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VoxPop is delivering the first outputs

VoxPop open call for proposals has been published

VoxPop has laid the foundations to roll out the digitalization of the mobility landscape of Lisbon

The Innovators Alliance has laid the foundations for the definition of the data sharing framework by identifying the barriers, and started identifying...

The VoxPop Project Journal No 1

This is the first edition of the VoxPop journal and aims at introducing the project, the expectations of the partners and the most relevant challenges...

VoxPop started rolling out the proposed solutions to facilitate/promote digitalization of mobility in Lisbon

People, Processes & Technology towards the digital transformation of the urban mobility system of Lisbon (VoxPop) is the new project that will foster ...

The digitalization of mobility in Lisbon

People, Processes & Technology towards the digital transformation of the urban mobility system of Lisbon (VoxPop) is the new project that will foster ...

Journal 3 DIACCESS project

Executive Summary The project has entered its extension stage; the digital lab and IT platform are completed. Three innovation partnership procurem...

Scaling up smart city innovations: how it is done in Växjö

This zoom-in focuses on the challenge of upscaling, with illustrative examples from the DIACCESS project. In that project, the Swedish city of Växjö i...

Växjö meets Amsterdam to discuss innovative procurement: some takeaways

This article reviews how the cities of Växjö and Amsterdam adopt innovative procurement methods, and the challenges they face. ...

DIACCESS Zoom-in 1: Developing smart city solutions using the Innovation Partnership method: how does it work? Lessons from Växjö

This zoom-in focuses on the innovation partnership (IP) model. This model opens new avenues for public bodies, including cities, to co-create solution...

Journal 2 DIACCESS project

This journal provides an update of the progress of the project at the time of writing (November 2021) in the three main domains: the innovative public...

Challenge-based procurement: but how to find the challenges?

A cornerstone of the DIACCESS project in Växjö is to run a series of innovative public procurement (IPP) processes/rounds, in which companies are aske...

Procurement for innovation in action: DIACCESS Journal 1

This journal gives an account of the first experiences in the DIACCESS project in Växjö, Sweden...

Digital innovations for Växjö: some first results and challenges of the DIACCESS project

If a soccer field is covered with a thick layer of snow, it’s better to close it for use or remove the snow; otherwise the field gets broken and repai...

GAVIUS hosts two Study Visits of the Ca’ Foscari Challenge School

International networking and dissemination of the project's concept and solutions are at the core of GAVIUS mission: in this light, the project's team...

GAVIUS joins the 5th Edition of the Conference “For a Circular and Competitive Economy”

Last 1st and 2nd June, the 5th edition of the conference “For a Circular and Competitive Economy” took place in Gavà (Spain). This annual event is arr...

GAVIUS: from co-creation to technological development - interview with Enric Ruiz-Esteller

Given the complexity of urban challenges, the public administrations involved in the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative are well aware they need to s...

Designed with and for the user: GAVIUS employs co-creation to develop its social aid management app

After having successfully concluded its co-creation phase, the GAVIUS project is deep diving into the development of the mobile application which will...

GAVIUS Journal #1: When AI Serves Common Good

Municipalities and local agencies are the forefront of digital transformation experimenting to use Artificial Intelligence and Data Anaytics to improv...

Making the most of energy data, a use case from Rudi

The current energy crisis in Europe highlights the urgent need for better control of energy consumption by individuals, companies and administrations ...

Keeping everyone on the same page: Rudi's partners seminars in 2021

In 2021, the Rudi project partners met for two seminars, in July and November. What was the discussion about? How do these moments of exchange contrib...

RUDI - Rennes Urban Data Interface Journal 2: get an update about Rennes project

Rennes Urban Data Interface (Rudi) aims to develop a data-sharing platform at the local level. In this second journal, UIA Expert Simon Chignard highl...

Citizens participation and mobilisation in Rudi: a multifaceted approach

Rennes Urban Data interface (Rudi) aims to develop data sharing for public interest at the local level. What roles could citizens play in that respect...

Rennes Urban Data Interface (Rudi) Journal 1: get an update about Rennes project

Rennes Urban Data Interface (Rudi) aims to develop a data-sharing platform at the local level. In this journal, UIA Expert Simon Chignard highlights h...

Data governance at the local level: lessons from European cities

UIA expert Simon Chignard reports a webinar organised by Rudi on data governance in April 2021, with the inputs of Marion Glatron (Rudi - Rennes Metro...

Rudi: climbing the learning curve

An innovative project rarely comes out of the blue, and Rudi makes no exception. The project is based on almost ten years of experimentation on local ...

Introducing Rudi, when data meets people

In this first article, UIA expert Simon Chignard introduces the motivations behind the Rudi project and the challenges faced by the project partners. ...

Connecting bottom-up ideas to owners and funders: The RADAR Real Estate Forum in Ravenna

Urban transformation, especially in the form of large urban development projects, is often seen as primarily top-down, regulated by public administrat...

Modelling the Darsena: Storymaps or the digital heritage of a neighbourhood

DARE Journal #2: Unfolding stories of the Darsena

DARE is an innovative urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, invests in the skills of its inhabitan...

Ravenna Mapping Darsena: In search of visions, lost and found

Many urban regeneration schemes focus on architectural interventions or masterplans that aim to transform the social fabric of an area through shaping...

DARE Journal #1: The Project’s Approach

The DARE (Digital Environment for collaborative Alliances to Regenerate urban Ecosystems in middle-sized cities) project connects urban regeneration w...

Re-appropriating Ravenna’s waterfront: towards a collective story of transformation

Ravenna's Darsena area has been a delicate spot on the city’s map. After a process of deindustrialisation and a series of attempts to regenerate the f...

WESH Zoom-In 2: Participatory approach explained

We are zooming in on the participatory approach during the preparation, implementation and continuation of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) as well as the ch...

WESH: How social innovation improves participation and cohesion

We have interviewed social innovator Anton ten Westenend, involved in neighbourhood association GMS and partner of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....

We.Service.Heerlen (WESH): Journal 3

WESH Journal no. 3 describes the progress of the We.Service.Heerlen project as of October 2022. That means WESH is in the final stage of the project p...

WESH: Heerlens Heitje awarded the best EU solution in global Smart Cities contest

During the annual IEEE Smart Cities conference in Cyprus, We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) was awarded as the best EU solution in the global Smart Cities con...

WESH: Developing the right tools to engage the community

We have interviewed Mr Grégoire Piette, Co-Founder of the startup CoTown and the technical supplier of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....

WESH: looking for ways to further engage and continue

We have interviewed Mr Pieter Bonnema, Senior Project Manager at the Municipality of Heerlen and Project Coordinator of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....

WESH Zoom-In 1: In-depth explanation of the tax challenges

We are zooming in on the various tax challenges that arose in the build-up to the launch of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) and during the implementation of...

WESH: letting the numbers speak for themselves

We have interviewed Professor Hans Schmeets and Mr Tim Muller, both employed at Statistics Netherlands in Heerlen and partners of the We.Service.Heerl...

We.Service.Heerlen (WESH): Journal 2

WESH Journal no. 2 describes the progress of the We.Service.Heerlen project as of October 2021. That means WESH is halfway the three years project per...

WESH: a perfect showcase for the new Public Services Lab

We have interviewed Mr Ivar Moberts, Business & Community Developer at Brightlands Smart Service Campus in Heerlen and partner of the We.Service.Heerl...

WESH: relying on the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ in managing the city

We have interviewed Mr Kurt Isik, Innovation Advisor at the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) and partner in the We.Service.Heerlen project....

WESH: our solution is working trust-based and making it happen

We have interviewed Ms Robine Gielkens, Junior Project Manager at the Municipality of Heerlen and member of the We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) project team...

We.Service.Heerlen (WESH): Journal 1

WESH Journal no. 1 describes the city of Heerlen in the Netherlands, a former mining city that has been struggling with substantial socio-economic dis...

WESH: How Heerlen’s citizens bob-a-job in a digital age

For decades, the city of Heerlen, a former mining centre in the Southeast of the Netherlands, is struggling with substantial socio-economic disadvanta...

Disrupting without breaking - how Vienna is piloting a seamless digital building permission

Innovation in the public sector follows different rules than in the corporate world. But also here, new things need to be tested before adopting them....

The BRISE-Vienna Project - Journal N°2

BRISE-Vienna addresses the challenge of accelerating complex verification and permission procedures in city administrations by applying the full range...

AI for cities – the BRISE Example

Artificial Intelligence (or what we understand by this term) is all over the place and it is quickly transforming economies and organizations. Yet, ci...

BRISE-Vienna: innovation & transformation in cities – the role of the municipal employee

Changing a person's behavior is hard. Transforming organisations is even harder. But if we are to make our cities more sustainable, liveable and citiz...

Digitizing building permissions in Vienna: BRISE Journal 1

​​​​​​​BRISE-Vienna addresses the challenge of accelerating complex verification and permission procedures in city administrations by applying the ful...

BRISE-Vienna: The automated 3D reference model as municipal verification tool

The BRISE-Vienna project aims to fully digitize the process of building permission and - through this - at least half the time it takes the municipal ...

BRISE Vienna - building the future of EU cities

European cities are as diverse as the continent. Some are growing, some are shrinking, but all try to figure out, how data and digital technologies ca...

IoT’S POTENTIAL: AVEIRO'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREAS OF MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Many municipalities all over the world turn to the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to prevent environmental deterioration, mitigate traffic congesti...

Coding skills for non-geeks only! A smart strategy to train human resources and retain talents in the Aveiro Region - Zoom-in

Aveiro Tech City Bootcamp is an intensive training program, dedicated to unemployed, students or employed professionals looking for new career opportu...

AVEIRO STEAM CITY LIVING LAB, THE CITY-AS-A-PLATFORM

A couple of years ago the Guardian declared the need for cities to become active as Living Labs, as places where designers, scientists, companies and ...

From URBACT to UIA: the trajectory and approach of the city of Ravenna

After the testimonies of Bologna, Rotterdam and Turin, you can now read the story from the city of Ravenna, which built upon its experiences in URBACT...

Traveling with mobility impairments in Lisbon

Presentation of the status of the mobility of people with impairments in Lisbon and the VoxPop navigation support tool for vulnerable city users. ...

Rennes Urban Data Interface - Zoom-in #2 - Let's design the governance model

This video reports on how the Rudi partners and key stakeholders designed the governance model for the future....

Rennes Urban Data Interface Zoom-in #1

Rudi aims to develop a platform for local data exchange. The project is now entering a new phase, represented by a call for projects to reuse data sha...

DARE Ravenna Zoom-in #2 - Towards a tactic for the Darsena

The Urban Innovative Actions-funded project DARE is a non-conventional urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical en...

DARE Zoom-in #1: Narrating urban transformation - a digital platform for Ravenna's Darsena

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project DARE, Levente Polyak explores the digital platform conceived to support the transformation of Ravenna's Dars...

WESH: video explaining how ‘Heerlens Heitje’ works

To explain how We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) actually stimulates civic participation in the city of Heerlen, we have produced a documentary-style video in...

Zoom in - the Team behind BRISE Vienna

In BRISE Vienna, the City of Vienna is developing a fully digitized tool for the verification and permit of new buildings. Meet the people behind this...