[RESOURCES IN SPANISH]

As part of the Support Services for EU Smart communities, the European Commission has the goal to “Increase Digitalisation Awareness and Readiness of EU Communities”. The aim of this initiative is to support EU communities at the early stages or that have not yet begun their digital transformation journey by providing resources, best practices, and training to develop digital strategies.

Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP) is contributing to this initiative as a member of the Smart Communities Network: the network of networks endorsed by the European Commission, whose primary goal is to involve all EU local communities in the European green and digital transformation.

On 18 September 2024, with the support of a consortium of organisations, FEMP held a hybrid dissemination session to engage with their cities and local communities and enhance the awareness and preparedness of Spanish communities in their digital and green transition journey.

Above you can find the presentation that was displayed during the session (in Spanish).

Find all the details about the event here

As a follow-up to this hybrid event, online training sessions, which provided a practical approach to the topics covered during the event held in September (detailed programme), were organised:

(Find the materials below)

• 12 November | 16:30 – 18:00 h: Discovery phase

This session will address how to achieve the objectives of the EU Green Deal, plan a local digital strategy thanks to the LORDIMAS tool and a methodology to develop your own digitalisation roadmap, as well as access to public procurement templates for digital solutions.

Main target audience:  Urban managers and planners, Sustainability managers, Experts in Digitalisation and Smart City, Innovation managers, Data managers, ICT managers.

Registration session on 12 November

• 19 November | 16:30 – 18:00: Planning phase

This session will detail what infrastructure is needed to implement a digitalsation roadmap, and the use of digital twin technology at the local level. It will explain how to achieve interoperability between systems thanks to minimum interoperability mechanisms (MIMs), as well as certain open source tools at European level.

Main target audience: Urban managers and planners, Sustainability managers, Experts in Digitalisation and Smart City, Innovation managers, Data managers, ICT managers.

Registration session on 19 November

• 26 November | 16:30 – 18:00 h: Empowerment phase

This session is about raising awareness of the benefits of the Living-in.EU movement and learning how knowledge sharing can help in the digital and green transition. In addition, available funding opportunities will be announced.

Main target audience: Urban managers and planners, Sustainability managers, Digitalisation and Smart City experts, Innovation managers, Data managers, ICT managers, International Affairs Managers, Finance Managers

Registration session on 26 November