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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: 04/11/2025

EU LDT Toolbox

The EU LDT Toolbox empowers European cities with digital twin tools for smarter, data-driven urban planning.
Digital innovationSmart cities
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Last update: 14/07/2025

MIMs Plus Certification

Certification for compliance with MIMs Plus v6.0
Interoperable Europe policySmart cities+2 topics
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Solution
Last update: 15/09/2025

Policy Brief | Getting started with setting up a smart city

Local Policy Brief on how to get started with setting up a smart city
Culture and education
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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.
Digital governmentSmart cities
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Solution Interoperability for Smarter Public Services: An Introduction to MIMs Plus
Last update: 28/11/2025

Interoperability for Smarter Public Services: An Introduction to MIMs Plus

This free e-learning course and respective learning materials help you understand and use the concept of Minimal Interoperability in public sector ICT procurement, as well as learn how you can contribute to the European ecosystem of interoperable data and
Digital governmentSmart cities+2 topics
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Last update: 09/09/2025

Policy Brief | How-To Guide for Implementing Local Digital Twins

Local Policy Brief on how to implement Local Digital Twins
CollaborationDigital government+2 topics
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Intelligent Algorithms and Interoperable Tools
Last update: 12/12/2025

Intelligent Algorithms and Interoperable Tools for Smarter Cities

Intelligent Algorithms and Interoperable Tools for Smarter Cities
Smart cities
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Components of the EU Local Digital Twin Toolbox
Last update: 26/11/2025

Components of the EU Local Digital Twin (LDT) Toolbox

Discover how the EU Local Digital Twin (LDT) Toolbox supports cities across Europe in using open-source, interoperable tools to plan, simulate, and manage sustainable urban development through data-driven innovation.
Smart citiesTools
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Last update: 07/11/2025

Insights from the INVEST workshop in Helsinki

Experts, policymakers, and practitioners from Finnish public authorities gathered in Helsinki for the 3rd of a series of INVEST workshops aiming to explore how interoperability can shape the future of public sector collaboration and data exchange.
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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...
Smart cities
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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...
Smart citiesDigital innovation
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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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