IEU MONITORING: Smart Cities Weekly Telegram 12 Feb 2018

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# WORLD CITIES SUMMIT: 

  • ICLEI: World Cities Summit 

# WORLD URBAN FORUM: 

  • Discours de la Commissaire Crețu à la session d'ouverture du Forum urbain mondial des Nations Unies +++ 
  • EU Commissioner Creţu at the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +++ 
  • The UfM at the Ninth World Urban Forum: Towards Implementing the New Urban Agenda in the Euro-Mediterranean Region - Union for the Mediterranean 

# EU URBAN AGENDA: 

  • EU Commission reports on progress under global commitments for sustainable urban development
  • EU Commissioner Corina Creţu: Presentation of the 3 EU voluntary commitments at the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur
  • Urban Agenda for the EU : provide your feedback on Digital Transition, Circular Economy and Urban Mobility
  • DG Regio: Advancing the New Urban Agenda with the EU's International Urban Cooperation programme

# URBACT

  • URBACT: a valuable tool for cities to exchange, says EU Commissioner for Regional Policy

# EIP-SCC

  • Ready for take off: London to explore how drones can be rolled out across the capital
  • EIP-SCC: Lampposts are one quick fix for smart success
  • How Essen has thrown off its heavy industrial past to become a model of sustainability
  • Innovative Financing In Cities And Regions: Join A Unique EU P2P Learning Programme

# SMART GOVERNANCE

  • Bruegel: Economies of States, Economies of Cities
  • Learning from the Successful - Follower City event in Brussels
  • EP Think-tank Study - Prospects for e-democracy in Europe

# SMART FINANCE

  • Time to apply innovative finance schemes in your city! Deadline to apply extended to 28 February! - EUROCITIES

# SMART ENERGY

  • Smart finance for smart buildings: investing in energy efficiency in buildings
  • Microgrids: From Niche to $100 Billion Market - The Energy Collective
  • dena startet Studie zur urbanen Energiewende

# SMART MOBILITY

  • EU Parliament: Draft report - Europe on the Move: an agenda for the future of mobility in the EU - PE 618.014v01-00 - Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • EU Commission: Italian cities make progress towards smart mobility
  • Urban transport roadmaps: a web-based tool to help cities develop sustainable mobility strategies
  • Transport for all: the committment of European public transport - Eltis
  • Eltis: City of Antwerp welcomes new free-floating car sharing scheme

# SMART INDUSTRIES

  • Moving towards a Digital Europe - Digital Single Market - Blog
  • Info session Horizon 2020: digital manufacturing platforms for connected smart factories
  • NEC targets smart cities for biometric growth  - Planet Biometrics

# USA

  • U.S. City Open Data Census relaunched: here’s how you can get involved - Open Knowledge International


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