Digital Inclusion in Action: CommuniCity's Pilot Framework

Published:29 Aug 2024

This online event was contacted as part of the Education and Capacity Building Working Group of Living-in.EU, in collaboration with the EU-funded project CommuniCity.

The main objectives of it were:

To showcase the CommuniCity manuals on open calls and piloting to Living-in.EU signatories

To explore in an interactive way the main factoring and enablish reason that practitioners face when launching or participating in open calls and pilots

Increasing Digitalisation Awareness and Readiness of Slovenian Communities

The European Commission has recently launched a new initiative to “Increase Digitalisation Awareness & 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.

5GSC Community Conference

The 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform, on behalf of the European Commission, is organising its annual Community Conference for the CEF Digital 5G for Smart Communities stakeholders. This gathering will take place as an engaging Cluster Meeting, designed to foster collaboration and innovation.

Hacia un incremento de la digitalización de las ciudades y regiones españolas

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La Comisión Europea ha lanzado recientemente una nueva iniciativa para "Incrementar la concienciación sobre digitalización y preparación de las comunidades de la UE". El objetivo de esta iniciativa es apoyar a las comunidades de la UE que se encuentran en los primeros estadios o en los comienzos de su viaje hacia la transformación digital, proporcionando recursos, mejores prácticas y formación para el desarrollo de estrategias de digitalización.

Living-in.EU Digital Assembly at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2024

During the European Week of Regions and Cities 2024, the Living-in.EU movement will organise its second EU Digital Assembly in Brussels. The event will be on Wednesday 9 October 2024, from 14:30 to 16:00, in the Committee of the Regions (Jacques Delors building).

Give your feedback on the Digital Europe Programme with Living-in.EU

Union of Polish Metropolises

The UPM has an internal group which consist of the 12 IT directors and Smart City experts from their member cities. They work and meet regularly. They prepare to build common IT infrastructure and services project in the future. They work with working groups to specialise in digitalisation topics: e.g. remote work (create IT standards in the cities), the migration to cloud computing, IT infrastructure, the data governance, competition with business about IT workers, … They prepare input for the Ministry of Digital Affairs (e.g.

Ecolyo

01 Jul 2024

Ecolyo provides citizens with access and control over their energy and water consumption

Ecolyo is a digital service that helps citizens to easily access and control their energy (electricity and gas) and water consumption. It provides them with an overview of their consumption via a smartphone or desktop app. Ecolyo also provides tips and challenges to change their behaviour and to reduce energy and water consumption.

European data space for smart communities

01 Jul 2024

The European data space for smart communities is an EU-wide action creating a cross-sectorial data space for governments on all levels (local, regional, national) and their providers to deliver the best possible services to their citizens by enabling interoperability to reach critical goals, including the Green Deal.

Info day: Towards networked Local Digital Twins in the EU

On 16 September 2024, the European Commission is organising an Info day to present the Digital Europe call for proposals on Networked local digital twins in the EU (DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-AI-07-DIGITALTWIN).