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We believe that we can make dreams come true or... Make Smart Cities Come True! Guimaraes, birthplace of Portugal chose Smartlamppost to implement a pioneering project, "Guimarães 5G Ready". This was a big step for us in order to present our solutions to the community. Take a look!
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Recently, as a consortium member in the project, BABLE had the pleasure to participate in the ENTRANCE project's Kick-Off meeting, launching a three-year EU-funded effort toward developing Europe's leading matchmaking platform for innovative transport and mobility tools and services. Read on to learn more about the project! Launch of ENTRANCE: Accelerating the market access and scale up of “first of a kind” zero emissions sustainable transport solutions. ……………………………………………………………………………………. How can Europe boost the uptake and upscaling of innovative transport and mobility solutions? On January 14th, 15 organisations from 7 different European countries, coordinated by PNO Consultants, met during an online Kick-Off-Meeting of the ENTRANCE project, which started its work on 1st January 2021. Their goal is to create a European matchmaking platform for innovative transport and mobility tools and services. The project is funded with a grant amount of 1.5 million euro by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. The consortium will work together for 3 years to create the matchmaking platform aimed at propelling Europe's innovative transport and mobility solutions forward. Climate change and the resulting European climate protection measures are leading to major challenges in all areas of transport and mobility. ENTRANCE offers a legitimate European matchmaking platform and complementary off-line services designed to mobilise financial resources to accelerate the market access and scale up of “first of a kind” sustainable and zero emission transport solutions , thereby reducing the European CO2 emissions and pollutants caused by the transport and mobility sector. Are you building Europe's sustainable mobility system? Then ENTRANCE is where you need to be. The overall concept focus of the ENTRANCE project lies in the “supply-demand-finance” triangle that is envisaged for all transport and mobility modes and that aims at facilitating matchmaking between the providers of innovative technologies, products and services, buyers and investors. Through the ENTRANCE Matchmaking accelerator funnel workflow, first-of-a-kind zero, or near-to-zero, emission transport solutions will be identified, attracted and matched with potential buyers, and financing opportunities and knowledge on good practices on the deployment of innovative solutions, as well as European and national tenders and legislation will be exchanged through the online platform. Are you ready to bring your solution to market? ENTRANCE has got your back. Training and brokerage activities will be executed to increase the maturity of the ENTRANCE community and bridge the gap between innovative solutions and the market. In addition, to de-risk the uptake of innovative solutions, ENTRANCE will facilitate purchase aggregation through matchmaking activities and by setting up a neutral trustee for the orchestration of purchase aggregations . Access to finance will be supported through an online funding programme database and individual and personalised innovation finance advice and support will be offered. The funding advice will combine public funding, private investment opportunities, and the best mix of alternative finance models for solution providers. Finally, ENTRANCE will facilitate cross-fertilisation and clustering activities with European transport and mobility associations and initiatives to support critical mass and achieve a coordinated European effort to boost the uptake and upscaling of innovative transport and mobility solutions. Everybody is welcome to join ENTRANCE and help contribute to the ambitious goals envisaged by the European Commission for reducing the transport CO2 emissions by 2030 and 2050 and respond to the increasing mobility needs of people and goods thereby strengthening the European competitiveness and boosting growth and jobs. ENTRANCE has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 101006681. The consortium is looking forward to a successful cooperation so stay tuned for more updates on the activities of the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform, which will be established within the course of the project. Consortium information: The consortium consists of following organisations: - PNO Consultants, Spain, www.pnoconsultants.com - Innovation Engineering s.r.l., Italy, www.innovationengineering.eu - TRI-VIZOR nv, Belgium, www.trivizor.com - ITS Norge - Norsk Forening For Multimodale Intelligente Transport Systemer Og Tjenester, Norway, its-norway.no - Aerospace Valley, France, www.aerospace-valley.com - Instituto Tecnológico De Aragón, Spain, www.itainnova.es - Associacio Railgrup, Spain, www.railgrup.net - Vlaams Instituut Voor De Logistiek VZW, Belgium, www.vil.be - Alliance For Logistics Innovation Through Collaboration In Europe – ALICE, Belgium, www.etp-alice.eu - EurA AG, Germany, www.eura-ag.de/en/ - European Shippers´ Council, Belgium, www.europeanshippers.eu - CrowdfundingHub, Netherlands, www.crowdfundinghub.eu - EIT KIC Urban Mobility s.l., Spain, www.eiturbanmobility.eu - BABLE GmbH, Germany, www.bable-smartcities.eu - European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform, Germany, www.inlandwaterwaytransport.eu/
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Powered and partnered with Intel, Cloudpick is brining Autonomous Ai technology to the retail industry. webinar.intel.com/AutonomousStoreTechnology-TY
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Happy Global Community Engagement Day! On 28 January many people from around the world celebrate the importance of community and here at BABLE, our community is at the root of everything we do. To celebrate the occasion, show our appreciation and to give more voice to our growing community, we are enacting a call for projects which encapsulate the spirit of collaboration and community . Let us know about current and upcoming projects and opportunities with a comment on this post, a BABLE message to @Tamlyn Shimizu or an email to tamlyn@bable-smartcities.eu . Your projects will be highlighted in our newsletter on 17 February and shared via social media to show your contribution to a better urban life. Let us know if you have any questions!
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Tampere Smart City Week 2021 conference presents solutions for the future cities in January 2021 In 26-28 January 2021, the Tampere Smart City Week (TSCW) conference will bring developers and city representatives together to discuss smart city development for the third time. In this virtual and international conference, we want to present solutions for the future cities. Welcome to join the conversation and find solutions for your cities needs! During the event the future trends of smart city development and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed. These main themes will be discussed from various points of view, such as mobility, safety, sustainable development, digitalization, health tech and artificial intelligence. The event provides an opportunity to participate in international networks, share new information and work together. Tampere city region is a pioneer in offering different development platforms Tampere wants to make it to the top of smart city development and to be recognized globally as a flexible and smart city where citizens are taken into consideration. Above all, the city region aims to be a test platform for smart services, which promotes the operations of business and innovation networks through its activities and involves people in the development of the smart city. Read more: tscw.fi/en/welcome/ Tampere aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 Come and hear World Smart CIty Awards 2020 finalist city introducing methods for carbon neutrality by 2030. You will hear insights into climate budget, climate partnership model for companies, and examples of smart and sustainable neighbourhoods from Finland, Germany, and Estonia. tscw.fi/en/conference/sustainable-future/
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Do you want to learn how cities like #Reykjavik and #Maia are taken through the City Lab & Project Development process to co-create Positive Energy Districts ? Don't miss the webinar from SPARCSeu with @Gretel Schaj and @Marielisa Padilla - on 21 January! lnkd.in/gXkED-k
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In case you missed it in our last newsletter, we wanted to make sure you saw this funding opportunity! Description: The Federal Government promotes the digital modernisation of municipalities through Smart City model projects. Based on the "Smart City Charter" of the "National Dialogue Platform Smart Cities", which has developed a normative image of a smart, future-oriented municipality, cities and municipalities will be supported through this initiative. The deadline for applications is 14 March 2021 24:00. For funding support, please contact @Jana Helder For more information: www.smart-cities-made-in.de Finanzierungsmöglichkeit für Deutsche Städte Falls Sie es in unserem letzten Newsletter verpasst haben, wollten wir sicherstellen, dass Sie diese Finanzierungsmöglichkeit sehen! Beschreibung: Die Bundesregierung fördert die digitale Modernisierung der Kommunen durch Smart-City-Modellprojekte. Auf Grundlage der „Smart City Charta“ der „Nationalen Dialogplattform Smart Cities“, die ein normatives Bild einer intelligenten, zukunftsorientierten Kommune entwickelt hat, sollen Städte und Gemeinden unterstützt werden. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 14. März 2021 24:00 Uhr. Für Unterstützung bei der Finanzierung, fragen Sie @Jana Helder Für mehr Informationen: www.smart-cities-made-in.de
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In 2021, BABLE launched the ENTRANCE European Matchmaking Platform , which brings together actors in the mobility and transportation space in Europe, using matchmaking to foster new connections. ENTRANCE is an EU-funded project that aims to accelerate the market access and scale up of ‘first of a kind’ sustainable transport solutions, thereby reducing CO2 emissions and pollutants caused by the transport and mobility sector. The platform connects a critical mass of relevant stakeholders from the “supply-demand-finance” triangle in the entire transport and mobility sector and creates an increased visibility of “first-of-a-kind” transport solutions. It features foreseen replacement plans and schedules of major buyers and public and private financing opportunities; and also performs an automatic matchmaking that will facilitate the scale up, market uptake, and access to finance.
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Cities other than Brussels are interested in the e-rental model invented by Usitoo. We are launching a questionnaire in order to understand the challenges of tomorrow's cities. - Do you work in a city or are you a local elected representative? Your answer would help us a lot. - Not your case? Thank you for helping us to disseminate to your network. Explanation and survey: www.usitoo.be/en/usitoo4cities/
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NEW from BABLE! One of our goals at BABLE towards constantly driving the change for a better urban life is to put our thoughts and expertise out in the public area to foster an exchange of ideas. One new way that we are doing so is with our brand new Medium publication! We invite you to take a look and share your thoughts with us and the community. New articles: Looking beyond hospitals: public health in smart cities by our in-house public health expert and consultant @Shannon Macika Are smart villages the solution to an overpopulated urban society? by our Smart City Consultant @Miguel Mosca Call for authors: In addition to sharing our own thoughts, we would like to invite you to submit your piece for consideration for publication. We will consider posts for publication that holistically discuss topics relevant to smart cities (no individual or company-based promotion, please). Feel free to contact us with any questions about submitting your article for consideration.
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Location: Germany
The German OZG (Online Access Act) is a law that took effect in Germany on 18. August 2017 that aims to improve digital services provided by the government. By 2022, the federal, state and local governments are to offer all administrative services digitally via administrative portals and link these portals into a network. In practice, this means that more than 6,000 administrative services at federal, state and municipal level, summarised in 575 OZG service bundles (this number has been and is changing), must be digitised. Additionally, the OZG requires that all online services provided by the government be secure, easy to use, and accessible to all citizens. The law also establishes a "Digital Council" to oversee the implementation of the OZG and to ensure that digital services are meeting the needs of citizens This type of council is very common for strategic developments in Germany – a similar council has been implemented for electrification of the national car fleet). The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is responsible for the implementation of the OZG. The law also establishes a "Digital Council" to oversee the implementation of the OZG and to ensure that digital services are meeting the needs of citizens. The Digital Council is a body consisting of representatives of the federal government, the states, and the private sector, which is tasked with providing advice and support for the development and implementation of the OZG. Additionally, each federal state is responsible for the implementation of the OZG within its own jurisdiction. The OZG affects municipalities in Germany by requiring them to provide their services online by the end of 2022. This includes services such as building permit applications, tax payments, and registration of residents. The municipalities will have to ensure that their digital services are secure, easy to use, and accessible to all citizens, in line with the requirements of the OZG. The municipalities will also be required to participate in the digital council, as well as to provide digital access to their service to citizens. In addition, municipalities will have to ensure that their digital services are interoperable with other municipalities and federal states. This means that they will have to use common standards and interfaces in order to allow for the exchange of data between different levels of government and the private sector. Update end of 2022: The implementation of the OZG services is delayed significantly and the status heavily dependant on German state and municipality. There are similar laws and regulations in other European countries that aim to improve digital services provided by the government. The EU has also adopted a number of regulations and directives that are relevant to the provision of digital services by governments, such as: The EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020, which aims to encourage the use of digital technologies by governments in order to improve the provision of public services to citizens and businesses. The EU Directive on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, which aims to promote the use of electronic identification and trust services in order to facilitate secure and efficient electronic transactions between public authorities and citizens. The EU Regulation on the provision of public sector information as open data, which aims to promote the re-use of public sector information by making it available as open data and by encouraging the use of open data in the development of new products and services. The EU Regulation on the free flow of non-personal data, which aims to remove restrictions on the location of data storage and processing infrastructure in order to promote the development of new products and services and to reduce costs for businesses. Most of these EU laws and regulations are designed to provide common standards and frameworks to help member states to develop and implement digital services, and facilitate data exchange between different levels of government and the private sector.
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Community Spotlight: The City of Helsingborg is the first in the world to use AI technology to screen body temperatures - @Kristin Engholm Summary: By using unique technology and thermal sensors in combination with novel AI, the city of Helsingborg in southern Sweden is the first in the world to estimate trends of elevated body temperatures within a population. The technology aims at enabling a variety of efforts to improve public health. It is also being used to see if the collection of aggregated body temperature estimates could provide an early warning sign for impending epidemics. Read more about the project here and view the initial temperature trends here ! If you would like to be in our community spotlight for next week, please make a post and use the space to highlight some of the work you are doing or events you have coming up!