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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...

VoxPop Lisbon, Portugal

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 Lisbon, Portugal

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 ...

VoxPop Lisbon, Portugal

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 ...

VoxPop Lisbon, Portugal

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...

DIACCESS Växjö, Sweden

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...

DIACCESS Växjö, Sweden

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...

DIACCESS Växjö, Sweden

Procurement for innovation in action: DIACCESS Journal 1

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

DIACCESS 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...

DIACCESS Växjö, Sweden

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...

GAVIUS Gava, Spain

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 Gava, Spain

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...

GAVIUS Gava, Spain

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 Metropole, France

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...

RUDI Rennes Metropole, France

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 Rennes Metropole, France

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 ...

RUDI Rennes Metropole, France

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. ...

RUDI Rennes Metropole, France

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...

DARE Ravenna, Italy

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 Ravenna, Italy

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...

DARE Ravenna, Italy

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...

DARE Ravenna, Italy

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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...

WESH – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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...

WESH – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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 – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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...

WESH – We.Service.Heerlen Heerlen, The Netherlands

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...

BRISE-Vienna Vienna, Austria

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 Vienna, Austria

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...

BRISE-Vienna Vienna, Austria

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 Vienna, Austria

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 Vienna, Austria

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...

BRISE-Vienna Vienna, Austria

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...

AVEIRO STEAM CITY Aveiro, Portugal

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 Aveiro, Portugal

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 ...

AVEIRO STEAM CITY Aveiro, Portugal

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...

Ravenna, Italy
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