Smart Cities and Communities Georg Houben DG Energy European - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ERRIN Smart Cities Project Development Seminar European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities Georg Houben DG Energy European Commission Information Day on Smart Cities & Communities

Contents  Cities – Key for Europe  Why Smart Cities and Communities?  What we do  The 6 Action Clusters  General Assembly Berlin  Next steps  General roadmap  Smart Cities EU Context  Why being involved?  How to join? 2

Cities – Key for Europe  78% of EU‘s population lives in cities.  85% of EU‘s GDP is generated there.  Cities deliver on jobs, growth, investments, innovation and CO 2 reduction, to name a few ... 3

Why Smart Cities and Communities? Challenges  Fragmented markets  Lack of new business models and financing solutions  Need for knowledge sharing and capacity building 4

Why Smart Cities and Communities? Opportunities  Improving quality of live, competitiveness and sustainability  Exporting European knowledge in a strong growth market estimated globally at € 1.3 trillion in 2020 5

What we do Together we  develop and implement solutions  facilitate networking and partnering  accumulate and share knowledge  build capacity  focus on Energy, Transport and ICT 6

The 6 Action Clusters 4000 partners, 370 commitments, 31 countries. EIP It is all about scale, acceleration, impact, common solutions, integrated approaches and collaboration. 7

General Assembly Berlin 21 May 2015  450 participants  Handbook for citizen engagement  Six-nation forum developed blueprint for national Smart Cities strategies  Memorandum of Understanding on more interoperable Urban Platforms 8

Next steps  Refocus on initiatives based on the commitments  Reinforce interconnections between the "Action Clusters"  Concentration on actions, which are supported by a majority of members  New roadmaps for the "Action Clusters" as well as for the whole partnership 9

Smart city ecosystems General roadmap for replicable high impact Growing solutions the community Scaling up successful commitments 4000 partners in 370 commitments Strategic Implementation Plan Gap analysis Fragmented Smart Cities market 10

The Smart Cities EU Context Technology Financing/Funds EU Funding Smart Cities & Elena Juncker European Structural & Initiatives & Communities Facility Plan Investment Funds Programmes DG ENER , DG ENER, EC DG REGIO DG MOVE & DG CNECT EIB & IFI Sustainable Political Growth & Jobs Covenant Climate Leadership Of Mayors Adaption (no EU funding) DG ENER & JRC DG CLIMA EU International Global Covenant Of Mayors context context DG ENER , DG REGIO, FPI, DG DEVCO & EEAS 11

Why being involved?  Practical knowledge sharing  Capacity building  Partnering for EU or other projects  Bundling of demand enables easier access to all funding sources  Gaining visibility for your city, project, association, company, etc. 12

How to join?  Create a public profile at https://eu-smartcities.eu/user/register  Join an existing commitment.  Join an Action Cluster to provide your specific expertise on a certain issue. 13

Thank y hank you! ou! Georg.HOUBEN@ec.europa.eu Get involved at http://eu-smartcities.eu!