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Smarter Places Training

Join over 600 alumni across Europe who now have the tools and knowledge to deliver smart and green growth.

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Our UKI Alumni

BABLE has trained over 100 places in the UK and Ireland in smart and sustainable topics.

What is the Smarter Places Training?

Apply good practice

Understand different approaches to sustainable and resilient economic development locally

Use data effectively

Discuss the role of data strategies, AI and privacy risk mitigation

Make your place competitive

Recognise how technology and innovation is making places more competitive

Learn about financing

Identify why conventional financing can fail to achieve smart outcomes, discover the promises of alternative financing and procurement

Be more strategic

Communicate clearly how smart is changing the roles of public administration, companies, politicians, universities, and citizens

Attract investment & talent

Design a co-creation process for smart place roadmaps to increase stakeholder buy-in and increase investment and talent attraction

Our Curriculum

Smarter Places Foundation (Module 1):

Strategy, scope, and vision come together to help shape your plan by identifying drivers, intended impact, and stakeholder engagement.

Innovative Financing & Procurement (Module 2):

Explore alternative funding options, leverage public-private partnerships, and understand the role and styles of procurement influencing programme outcomes.

Data and AI (Module 3):

Data strategies, governance, and risk management in the context of AI reshaping our relationship to place, while exploring how climate action and data-driven carbon management are impacting solutions for energy, mobility, buildings and waste.

Citizen Participation, Living Labs & Innovation Districts (Module 4)

Co-creation processes for sharing best practices, engaging stakeholders, and designing and implementing Living Labs up to Innovation Districts to support local ecosystems of innovation and growth.

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Who Takes This Course?

This course is intentionally designed for public, private and third sectors to learn from each other in taking more ownership of their smart transition, and better understand the competing needs, challenges, and perspectives.

Learn At Your Own Pace And In Your Own Way

4 x Interactive online sessions Peer learning Recorded sessions to support ongoing learning

Meet Some Of Our Experts & Trainers

Alexander Schmidt

Founder & CEO, Urban Mobility Expert

Nikita Shetty

Sustainable Urban Development Expert

Peter Griffiths

City Strategist, Global Urban Futures Expert

Shannon Macika

R&I Lead, Smart Community Expert

Eriko Cekrezi

Climate Data and Green Finance Expert

Pricing

Public sector sign-ups can invite a colleague for free!

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*Public sector discount: Every 2nd sign-up from the same organisation is free to encourage learning. We are sometimes able to offer partial sponsorships depending on need and impact for public sector employees

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