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We work with places across the United Kingdom and Ireland to boost productivity, sustainability and resilience.
BABLE's UKI Team empowers local governments and communities to build sustainable, innovative, and inclusive urban and rural environments. We partner with local, regional and national governments and organisations to enhance the quality of life across the United Kingdom and Ireland and to solve unique local challenges. With experts based across the UKI, BABLE draws on being the European leader in smart transition.
Development of an implementation roadmap for a Smart District in Belfast aimed at accelerating an inclusive, sustainable, and citizencentred urban transformation lead by the uptake of innovative data and digital technologies. The project leverages on the Belfast Region City Deal to develop a lighthouse Smart District as a testing ground in a real-life environment, addressing the most pressing issues of the city and a Digital Innovation platform and partnership to facilitate the development of the digital ecosystem. The project aimed at bringing together strategic vision from the city leadership with the ideas and goals of the local stakeholders through an 8-month long co-creation process involving more than 200 local and regional representatives.
The main objective of this work is to inform the development of a framework for a Welsh Government S3 and thus support the EU COHES3ION project, by undertaking an evidence-based analysis and a broad stakeholder consultation, in close collaboration with the Welsh Government, for the identification of concrete specialisations as well as opportunities to ensure the successful adoption of place-based innovation and thus inclusive economic prosperity across Wales.
The SustainableMobilityAcademy.ie, is a ground-breaking initiative aimed at transforming the way people experience mobility in Ireland. The platform is designed to cater to the diverse needs of Local Authorities, communities, businesses, and individuals. It aims to provide innovative solutions for a seamless and sustainable transportation ecosystem, by harnessing the power of technology and collaboration. This collaborative effort aims to leverage the power of digital technologies, data-driven insights, and sustainable practices to address the mobility challenges faced in Ireland.
As a follow up from the Baseline Emissions Inventory being created by BABLE for the five Local Authorities (Mayo County, Sligo County, Donegal County, Galway County & City) we conducted a workshop to take a deep dive into the results to understand their implications and start the discussions on how to leverage this data to take the first steps towards climate action.
Dunfermline became Scotland’s newest city in 2022. A series of expert workshops were designed by BABLE Smart Cities to help Fife Council use its recently acquired city status to accelerate the use of smart within the local authority. These activities enabled the council to better implement a smart approach and to leverage existing smart investment, including a £48 million European Regional Development Fund programme to support smart city projects across Scottish cities.
Europe has pledged to lead on climate action and has set forth ambitious goals and directives to achieve that commitment. The Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research and innovation programmes, the European Green Deal and other European Union policies and directives propel European Member States towards a 55% cut in emissions by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050.
The project in Dundee aims to tackle the current disjointed approach to data training across different city departments, addressing the varying levels of capacity and focus that hinder effective data utilization. It underscores the need for a standardized training program to foster better collaboration and overcome barriers in utilizing net-zero data for strategic decision-making. The central goal of the project is to empower individuals with enhanced skills and knowledge in data handling, thereby improving decision-making processes and elevating data literacy citywide. By incorporating lessons from Smart Cities and Communities Best Practices, the project intends to create a robust training program that will enable optimal data use for informed decisions, directly supporting Dundee's ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2045.
Development of a study with highlights from international good practice in urban data management and identification of opportunities to be applied in the Liverpool City Region. The ultimate goal of the project is to support the formation of world-class data ecosystems that are able to underpin better policy and practice, to build local cases for improved central government support, to enable businesses to plan, invest and operate, to empower citizens and to undergird academic research.
The Southern Regional Assembly, Ireland worked with BABLE to advise us on the development of a framework for a regional approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy. This work involved extensive consultation across a wide spectrum of stakeholders via structured interviews and workshops followed by an in-depth SWOT analysis of the outcomes. This was pioneering work for the Southern Region of Ireland and BABLE guided us through what was a very complex process with ease. The results have exceeded our expectations and we are already starting to see the benefits. The BABLE consultants were a constant source of knowledge and were hugely committed and motivated.
We look forward to working with BABLE on future projects.
EU Project Officer
Southern Regional Assembly
Ireland
From tackling the climate crisis to bridging the digital divide, Smart Dublin uses collaboration and innovation to build a better, more resilient Dublin. To do this, we need to get our message out there to as wide an audience as possible - this is where BABLE has added huge value. They did all the heavy lifting to deliver a high-quality series of Podcasts highlighting our work across the Dublin region. They also published many of our use cases on their platform and invited us to participate on their panel at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona. All this activity has really helped increase the visibility of our work.
Regional Manager
Smart Dublin
"It has been a fantastic project for the council to work on. It is really going to be a pivotal piece for us as we move forward developing our new Data Strategy; increasing our data maturity."
Former Assistant Director of Digital Innovation & Delivery at London Borough of Waltham Forest
