Citizen Card: European cities at your fingertips

17 May 2024

The citizen card offers people the possibility to access public services where and when they want.

Living-in.EU Stakeholder Forum Meeting

Before the start of the summer holidays, the Living-in.EU partners invite all Living-in.EU members to a joint event to review the latest updates in the field of communities' digital transformation. You can expect to learn about:

  • MIMs Plus Version 7 
  • Data Space for smart communities - how to become a (funded) site of piloting
  • CommuniCity - new tools
  • Local Digital Twin Helpdesk
  • How to make the most of Living-in.EU Platform

We look forward to seeing you online on the 1st of July and answer all your questions!

Urban Data Platforms to address challenges of today's cities and communities

14 May 2024

Urban Data Platforms are at the core of the digital transformation and the basis for data-driven solutions addressing the challenges of today’s cities and communities.

Intelligent Cities Challenge Conference and Mayors Business Forum

The Intelligent Cities Challenge Conference on Local Green Deals will take place in Porto, Portugal on 18-19 June 2024

LORDIMAS

Published:07 May 2024

LORDIMAS is an interactive digital maturity assessment tool aimed at helping local and regional governments to understand where they are in their digital transition journey. It is built around seven sections - Governance, Service design, Data management, Interoperability, Technology, Service delivery and Networking.

Online Procurement Helpdesk for Smart Communities

Published:07 May 2024

The European Commission invites cities and communites across the EU to participate in the Online Procurement Helpdesk for Smart Communities, a support service to advance the digital maturity of EU cities and communites in their early stages of digital transformation.

Opportunities for participating EU Communities

By joining this forward-thinking initiative, your city or community will gain access to a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to catalyse digital development:

Training materials: Increasing digitalisation awareness and readiness of Dutch communities

Published:07 May 2024

These training materials have been designed to assist Dutch municipalities in their journey towards digital transformation. Developed as part of the 'Support services for EU smart communities', these sessions provide a platform for networking, learning about digital solutions and funding perspectives, and understanding EU digital policies.

Interoperable Europe Act: Interoperability assessments for European public administrations

In the context of the Legal Working Group, Living-in.EU is organising an online webinar to discuss the recently approved European Interoperability Act and its impact on local and regional authorities. 

Don't miss out the online webinar and join us on Tuesday, 21 May at 15:30!

Context

Digital Democracy in Action

The European political party Volt is organising the open Digital Democracy in Action event as part of the Volt Discussion Series (VDS). Both Volt-members and non-members are welcome.

Three panels will discuss important topics regarding the digital transformation of society together with Volt EP candidates and representatives, experts, and other guests.

M&M Working Group meeting #1 - Information session on EU initiatives related to monitoring and measuring digital transformation

The Monitoring and Measuring Working Group of Living-in.EU is organising its first meeting in 2024 on Friday 31 May 2024, from 11:00 to 13:00 (CEST). This event will be held online only and will be open to all interested participants.  

The meeting will tackle the existing initiatives and projects implemented at European, regional and local levels to measure and monitor digital transformation. Organised as a comprehensive information session, it aims at:  

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