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The Living-in.EU community invites you to kick off the new year together and look at us what is ahead of us in 2026!
You will hear presentations from the following initiatives:
The European Commission is hosting an online info session to help stakeholders build consortia for the call for proposals on a coordination and support action (CSA) to build an ecosystem of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in public administrations. Following the first info session in December 2025, this second session will focus on sharing information about the call, answering questions and facilitating consortia-building.
The Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the European Union in Brussels is hosting the conference “The Future of Cities: EU Initiatives and Smart Solutions”, which will take place on 3 February 2026, from 09:30 to 12:30 CET.
This online webinar, organised by ENoLL’s Digital Urban Systems and Solutions for Transition Working Group, introduces Gridly, an interactive simulation tool designed by HSLU (Hochschule Luzern) to make local electricity communities and local energy markets easier to understand, explore, and discuss.
Join this webinar to discover how your city or region can turn open satellite data into actionable insights for smarter, more resilient decision-making!
Date and time: Thu 22nd January 2026, 11:00-12:30 CET (12:00–13.30 EET)
Location: online (webinar links will be sent to the participants)
In the context of the Big Buyers CoP Sustainability in ICT, Living-in.EU signatories are invited to join an online workshop on 08 January at 10h00-12h00 CET to discuss the implications of the revision of the public procurement directive for the ICT sector. Guided by a legal expert, participants will discuss the main issues and limitations of the current procurement rules.
Four Frameworks - on Ethics, Inclusion & Democratisation, Governance, Education & Training and Technical Design - were developed in the first phase of the Twin4Resilience project. These Frameworks are supporting the development of 8 Pilot Action Plans, the implementation of 8 pilots, the development of Training Modules and overall joint learning. The Frameworks are not supposed to be prescriptive, but rather informative, supportive and inspiring.
The Simpl Annual Community Event gathers Europe's data innovation community to discuss how interoperability transforms from principles to practice. This year's edition under the theme 'Connect and grow together' focuses on Simpl's next phase and discussing the developments around the project. The event aims to foster collaboration between Simpl and the European data-sharing ecosystem by bringing together representatives from diverse data-sharing organisations.
