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Smart cities

A smart city or community aims to the well-being of its inhabitants, businesses, visitors, organisations and administrators by offering digitally enabled services that contribute to a better quality of life.

These smart services can help cities to be more sustainable and reach their green deal objectives. They can contribute to better manage resources like energy or water, to monitor and reduce local traffic and pollution or in the work towards greener ways to light and heat buildings. They can also mean a more interactive and responsive city administration, engagement of citizens in decision and policy-making, safer public spaces and meeting the needs of an ageing population.

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Last update: 13/02/2025

Interoperability for Smart Cities

This section provides an overview of key information about interoperability for smart cities, which aim at capturing the most recent developments and trends in the field of digital public administration at the local and regional level.
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Last update: 03/09/2024

Y-MIM Standard for Global Smart City Interoperability

In a significant development for the future of smart cities and digital governance, the United Nations has officially approved the "Y-MIM Standard" (Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms).
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Last update: 28/08/2024

MIMs are tools for achieving interoperability of data, systems, and services between cities and suppliers

Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms between cities and suppliers
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Last update: 01/03/2024

Smart and sustainable cities and communities (RP2024)

(A.) Policy and legislation(A.1) Policy objectivesSmart urban technologies can make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of European cities. 75% of the EU population lives in...
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Last update: 14/03/2023

SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES / technologies and services for smart and efficient energy use

(A.) Policy and legislation (A.1) Policy objectives Smart urban technologies can make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of European cities. 75% of the EU population lives in...
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Last update: 05/03/2025

Brain4it

Brain4it is an open source platform to develop artificial intelligence applications for the Internet of things.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Last update: 25/03/2025

eGovERA© success story on a Data Space and Linked Data in Flanders

Interoperability success: eGovERA© supporting the Flanders’ Government in Data Spaces and Linked Data (LDES)
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Last update: 14/04/2025

Bologna’s Digital Twin: Enhancing Decisions and Citizen Engagement

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technologies can aid the City of Bologna in addressing complex issues such as climate change, urban mobility, and other pressing challenges
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Last update: 26/03/2025

Open Source globally and locally: Trufi supporting better mobility

Open Source globally and locally: Trufi enabling better mobility
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Last update: 28/03/2023

ITU Expert Focus Group on the Metaverse

Digital technologies are shaping our society and new services such as virtual worlds will have a profound impact on the way people will interact. One example is the so-called CitiVerse that will allow...
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Last update: 09/10/2023

Smart Cities and Communities

With the term “smart cities” or “smart communities” we refer to societal groups that offer digital services to their members (citizens, visitors, administrators, organisations etc.) which ultimately...
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Last update: 08/04/2021

EIF4SCC for Smart Cities & Communities

Your opinion matters! Participate in the stakeholder consultation survey on EIF4SCC use at local level! The EIF4SCC is a proposed framework – under consultation – that aims to provide European Union...
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