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24 August 2021

Gain european recognition for your sustainable mobility work with EU Urban Road Safety and 10th SUMP Awards

Local authorities from across Europe are invited to apply for the EU Urban Road Safety Award, and the 10th SUMP Award. The awards are organised by the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission. The SUMP award aims to encourage the adoption of Sustainable Urban Mobili...

17 August 2021

Neighbourhood compost project empowers Porto residents

Of many solutions for greener homes, compost plays a vital role to combat food waste, reduce methane emissions, as well as provide fertiliser for home gardening. ICLEI Member Porto (Portugal) takes community composting to the next level: the City administration has created group spaces for residents...

2 June 2021

ICLEI Members discuss “building back better” at OECD Champion Mayors Week

Last week, ICLEI Europe Members Braga (Portugal), Glasgow (the United Kingdom) and Mannheim (Germany), together with Freetown (Sierra Leone), joined the OECD Champion Mayors Week to explore how to “build back better” from COVID-19. The session – themed “Could the grass be gr...

14 May 2020

Make your city smart with help from the EIP-SCC

Is your city looking to make investments in the areas of energy, transport & mobility, or ICT? Do you have plans to develop projects in these areas? The European Commission's ‘EIP-SCC Marketplace’ initiative is supporting projects in need of financing, by matching them with its...

28 April 2020

Webinar series launched on financing smart solutions

The European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) invites all interested persons to join a new series of webinars covering subjects relevant for any city looking to find financing for their projects in the fields of smart mobility, energy or urban development. The webina...

23 March 2020

Intelligent Cities Challenge now open for applications

The European Commission’s Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) is now open for applications. Building on the success of the Digital Cities Challenge (DCC), the ICC seeks to help 100 EU cities tackle their urban challenges to support green, sustainable and inclusive growth. This 2.5-year program...

24 February 2020

Smart Cities connected with investors at recent matchmaking event

On 20 February, ICLEI Europe joined the Smart Cities matchmaking event 'City representatives meet investors' hosted by the Marketplace of the European Innovation Platform on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC). The Marketplace connects cities looking into deploying smart and sustainable solutions...

6 February 2020

Register now for #Mannheim2020 to take local transformation forward

ICLEI Europe and the City of Mannheim are thrilled to share that registration is now open for the upcoming Mannheim2020 conference, which marks the 9th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns. By now, we know that the world faces major environmental, economic and social...

4 December 2019

Barcelona, Cologne and Stockholm prove growth does not have to come at the expense of CO2 reductions

After five years of implementing sustainable smart city solutions through the GrowSmarter project, ICLEI Members Barcelona (Spain) and Stockholm (Sweden), alongside Cologne (Germany), recently came together to share key insights and results, proving that growth does not have to come at the expense o...