.

Shape: Stakeholder Survey – Urban Heating and Cooling Transition (20/01/2022)

Making the energy transition a reality is going to be one of the key challenges in the coming years, and even more so for the heat transition which is still lagging behind. With the pathway to 2030 and 2050 set, we still have to decide on the levers and technologies to get us there. We are keen to know your opinion!

Explore: Kick-Off Conference #CONNECTED IN EUROPE (10/02/2022)

Digital transformation, sustainable and integrated urban development, funding & networking are the focus areas of the kick-off conference #CONNECTED IN EUROPE.

Explore: Space for Cities - Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (16/02/2022)

This workshop aims at discussing the potential uses of Earth Observation to achieve and monitor the Sustainable Development Goals in cities. The workshop will introduce the audience to the newly released Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements.

Explore: Data-enabled Circular Cities - Applications and Future Directions (23/02/2022)

Pairing the digital revolution with the principles of a Circular Economy (CE) has the potential to radically transform our urban landscape and its relationship to materials and finite resources.

Explore: Decarb Cities Conference 2022 (01/03/2022)

The DecarbCities conference will showcase how cities can succeed in this challenge and define clear delivery pathways for future-proof urban heating and cooling solutions.

Explore: European Climate Conference (07/03/2022)

The European Climate Conference will bring together high-level representatives of the EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Explore: REFLOW Final Conference (30/03/2022)

Everyone knows the ‘why’ of circular transition, but the ‘how’ is less straightforward. Cities are hubs of large and complex flows of people, money, energy and materials, and their circularity is affected by a range of stakeholders, both directly and indirectly.

Explore & Shape: EC launches its Mission on 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 (18/06/2020)

The European Commission launched five new EU missions, including its mission on 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030. They aim to tackle big challenges in health, climate and the environment, and to achieve ambitious and inspiring goals in these areas.

Explore & Shape: International European Energy Award Gold Event in Ravensburg (23/11/2021)

On 5 November 2021, 48 European municipalities, cities and districts received the European Energy Award Gold in Ravensburg - the award for local authorities particularly ambitious, active and successful in their local climate and energy policy.

Explore: MatchUP – Monitoring the Health of a City by its Soundscape (19/05/2020)

Traffic, sirens, horns, building work: this is the daily soundtrack of our cities. We have got used to it, but such noise may point to severe pollution. Have you ever noticed how many sounds make up an urban environment? Have a look at the recent publication of MatchUP to learn more.

Explore: SPARCS Evaluation Framework and Replication Considerations Webinar (25/05/2020)

The SPARCS webinar under the title “Evaluation Framework and Replication Considerations“ consisted of two parts. The first part was dedicated to the Impact Assessment Framework developed for the needs of the SPARCS project .

Explore, Shape & Deal: At EU Regions Week, the Smart Cities Marketplace presented Itself (25/05/2020)

What is the Smart Cities Marketplace and how do our Action Clusters, the Investor Network, and the Smart Cities and Communities Cluster of Horizon projects all work together in one market-changing undertaking bringing cities, industries, SMEs, investors, researchers and other smart city actors together?

Explore, Shape & Deal: Financing of Smart City Solutions – Share your Best Case (20/05/2021)

The Smart Cities Marketplace is searching for cases to showcase the possibilities of private financing to deploy smart city solutions. Share your successful case to highlight different forms of private finance.

Explore & Shape: Why Circular Cities? (23/11/2021)

The Smart Cities Marketplace Circular Cities booklet provides an overview of what circularity can mean for cities and other urban stakeholders. With circular solution examples from different sectors, lessons learned and links to important resources, it aims to provide the tools that will facilitate the transition of cities to a circular economy.

Explore, Shape & Deal: Discover the Smart Cities Marketplace Digital Brochure (25/05/2020)

Have you already had time to take a look at the digital brochure? All you ever wanted to know about the Smart Cities Marketplace - in its new digital interactive brochure.

Explore: MassDOT Aeronautics Division joins UIC2 (22/07/2021)

The Commonwealth (State) of Massachusetts, through its MassDOT Aeronautics Division, has become the first US governmental body to join the UAM Initiative Cities Community (UIC2) of the EU's Smart Cities Marketplace as a UIC2 International City/Region Partner.

Explore & Shape: Small Giants Go Large (25/05/2020)

The Small Giants initiative continues to play an important role to provide a strong voice for small to medium-sized cities within the European Smart Cities Marketplace to rebalance the trend of focusing on larger cities.

Explore & Shape: Workshop by the Action Cluster Integrated Planning Policy and Regulation (21/09/2021)

On 28 October from 3 to 5 PM, the Action Cluster Integrated Planning Policy and Regulation and the Action Cluster Citizens Focus will hold a virtual workshop to support the EuComMeet project’s consortium in selecting the 10 pilot cities.

Explore: Monthly Smart City Guidance Package Tutorials (24/09/2021)

The Action Cluster Integrated Planning, Policies and Regulation starts with a series of monthly Smart City Guidance Package Tutorials from 21 October 2021 14:00 h onwards.

Explore: Action Cluster meetings of November 2021 - Registration now open (24/09/2021)

In the first weeks of November, the Action Clusters of the Smart Cities Marketplace welcome Smart City enthusiasts, AC members and all interested stakeholders to take part in their biannual meeting round. Find out more about all the meeting dates as well as the individual registration links in our event section below.

Shape: We need you! (24/09/2021)

Within the IEA EBC Annex 83 (Positive Energy Districts) initiative and in collaboration with COST Action PED-EU-NET, we are collecting existing guidelines and handbooks related to sustainable development of built environment.

Explore: Explore the DECIDE Knowledge Hub (26/07/2021)

DECIDE is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to gain a better understanding of how energy communities and energy efficiency services are established and managed.

Explore & Shape: The Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements (21/09/2021)

The EO4SDG Initiative of GEO, the UN-Habitat, and other organisations have published a website dedicated to uses of satellite data to contribute to the achievement of the SDG 11 globally.

Explore & Shape: Support new guidance on public procurement for sustainable infrastructure projects (24/09/2021)

Are you procuring, funding or supplying public infrastructure? Then you can help develop guidance on public procurement for sustainable infrastructure projects!

Explore & Shape: The Path from Pilot to Scale (23/03/2021)

The four Smart Cities and Communities projects Smarter Together, Sharing Cities, Replicate and SmartEnCity would like to present a joint research paper.

Explore & Shape: Workshops on Positive Energy Districts (05/08/2020)

MAKING-CITY project is hosting a series of workshops on Positive Energy Districts in several European countries along with the Green Building Councils network. Check for your local workshops!

Explore: The one billion challenge - how to pay for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities (EUSEW Extended Programme) (11/10/2021)

The Smart Cities Marketplace is participating in the extended programme of EUSEW 2021 and asks how Climate-Neutral Cities can be financed.

Explore: 19th European Week of Regions and Cities (11/10/2021)

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event that provides cities and regions with a platform to showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

Explore: Fair and inclusive citizen engagement for a new city vision in the energy transition (European Week of Regions and Cities) (13/10/2021)

Bringing together 23 cities from the EU-funded projects POCITYF, SPARCS and RESPONSE, this session will share insights, tools, and methods for citizen engagement and participation in building resilient and sustainable cities, ensuring fair and inclusive social change towards a clean energy transition.

Explore: The Smart Cities Marketplace - Creating smart cities together (European Week of Regions and Cities) (14/10/2021)

With this Exhibitor Pitch we will give an overall understanding of the matchmaking process and the principles of the Smart Cities Marketplace.

Enlit Europe (14/10/2021)

Enlit Europe will take place in Milan from November 30 to December 02, 2021. There is the opportunity to meet industry experts in clean energy, listen to discussions on new technologies, and connect with EU projects exhibiting at the event.

Explore: Smart Cities Marketplace Matchmaking Meet-up - connecting cities, solutions, and investors (CIVITAS Forum 2021) (19/10/2021)

The Smart Cities Marketplace is present at CIVITAS as a side event for you on-site in Aachen as well as online! There are different occassions on which you get the chance to meet the Smart Cities Marketplace.

Explore: CIVITAS Forum Conference 2021 (20/10/2021)

This year's CIVITAS Forum will be a hybrid event taking place in Aachen and online simultaneously. Over the course of its two days, it will continue the tradition of offering interactive workshops, intriguing sessions, and interesting site visits, whilst introducing exciting new programme elements.

EU Week of Regions 2022 (25/10/2021)

Save the date and be part of this year’s edition of the #EURegionsWeek. The four-day event will showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. The #CE4EUislands secretariat will host a session on “Green transition in practice: Award ceremony for frontrunning clean energy projects on islands”. The date and time will be announced soon on our website.

Explore: UN Climate Change Conference COP26 (31/10/2021)

From October 31st until November 12th, the COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Stay tuned for more information!

Explore: Action Cluster Meeting Sustainable Built Environment - The construction of value chains responding to the climate and environmental challenges (02/11/2021)

The meeting of the Action Cluster Sustainable Built Environment will focus on the construction value chain responding to the climate and environmental challenges. Register here to be part of the meeting.

Explore: Action Cluster Meeting Integrated Planning, Policy and Regulations – Together, let’s SHAPE 2022 and EXPLORE opportunities! (08/11/2021)

The Action Cluster Integrated Planning, Policies and Regulation will give you an update on past activities and the current status of its initiatives. In addition, there will be an interactive discussion on how the future looks for the Action Cluster and its Initiatives

Explore: Action Cluster Meeting Business Models & Finance - From Blockchain to Innovation, from Data to Evidence (10/11/2021)

This Action Cluster aspires to be a platform of choice for stakeholder-dialogue, and to identify and remove the obstacles for the accelerated development of the smart cities market.

Explore: Action Cluster Meeting Citizen Focus (15/11/2021)

In a time of urban transformation and digitalisation of smart cities to respond to climate change and demographic challenges, a risk is that too little attention is given to citizens. The Citizen Focus Action Cluster strongly believes in citizens as fundamental actors for the regeneration and development of intelligent communities.

Explore: Action Cluster Meeting Integrated Infrastructures and Processes (18/11/2021)

Sharing data across city services and stakeholders, and multi-purposing city assets, to achieve desired outcomes, is highly contemporary, absolutely essential, and frustratingly challenging.

Editorial (15/05/2020)

Explore: Germany becomes lead market for drone innovations (25/05/2020)

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (Germany) signs memorandum on cooperation with German urban air mobility regions.

Explore & Shape: EthicalGEO launches a proposed international charter (10/06/2020)

EthicalGEO launches a proposed international charter for responsible use of location data.

Explore: EU Week of Regions and Cities 2021 (11/10/2021)

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. The Smart Cities Marketplace will take place with a virtual stand and an exhibitor’s pitch on 14 October 12:30 CEST.

Explore: EU Sustainable Energy Week 2021 (25/10/2021)

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will once again be held this year as a digital event, with more opportunities to connect, engage, network, and reflect on the biggest issues in clean energy in Europe and beyond.

REScoop.eu Annual General Meeting 2022 (20/04/2022)

The REScoop.eu Annual General Meeting is the first meeting after two years to take place offline in Heerlen, Netherlands.

Explore: URBIS SMART CITY FAIR (02/06/2021)

The URBIS Smart City Fair brings a smart combination of a trade fair and an exclusive conference programme, where leaders in the field of Smart City will be introduced. For two days dozens of representatives of Central European cities and municipalities and leaders in innovations will meet with one goal – to share experience, ideas, and examples of specific solutions on how to correctly develop a Smart City concept in cities. The Smart Cities Marketplace will take part with a shared booth with SCALE to present the Marketplace and all H2020 Lighthouse Projects.