Through an innovative legal instrument, the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (“EDIC”), EU Member States can now work closer together in steering the implementation and use of digital technologies. The recently established EDIC “Networked Local Digital Twins Towards the CitiVerse” will drive innovation to local and regional environments throughout the EU by adopting cutting-edge AI-based technologies. This Pre-launch session will provide participants with information and the opportunity to exchange ideas on the EDIC development.

The Open & Agile Smart Cities & Communities (OASC) network is proud to host its annual Summit on the 3rd and 4th of June 2024 in Rotterdam! This year’s theme, connecting local digital ecosystems through interoperability, highlights our commitment to support cities and local communities to collaborate on digital transformation via the fluent sharing of data in and between cities and local communities. We’ll look into the strategies, processes and technologies that can help cities to do that.

Join us for an enriching experience at the upcoming open meeting hosted by the Education and Capacity Building working group of the Living.in-EU movement. During our second meeting of the year, we will delve into exciting developments from our sister project, CommuniCity.The toolkit developed through this initiative will be showcased and participants will be engaged in a collaborative session to identify hindering and enabling factors during open calls and piloting.

The ALL DIGITAL Weeks 2024 international launch event titled “What’s next for Digital Skills? Beyond the European Year of Skills and the European Elections” is taking place on 14 May (14.30 to 17.30) in Brussels (Rue Montoyer 51).

CommuniCity is a transformative citizen-centred EU funded project. It will launch 100 Tech Pilots in Europe in urban and peri-urban areas to empower marginalised communities.Working together with companies, organisations, associations, tech providers, and citizens the aim is to develop solutions to overcome digital and urban challenges. 

CommuniCity Open Calls

The European Summit of Regions and Cities is back for its 10th edition, coinciding with the European Committee of the Regions' 30th anniversary. From March 18th to 19th, Mons, Belgium, will host this dynamic gathering where local and regional leaders will discuss democracy, sustainable development, EU enlargement, and the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict.

Join this online event, find more about the legal, financial, technical, Education & Capacity Building; Monitoring & Measuring working groups and how you can engage in their activities!

This online webinar is open to cities, regions and member states already part of the Living-in.EU Movement but also to any other cities and regions that would like to get engaged in Living-in.EU activities. 

Draft Agenda 

14:00 - 14:05  Welcome

14:10 - 14:20  Monitoring & Measuring WG ( ERRIN)

This is the first edition of a webinar series organised by the EU project SPACE4Cities. The goal of these webinar series is to increase the awareness about the potential of space technologies for cities, communities and regions in Europe, provide information on opportunities that space-based technologies could offer them and explore successful use cases where such technologies are applied to solve cities’ challenges.

Do you want to advance the digitalisation of your municipality, but don't know how to go about it?

Join the 'EU Local Digital Twins' events and training sessions, targeted at EU cities and communities, regardless of the size or digitalisation status. Join the upcoming events to network with other municipalities, associations, and initiatives, and learn with them and from them on your digitalisation journey. You will also learn about different digital solutions for communities, funding perspectives and EU digital policies.   

The European Data Space for Smart Communities Initiative invites its community to meet on a regular basis to iterate on the ongoing work. This includes sharing project updates (such as the open call for data space pilots) as well as workshops where stakeholders can share their best practices, questions, and requirements for data spaces. 

This environment brings together European players interested in data spaces including the public sector, companies, academia, and civil society.