COHESION POLICY
- EU Cohesion Policy: new report highlights that a cohesive development of regions is key for the EU’s growth agenda
- State aid: EU Commission adopts Communication on mid-term review of regional aid maps
- EU Cohesion Policy: €120 million call for urban innovation projects
- Politique de cohésion de l’UE : lancement du 8e forum annuel sur la stratégie de l’UE en faveur de la région adriatique et ionienne
- EU Commissioners Ferreira and Schmit address the conference on supporting skills development through reforms
NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS
- Speech by President von der Leyen at the New European Bauhaus collateral event during the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
COR
- On cities’ and regions’ agenda: Ukraine’s reconstruction, crises management, EU budget
URBACT
- The URBACT team warmly welcomes all partners of the 30 Action Planning Networks!
- URBACT University 2023
SMART CITIES MARKETPLACE
- Workshop Explores Smart City Financing Strategies for a Sustainable Future – part of PolisMobility, Cologne
- Update and translations of Solution Booklets now available!
SMART SPECIALISATION
- Smart Specialisation Platform: Experts discuss in Sweden new possible actions to enhance European innovation policy and interregional cooperation
- JRC launches new Territorial Economic Data viewer release to help monitor EU funds for R&I
- SMARTER Stream by JRC: Urban and rural transformations for sustainability and resilience
- Connecting regional innovation valleys through circular industries
SMART ENVIRONMENT
- UNECE evaluation supports Tbilisi, Georgia, for smart and sustainable development
- Cities are key to solving climate crisis
SMART ENERGY
- EUSEW Sustainable Energy Days: Citizen Engagement – Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition
- EUSEW Energy Fair: Joint Stand by Covenant of Mayors, Covenant of Companies, and Smart Cities Marketplace
SMART MOBILITY
- State aid: Commission approves €179.5 million Croatian measure under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support innovative urban mobility solutions
- WHO urges Europe to rethink mobility to improve health and wellbeing
- Further publications by ELTIS
- Webinar explores labour challenges facing the logistics sector
- The Hague pilots a high flat-rate parking fee at its beach and city centre
- Lithuania supports #BikesForUkraine
- Excellence in Road Safety Awards 2023 – deadline extended to 2 June 2023
- The EU Urban Mobility Observatory newsletter – May 2023
- World Bicycle Day is on 3 June 2023
- Four European cities awarded for their efforts to improve cycling
- Report ranks European countries and cities by their public transport ticket offerings
- Athens has its first fully accessible metro station
- France plans to invest €2 billion in cycling
- Sofia introduces on-demand bus service for its more remote neighbourhoods
- WHO urges Europe to rethink mobility to improve health and wellbeing
- Webinar explores labour challenges facing the logistics sector
- The Hague pilots a high flat-rate parking fee at its beach and city centre
- Lithuania supports #BikesForUkraine
- CINEA highlights ongoing work on connected mobility
- Lisbon bans through traffic from its inner city for three months
- TRA2024: abstract submission closes on 29 May 2023
- New toolkit aims to help the transport sector address its gender imbalance
AUSTRIA
- Stadterneuerung 2.0 mit WieNeu+ – Smart City Wien
GERMANY
- Bundesregierung beschließt Paket für die digitale Verwaltung: Deutschland erhält ein digitales Bürgerkonto
- Latest publications by Germany’s Smart Cities Dialogue
- Daten in der Smart City strategisch nutzen
- Smart Cities beim Digitaltag 2023 erleben
- Gemeinsam Praxiswissen erarbeiten: Das war der erste MPSC-Kongress 2023
- Regionalkonferenz am 16. März in Gütersloh: Gemeinsam Potenziale von Daten in der Smart City entdecken
- Bis 30. Juni bewerben: Twinning-Programm der EU für Städte auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität
- Regionalkonferenz der Modellprojekte Smart Cities in Rostock
- BMWSB und KTS stellen Informationen zu Open Source im Förderprogramm Modellprojekte Smart Cities zur Verfügung
- Once-Only-Netzwerk – Bundesfinanzministerium
- Rede von Bundeskanzler Scholz anlässlich der Hauptversammlung des Deutschen Städtetages am 24. Mai 2023 in Köln
- Onlinezugangsgesetz und Digitalisierung der Verwaltung: Enttäuschend, dass sich Bund weitere fünf Jahre Zeit lassen will
- Tage der offenen Tür bei EU-Projekten für regionale Entwicklung – Baden-Württemberg
- Land startet ersten Projektaufruf „Neues Wohnen“ – Baden-Württemberg
- WD 3 – 054/23 Rechtsanspruch auf digitale Verwaltungsleistungen – Deutscher Bundestag – Wissenschaftliche Dienste
- Difu: Kooperative Planungsprozesse zur Stärkung gesundheitlicher Belange – modellhafte Erprobung und Entwicklung von Ansätzen zur nachhaltigen Umsetzung
- Weitere difu-Events und Workshops
- Stadtentwicklung: Digitale Anwendungen im Projektor erleben – Dortmunder Smart City Team lädt zum Digitaltag 2023 ein
FINLAND
- Urban&Local creates a sustainable local food and restaurant business network – Forum Virium Helsinki
SWEDEN
- Malmö wins the award “City center of the year 2023”
UK
- Latest publications by UKAuthority.com
- MoD adopts ‘secure by design’ for cyber security
- Local authorities ‘unsure of security or ethical concerns’ in their use of surveillance cameras
- Redbridge Council launches digital housing repairs service
- NICE outlines system requirements for virtual wards
- Northern Ireland adopts Bloomin’ Algae app
- Mansfield Council provides access to safety app
- DHSC outlines priorities for social care tech fund
- Alan Turing Institute publishes for automated analytics in in security and law enforcement
- Liverpool to host National Centre for Digital Heritage Research
- UKRI backs digital therapy for mental health
- NHS trusts remove Meta tool from websites
- DWP signs Capgemini for Health Transformation Programme
- Government Internal Audit Agency to further develop AI tech
- Prison and Probation Service plans new body-worn video deployment
- New regulatory pathway to come for health technology
- ICO reacts to data breach fears from Capita incident
USA
- American City & County: Making Permitting Easier: What We’ve Learned Helping America’s Largest Cities Improve Their Permitting Process
OASC
- Impact Funding Europe – The Official Sponsor of OASC Annual Summit & General Assembly 2023
- CitCom.ai TEF – The Official Sponsor of OASC Annual Summit & General Assembly 2023
- URBANITE – The Official Sponsor of OASC Annual Summit & General Assembly 2023
- MyData 2023 conference -a leading event on personal data management – is in 4 weeks! Helsinki, May 31-June 1 — Get a special 20% discount on the tickets
- NetZeroCities: Open call for Twin Cities to Accelerate Climate Neutrality
GLOBAL
- Global headlines about Smart City developments
- Harnessing Waste Data for Sustainable Smart Cities: Bridging the Gap in Information Systems…
- Hitachi to supply transmission system for Saudi’s NEOM smart city
- Disrupt-X and ABM to Provide IoT Solutions for Smart Cities in Saudi Arabia
- Capital Smart City Overseas 1 – Sky Marketing
- City of Dallas Wins Global Award for Smart Cities Initiative
- Experience Art, Culture and Smart City Living
- Israel Comes to Georgia For Smart City Partnership
- Winter Park Wants Input on Smart City Initiatives
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