JPI Urban EuropeERA-NET Cofund Smart Cities and Communites,

Synthesis and Success Factors

Introduction to the call:The ERA-NET COFUND Smart Cities and Communities Call (ENSCC) was in 2015 established by the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe and the Smart Cities Member States Initiative (SC MSI). The research should aim at optimal energy and resource efficiency, preferably through the integration of technologies (energy, mobility, ICT) across the board, but also via the development and use of new business models and new methodologies in urban governance, and in explicitly aiming towards social cohesion, liveability, and sustainability.

The projects submitted in the ENSCC call aimed to cover new and innovative approaches, pro-mote interdisciplinary research and collaboration and encourage the involvement of stakeholders, thus bridging gaps between research disciplines, citizens and decision makers, cities and trans-port/energy planners, and producers and consumers. The 17 awarded projects finalized their research in 2018 and 2019 and after that, a process to synthesize and learn about what made the projects successful was initiated.

The numbers: • 17 research- and innovation projects funded with an integrated approach to “smart city”

developments…• … encompassing 100+ project partners from 12 different countries…• … and 85 local- or regional authorities

1 City of Steinkjer

City of Helmond1City of Amsterdam

District Municipalityof Kadikoy2

City ofJudenburg

5

City of Malmö5

Municipality of Almada5

Brussels

City ofBellinzona

6

City of Maastricht6

Vienna City Administration (MA18)

City of Stockholm

VerkeersondernemingRotterdam

9 Growth Corridor Finland

Office of Mobility, Basel 9

City of Vevey &Canton de Genève

11

Limassol Municipality

Quart de Poblet12

Karlshamn Municipality13

Malatya Metropolitan Municipality 13

Ayuntamientode Málaga

13

Göteborg&Co

Visit Belgrade14

City of Darmstadt14

City and Regionof Stavanger14

Valencia Tourism14

City of Brussels//Communede Forest//Watermael-Boitsfort

Municipality of Bergen

Agendia d‘Energia de Barcelona

Municipality of Zürich

City of Almere

Municipalityof Brescia

17 City of Graz2;6

8;11

15;17

14Gothenburg

3Istanbul3 Barcelona

15

8

172;8

6 15

7 Lisbon

3;7;16

3;8

1612

16Iasi

16Granada

161

City of Weiz

8

Güssing

16Santa Cruz de Tenerife

1617

Zürich&Winterthur

The LegacyThe call has brought support for the development of a Positive Energy Districts program and pro-ject, as well as mobilised a commitment for stronger urban partnerships in the European partner-ship landscape. The Smart cities call has also paved way for a joint JPI Urban Europe call with China.

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The Success Factors:• Integration with innovation ecosystems and existing knowledge(s)• Experimental approaches• Socio-technical orientation• Focus on smaller cities• Testing as an instrument in challenge-driven

projects• New combinations of stakeholders collaborating• Aligning with municipal “needs”

Cities participating in E

NS

CC

funded projects