City Interest Group
The GrowSmarter project is looking to recruit 20 cities to be part of the City Interest Group.
Members belonging to this Group will have the opportunity to closely follow activities within the Lighthouse and Follower Cities and:
- Participation in the capacity building/study visit series within the Lighthouse Cities
- Receive all detailed information from Lighthouse City implementation
- Access to a helpdesk for any questions related to smart city development
- The first three members that produce an Implementation Potential Study will have the opportunity to receive one on-site capacity building workshop to support the development of a full Replication Plan, organised by ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability with the involvement of Lighthouse and/or Follower Cities as appropriate.
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Who can join the City Interest Group?
If YOU are a European City interested in taking up new and innovative solutions to improve your urban environment.
The City Interest Group concept & requirements
This short 3-page description can be downloaded here. You can also flick through our PPT and video for more of an overview.
How to apply
Applicants are requested to submit a completed expression of interest form to carsten.rothballer@iclei.org
City of Alba Iulia (Romania)
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Alba Iulia Smart City 2018 is a pilot project meant to transform Alba Iulia Municipality into the first city in Romania where integrated smart city solutions will be implemented starting in 2018 with the occasion of celebrating 100 years of the unification of Romania. This project is unique in Romania due to the fact that it is the first smart project developed between the national government, a local public authority and private companies.The pilot project is focused on implementing at local level smart, innovative and compatible solutions in areas such as smart infrastructure, e-governance, smart tourism initiatives and other technology implementation. Alba Iulia Municipality intends to establish independent partnership agreements with the representatives of the private sector who want to be involved within the project, such that all smart solutions are well integrated and compatible with one another.
City of Cascais (Portugal)
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City of Lens (France)
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City of Ludwigsburg (Germany)
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The city of Ludwigsburg is situated within the region of Stuttgart and was the winner of the German Sustainability Award in 2014. Its concept for integrated sustainable urban development is constantly being improved and updated, giving citizens a chance to participate in the city’s urban development process. In 2005 the citizens developed 11 masterplans in so-called “future conferences”. Ludwigsburg takes advantage of the opportunities of digitization and has decided to actively shape the transformation process together with different stakeholders. With these opportunities in mind, the innovation network Living LaB Ludwigsburg was founded in 2015. It reflects the triple helix approach in which the city is working together with industry and academia. The main goal is to create a connected, livable and sustainable city.
City of Murcia (Spain)
Contact: Ms María Cruz Ferreira Costa
Email: direccion.agenciaenergia@ayto-murcia.es
Website: www.murcia.com
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City of Reykjavik (Iceland)
Contact: Mr Kristinn Jon Olafsson
Email: kristinn.jon.olafsson@reykjavik.is
Website: www.reykjavik.is
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City of Sant Cugat (Spain)
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Association of Municipalities and towns of Slovenia (Slovenia)
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Southend on Sea Borough (United Kingdom)
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City of Trondheim (Norway)
Contact: Ms Silja Ronningsen
Email: silja.ronningsen@trondheim.kommune.no
Website: www.trondheim.com
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City of Vejle (Denmark)
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The city of Vejle works with Smart City as a tool to reach other needs. For us the people of the city are in focus. We implement smart city solutions if it makes sense for citizens and local companies, and we prefer to co-create the city with the users. It is important to us that solutions are inclusive and resilient. Our focuses are on schools, mobility, climate and the livable city. Read more about us on our webpage www.vejle.dk/smartcity and on the webpage of one of our recent projects. http://www.carbontrackandtrace.com/. Vejle Kommune is a part of the Danish Smart city community City Pack.
City of Podgorica (Montenegro)
Contact: Mr Dragutin Djekovic, City Manager
Email: drago.djekovic@podgorica.me
Website: www.podgorica.me
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Podgorica is the capital of Montenegro. It is the largest and most populated city in the country, as well as its administrative, cultural, economic and educational centre.
The City is located in the central part of the country, on the crossroads of major transport routes and it is home to about a third of Montenegro’s entire population (over 200.000 inhabitants).
Podgorica has experienced rapid expansion and development in the last decade as a result of a large population influx, and we are actively looking for introduction of smart city solutions to support and improve services to citizens.