- [WHO:] Eurecat, Kaapeli, KAT (AT), ART-ER, Amsterdam, CIKE Kosice, Una Europa, In Place of War, Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, JA Bulgaria, Mediaproduccion (ES), Public Art Lab (GE), K8 Institut (GE), Goethe Institut, Erasmus University, CNR (IT), Ogilvy (GE), Time Machine (AT), Materahub, RISE (SE), Impact Hub GmbH (AT), Trans Europe Halles, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, European Creative Hubs Network, Creative Tech (FR), Gameinfluence (GE), Jagiellonian University (PL), University of Bologna
- [WHERE:] 20 European countries
- [DURATION:] 1.25 years, starting on 1-10-2022
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] €5,995,362
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] €190,000
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] EIT Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Anouk Wieleman, A.Wieleman@amsterdam.nl
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EIT Culture and Creativity
The aim of this network is to promote innovation in the sector to contribute to the green, social, and digital transition in Europe.
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) will provide a total of 150 million euros over the next six years for this initiative. EIT Culture & Creativity aims to support the recovery of the arts and culture sector after the COVID-19 crisis and offers the creative industry opportunities to develop innovative solutions for societal challenges. This will be achieved through 10 programs across 5 different themes: Education, Creation, Innovation, Society, and Policy. Amsterdam will focus on the theme of society, with a special emphasis on inclusion, diversity, and equality. -
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House of Skills
House of Skills has designed skills programs that help more people navigate the labor market based on their skills, and enable employers to achieve sustainable employability through a skills-based approach.
- [WHO:] AWVN, Manpower, FNV, UWV, Randstad, TNO, Municipality of Amsterdam, TechniekRaad Noord-Holland, Windesheim Flevoland, VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, SEO Economisch Onderzoek, Metropool Regio Amsterdam, ROC van Amsterdam, Nova College, ROC van Flevoland, OBA, University of Amsterdam, Deloitte, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, James
- [WHERE:] The Amsterdam Metropolitan Region
- [DURATION:] 5 years, starting on 23-5-2017
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is the leader in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] €7,477,880
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] €1,322,598
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] EFRO
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Annelies Sprok, A.Sprok@amsterdam.nl
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AMULED
AMU-LED will define, verify, and validate urban air mobility through simulations and a comprehensive demonstration campaign with real flights. The project enables stakeholders in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to identify various use cases for logistics and urban passenger transport and aims to create a UAM environment, assessing safety, sustainability, and societal impact.
Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstrations
- [WHO:] NTT DATA Spain, Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum, Boeing Aerospace Spain, Jeppesen, Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia, Enaire, Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Ingenieria Y Economia Del Transporte, ANRA, Cranfield University, Fundación Andaluza para el Desarrollo Aeroespacial (FADA), Airbus, EHang Europe, AIRHUB, Space53, Municipality of Amsterdam, Altitude Angel
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Portugal
- [DURATION:] 2 years, starting on 1-1-2021
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] €4,806,522
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] €65,360
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon2020
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Joshua Serrao, J.Serrao@amsterdam.nl
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Bicycle parking 2.0
Innovative and digital bike storage solutions in urban nodes for efficient passenger transfer and last-mile connections
- [WHO:] Municipality of Amsterdam, Municipality of Utrecht, Prorail, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways)
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam
- [DURATION:] 4 years, starting on 1-1-2019
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam leads this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] € 14,112,500
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] € 913,500
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] CEF Transport
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Pieter Visser, p.visser@amsterdam.nl
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PEER
Het PEER project is een Europese samenwerking waarbinnen mens-AI interactie onderzocht wordt met als doel de gebruiker centraal te stellen, transparantie te vergroten, en de AI oplossing personaliseerbaar te maken. Binnen Amsterdam richten we ons op een toegankelijke routeplanner voor mensen met mobiliteitsbeperkingen.
Beschrijving
Het hyPEr ExpeRt collaborative AI assistant (PEER) project is een door het EU Horizon programma gefinancierd project waarin we samenwerken met academische en industriële partners. Het doel van het project is om de gebruiker centraal te stellen bij zowel het ontwerp als ook de ontwikkeling, implementatie en evaluatie van AI-systemen. Hierdoor wordt echte samenwerking tussen mens en AI mogelijk. Het project richt zich op de toepassing van AI in complexe sequentiële besluitvormingsproblemen.
Specifiek zal de stad Amsterdam zich richten op de creatie van een zeer personaliseerbare toegankelijke routeplanner, waarin burgers routes door Amsterdam kunnen vinden die zijn afgestemd op hun individuele toegankelijkheidsbehoeften en -voorkeuren. Dit valt binnen ons bredere doel om de stad toegankelijk te maken voor alle burgers, als onderdeel van het Amsterdam for All project.
In Amsterdam zullen we een prototype routeplanner creëren, mede-ontworpen met eindgebruikers die behoefte hebben aan toegankelijke routes. Bovendien zullen we een API creëren die toegankelijkheidsinformatie over mogelijke routes in Amsterdam publiekelijk beschikbaar stelt. Onze academische partners zullen helpen bij het identificeren van de juiste functionaliteit voor nieuwe algoritmen die ze zullen ontwikkelen voor personaliseerbare en uitlegbare AI. Dit met als doel om de gebruikers in staat te stellen om de juiste adviezen te krijgen van de toegankelijke routeplanner, wanneer we deze algoritmen integreren in ons prototype.
Doelstelling
Het is onze hoop dat een personaliseerbare routeplanner de stad toegankelijker maakt voor iedereen. Het gaat hierbij om een prototype, waarmee we willen aantonen dat het mogelijk is om inclusieve routeplanners aan te bieden. Door hierbij aansluiting te zoeken met lokale partners willen we momentum genereren. Voor evaluatie werken we nauw samen met organisaties zoals Cliëntenbelang.
Binnen dit project zullen we volledig open source ontwikkelen, rekening houdend met eventuele privacy-gevoeligheid van data. Hierdoor zullen onze resultaten optimaal gedeeld kunnen worden. Datzelfde geldt voor de methodologie rondom de mens-AI interactie, die in de toekomst steeds relevanter zal worden.
Looptijd
Oktober 2023 – September 2027
Opdrachtgever binnen Amsterdam
Stedelijke Innovatie en R&D
Contactpersoon
Maike Ehlert <maike.ehlert@amsterdam.nl>
Bronvermelding
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/org-details/888445311/project/101120406/program/43108390/details
In het kort
[WIE:] Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Coördinator) (BE), Gemeente Amsterdam, Afdeling Innovatie (NL), Fujitsu Services Gmbh [DE], Centre Aquitain des Technologies del'Information et Electroniques (CATIE) (FR), Instituto de Engenhariade Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciencia (INESC TEC) (PT), Fundacio Eurecat (ES), Alpha Consultants s.r.l. (IT), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/E) (NL), Univerzita Karlova (CZ), Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (PL), MC Shared Services S.A. - Sonae (PT), Proditec (FR) , Continental Engineering Services Portugal Unipessoal lda. (PT)
[WAAR:] Use cases in o.a. Amsterdam (NL) en Porto (PT) (maar ook op andere plaatsen).
[LOOPTIJD:] 4 jaar, start September 2023
[ROL AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is partner in dit project, en eigenaar van de accessible route planner use case
[TOTAALBUDGET:] 7.737.900 euro
[HOEVEEL VOOR AMSTERDAM:] 351.250 euro
[SUBSIDIEPROGRAMMA:] Horizon Europe
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SPACE4Cities
SPACE4Cities is a pre-commercial procurement project aimed at acquiring replicable solutions through smart use of European satellite data. It aims to improve and dynamically manage public spaces, green areas, transport infrastructure, and urban governance.
- [WHO:] Aerospace Valley (FR), Municipality of Amsterdam (NL), RDF Attica (GR), District09 (BE), Municipality of Guimares (PT), Open & Agile Smart Cities (BE), Forum Virium Helsinki (FI)
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Ghent, Helsinki, Athens, Attica, Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Guimaraes
- [DURATION:] 3.5 years, starting on 1-2-2024
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] € 5,199,798
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] € 805,583
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Boen Groothoff, B.Groothoff@amsterdam.nl
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SMALL
Due to shortcomings in current design and policies of shared mobility, the majority of users are young urban adults. Children, families, seniors, and people with physical disabilities are excluded.
SMALL aims to change this dynamic to ensure that everyone can benefit from shared mobility. Through co-creation, SMALL will explore how shared mobility can be made accessible to children, families, seniors, and people with physical disabilities – who are part of a broader group classified as persons with limited mobility. -
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ShareDiMobiHub
Shared and Digital Mobility Hubs
- [WHO:] Province of Utrecht, Capital Region of Denmark, Vestfold and Telemark County, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Tønsberg municipality, Porsgrunn municipality, Skien municipality, POLIS, City of Leuven, University of Antwerp, Amsterdam Transport Region, MPACT, auto-delen.net, Municipality of Rotterdam, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht University.
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Utrecht, Leuven, Rotterdam, Capital Region of Denmark, Vestfold and Telemark.
- [DURATION:] 3 years, starting on 20-9-2022.
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project.
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] € 5,277,385 euros.
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] € 339,750 euros.
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Interreg NSR
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Auke Adema, A.Adema@amsterdam.nl
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Article
NetZeroCities
District Investment Platform Energy Transition
- [WHO:] The municipalities of The Hague, Amsterdam, Groningen, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Helmond, Rotterdam.
- [WHERE:] The Hague, Amsterdam, Groningen, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Helmond, Rotterdam.
- [DURATION:] 3 years, starting on 1-6-2023.
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project.
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 1,500,000 euros.
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 175,000 euros.
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon 2020.
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Kees Stants, k.stants@amsterdam.nl
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Article
JUST STREETS
Mobility justice for all: framing safer, healthier and happier streets
- [WHO:] 32 partners from Portugal, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Norway, and Sweden.
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Braga, Cugir, Kozani, and Milan.
- [DURATION:] 3.5 years, starting on 1-1-2024.
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project.
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 10,674,783 euros.
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 399,375 euros.
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe.
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Maaike Nicolai-Geerling, M.Nicolai-Geerling@amsterdam.nl
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Article
GEMINI
GEMINI seeks to accelerate the transition to climate neutrality by promoting broad acceptance of sustainable shared mobility solutions across Europe. To achieve this, the project will develop and test innovative business models for New Mobility Services (NMS), such as shared automated vehicles and shared public transport through public-private partnerships.
- [WHO:] 42 partners from Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and Finland
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Munich, Paris, Porto, and Turin
- [DURATION:] 3.5 years, starting on 1-6-2023
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 5,934,419 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 393,000 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Diederik Basta, d.a.basta@amsterdam.nl
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Article
CommuniCity
CommuniCity is a transformative citizen-centred EU funded project. It will launch 100 Tech Pilots in Europe in urban and peri-urban areas to empower marginalised communities.
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Article
AI4CITIZENS
By identifying and exchanging best practices and new solutions among European cities and regions, the project aims to assist policymakers in creating policies that promote the safe and ethical integration of AI into the practices of the public sector.
- [WHO:] City of Helsinki, Gemeente Amsterdam, Piemonte Innova, Bacau City Council, Bucharest-ilfov Regional Development Agency, Riga Digital Agency
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Helsinki, Bacau, Bucharest, and Riga
- [DURATION:] 4 years, start date 1-1-2024
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 1,763,370 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 247,680 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Interreg Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Daan Manojlovic, D.Manojlovic@amsterdam.nl
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Article
Twin4Resilience
Local Digital Twins (LDTs) are virtual representations of areas, such as cities, created using advanced technology that models and simulates real-world data. These twins serve as powerful innovation tools, enabling visualization, analysis, simulation, and prediction of areas in unprecedented ways. Through T4R, local governments explore how to best implement LDTs and share knowledge with relevant stakeholders.
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Article
Tourism in Balance
Tourism in Balance aims to promote sustainable tourism through local policies, mitigate potential damages and nuisances caused by tourism, and enhance its positive impacts by fostering sustainable tourism development.
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Article
Smart Mobility Hub
The SMH will serve as a multimodal junction where various modes of transportation converge. The project aims to establish an SMH equipped with International Touringcar Terminal (ITT) facilities, parking spaces, park-and-ride facilities, amenities for passengers with limited mobility, infrastructure and facilities for shared mobility options, and bicycle parking.
- [WHO:] Gemeente Amsterdam
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam Zuidoost
- [DURATION:] 4 years, start date 1-5-2022
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam leads this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 29,117,889 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 8,735,366 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] CEF Infrastructure Projects
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Michel Crolla, m.crolla@amsterdam.nl
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Article
RESCHOOL
RESCHOOL aims to enhance the functioning of energy communities by improving the technologies they use, such as solar panels and batteries for local energy storage, and by influencing end-user behavior. This initiative will help make these communities more efficient and effective in their energy usage.
- [WHO:] Bamboo Energy Platform SL (Spain), Diputacion de Gerona (Spain), Electricity Innovation Ekonomisk Forening (Sweden), Energeiaki Koinotita Periorismenis Evthinis (Greece), Ethniko Kentro Ereynas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (Greece), European Renewable Energies Federation-Federation Europeenne des Energies Renouvelables (Belgium), European Science Communication Institute (ESCI) gGmbH (Germany), Gemeente Amsterdam (Netherlands), Innohub BV (Netherlands), KM0 Energy SL (Spain), Locallife Sweden AB (Sweden), Niesing Hugo (Netherlands), RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (Sweden), Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands), Universitetet i Stavanger (Norway)
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Stockholm, Athens, and Girona
- [DURATION:] 3.5 years, start date 1-1-2023
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is the lead/partner/follower in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 6,118,596 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 213,750 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Mimi Slauerhoff, m.slauerhoff@amsterdam.nl
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Article
RE-ACT
The project aims to encourage young people to actively participate in finding solutions to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is done in co-creation with policymakers, with the goal of incorporating the youths contributions into new policies.
Reflections on local resilience and reactions to the impact of COVID-19 on young people
- [WHO:] Comune di Torino (Italy), Šibenik (Croatia), City Council Murcia (Spain), Athienou Dimos (Cyprus), Gemeente Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Municipiul Suceava (Romania), Local Government of Kekavas Municipality (Latvia), Pro Arbeit - Kreis Offenbach (AÖR) - Kommunales Jobcenter (Germany)
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Torino, Šibenik, Murcia, Suceava, Kekavas
- [DURATION:] 2 years, start date 1-4-2022
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 150,000 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 16,000 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Annemarijn Schaap, anschaap@ggd.amsterdam.nl
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Article
NETCO
The main goal of NETCO is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and expertise on collaborative housing among European local and regional governments. Additionally, NETCO aims to raise awareness about alternative, cooperative, and shared housing models, collaborating with social organizations and research institutions to develop knowledge in this field.
Network of Cities for Collaborative Housing
- [WHO:] Ajuntament de Barcelona (BCNA), Comune di Bologna (COBO), Associazione Urban Lab (Urban Lab), Javni Stanovanjski Sklad Mestne Obcine Ljubljana (Ljubljana), Eurometropole de Strasbourg (Strasbourg), Grad Zagreb (City of Zagreb), Gemeente Eindhoven (Eindhoven), Service Public Regional de Bruxelles (Brussels), Asociatia de Dezvoltare Intercomunitara Zona Metropolitana - Cluj (Cluj), Metropole de Lyon (Lyon), Landeshauptstadt Dresden (Dresden), Gemeente Amsterdam (Amsterdam), Dimos Thessalonikis (Thessaloniki), Id22 - Institut fur Kreative Nachhaltigkeit - Institute for Creative Sustainability EV (Id22)
- [WHERE:] Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Bologna
- [DURATION:] 2 years, start date 1-10-2021
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 152,000 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 4,000 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Marije Raap, m.raap@amsterdam.nl
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Article
MOLOHUBS
Mobility hubs can be utilized to decrease traffic movements and manage urban logistics more efficiently, aiming to reduce congestion and emissions.
People-Centric Mobility & Logistics Hubs
- [WHO:] Aalborg Municipality (DK), City of Amsterdam (NL), City of Borås (SE), City of Mechelen (BE), Stadtreinigung Hamburg Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts (DE), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL), Hamburg Institute for Innovation, Climate Protection and Circular Economy (DE), Transition ApS (DK), University of Antwerp (BE), Logistics Initiative Hamburg (DE), POLIS Network (BE), CoolRunner (DK), House of Venture North Jutland (DK)
- [WHERE:] Aalborg, Amsterdam, Borås, Hamburg, and Mechelen
- [DURATION:] 4 years, start date 1-1-2024
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 3,678,537 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 174,240 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Interreg North Sea
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Auke Adema, a.adema@amsterdam.nl
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Article
METACCAZE
European cities urgently need to transition to sustainable, emission-free transport systems. In this context, the metaCCAZE project will promote the deployment of smart systems and services, revolutionizing electric (shared) mobility across the continent. Through European cooperation, the project aims to evolve cities towards a green mobility era, in line with the ambitious EU targets for 2030.
Flexibly adapted MetaInnovations, use cases, collaborative business and governance models to accelerate deployment of smart and shared Zero Emission mobility for passengers and freight
- [WHO:] 42 project partners including: AMS, TU Delft, HvA, Steinbeis, Tampere, Krakow, Munich
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Munich, Tampere, Limassol, Athens, Krakow, Gozo, Milan, Miskolc, Poissy – Paris
- [DURATION:] 4 years, start date 1-1-2024
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 24,333,455 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 506,788 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Diederik Basta, d.basta@amsterdam.nl
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Article
MERIDIAN
MERIDIAN is a groundbreaking project that unites road managers and authorities with a common mission: to harness the power of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and improve traffic flow.
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Article
IDEEC
IDEEC stands for ‘Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship Education for Children’. The aim of the research is to form an international research consortium around the theme of impact-driven entrepreneurship education for children, in which knowledge about similar programs is exchanged and further developed.
The partners of IDEEC want to support providers of entrepreneurship education, teachers, and policymakers in setting up effective impact-oriented programs for children aged 9-15 years. This way, these children can learn to develop solutions in the field of entrepreneurship for environmental and social issues.Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship Education for Children
- [WHO:] Impact Hub (Gemeente Amsterdam), Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Fawaka Ondernemersschool, Junta de Extremadura, Centro Internacional Santander Emprendimiento (CISE), Invento Innovation Lab, Fondazione E35, Social Enterprise Academy, Future Anything
- [WHERE:] Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
- [DURATION:] 3 years, start date 1-10-2022
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 400,000 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 25,790 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Erasmus+
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Egon van Wees, Egon.van.Wees@amsterdam.nl
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Article
GREEN AT HEART
Green at Heart helps social SMEs in the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain develop a sustainability roadmap, with a view to the new European ESG legislation.
- [WHO:] Impact Hub Netherlands, Impact Hub Madrid, Impact Hub Vienna, the Impact Hub Network, Amsterdam Impact, and Vienna Ökobusiness
- [WHERE:] Vienna, Amsterdam, and Madrid
- [DURATION:] 2 years, start date 30-10-2023
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a follower in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 1,100,000 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 19,455 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] COSME
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Egon van Wees, Egon.van.wees@amsterdam.nl
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Article
FOODCLIC
Promising initiatives to encourage the consumption of healthy food taken by municipalities often fail to become embedded in the broader policy context and to reach food-insecure and vulnerable groups. FoodCLIC connects people and policies from different sectors for an integrated approach to transform urban food systems and food environments.
Integrated urban FOOD policies – developing sustainability Co-benefits, spatial Linkages, social Inclusion, and sectoral Connections to transform food systems in city-regions
- [WHO:] Aarhus University, Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, Budapest Fovaros Onkormanyzata, Cardiff University, Cariplo, Comune di Capannori, EMAC Cascais, ESSRG Non-Profit KFT (HU), Ernahrungsrat Berlin, European Food Banks Federation, Faculdade Medicina University of Lisbon, Sida Caixa Research Institute (ES), Humboldt University of Berlin, ICLEI (3 divisions), Instituto Sciencias Sociais (PT), Brasov, Stichting Voedsel Verbindt, University of Pisa, University of Brasov, Aarhus, Stichting Centro Euro-Mediterranei Sui Cambiament Climatici, Association Mondiale des Grandes Metropoles
- [WHERE:] Aarhus, Budapest, Brasov, Berlin, Lucca, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Lisbon
- [DURATION:] 4.5 years, start date 1-9-2022
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 11,418,499 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 108,000 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Frank Bakkum, f.bakkum@amsterdam.nl
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DRIVE2X
This project investigates how to use EV charging most efficiently together with residents, industry, and other stakeholders. DriVe2X therefore promotes the development of the V2X market by establishing a new retail market, making V2X charging technology smarter, more efficient, cheaper, more compact, and by addressing social aspects through the development of scenarios for mass implementation and rollout strategies.
Delivering Renewal and Innovation to mass Vehicle Electrification enabled by V2X technologies
- [WHO:] Gemeente Amsterdam, UT University, Dortmund University, DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), Engineering, EDP Labelec, TNO, Centre for New Energy Technologies (NEW), Tecnalia, Power Research Electronics (PRE), TU Delft, Emotion, ASM Terni S.p.A., City of Budapest, Aeroportos de Portugal, Future Isle of Wight, Nottingham Trent University, ICONS
- [WHERE:] Amsterdam, Terni, Budapest, Isle of Wight, and Maia
- [DURATION:] 4 years, start date 1-1-2023
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 9,204,544 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 421,150 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon Europe
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Hugo Niesing, h.niesing@amsterdam.nl
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Article
DIT4TRAM
Our mobility ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, especially in urban areas. This makes it practically impossible to manage traffic in the traditional centralized way. Is another approach conceivable? In the EU project DIT4TraM, a new, innovative approach is being applied: "swarm intelligence". This approach is tested in six different pilots.
Distributed Intelligence and Technology for Traffic and Mobility Management
- [WHO:] Gemeente Amsterdam, AMS Institute, Bar-ilan University, EPFL, ETH Zürich, National Technical University of Athens, TU Delft, Université Gustave Eiffel, aimsun, Arane, D.E.I.A ltd, Gertrude Intelligent Transport System, NeoGLS, oseven, Siemens, Technolution, Bordeaux Métropole, Glyfada, Polis, Gemeente Utrecht
- [WHERE:] Bordeaux, Glyfada, Athens, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Spain
- [DURATION:] 3 years, start date 1-9-2021
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 4,997,171 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 27,300 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] Horizon2020
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Ruben Polderman, r.polderman@amsterdam.nl
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Article
DIGISET
- [WHO:] Collective Up, Social Good Accelerator, Impact Hub GmbH, Amsterdam, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Eurecat, Asociatia Cluj IT
- [DURATION:] 2 years, start date 1-3-2024
- [ROLE OF AMSTERDAM:] Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- [TOTAL BUDGET:] 1,298,591 euros
- [HOW MUCH FOR AMSTERDAM:] 121,466 euros
- [SUBSIDY PROGRAM:] COSME
- [CONTACT PERSON:] Egon van Wees, egon.van.wees@amsterdam.nl
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Civic eState
'Commons' refer to resources held in common by a community. The Civic eState project utilizes a network of European cities to exchange knowledge about commons and the best practices for implementing them in urban governance.
Civic eState: Pooling the urban ccommons
- WHO: Amsterdam, Naples (coordinator), Barcelona, Gdansk, Ghent, Iasi, and Presov
- WHERE: The Metropolitan region of Amsterdam, Naples, Barcelona, Gdansk, Ghent, Iasi, and Presov
- DURATION: 2 years, starting in April 2018
- ROLE OF AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: €599,995.00
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: € 80.000
- SUBSIDY PRPROGRAMME: URBACT
- CONTACT PERSON: Nathalie van Loon (nathalie.van.loon@amsterdam.nl)
The Civic eState network has worked on new models for urban co-governance based on commons. Partner cities in the network have assisted residents and local communities in collaborating for the common interests of their city by exchanging knowledge. The aim of a commons approach is to ensure that everyone in the city has access to essential amenities, that decisions about the city are made in collaboration with residents, and that the city remains sustainable for future generations to enjoy.
The commons are part of the democratization program of the Amsterdam municipality. In the Civic eState project, the focus was on the themes of energy, food, poverty, and housing. The municipality of Amsterdam tested the concepts developed within the Civic eState project during the redesign of the Czaar Peterstraat.
For more information about commons and the Civic eState network, please refer to the final report:
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ASSET
The project partners of ASSET are working on a spatial strategy for the Eurodelta to boost the circular transition of the built environment. Cities, regions, associations, and the academic field are alligning their research agendas to explore the added value of collaboration on the scale of the Eurodelta, to reach the goals of the EU Green Deal. Within the project, the project partners are investigating, together with students, the building stones for a spatial strategy at different spatial scales, including within their own administrations and the Eurodelta - based the Circular Spatial Strategy of the Province of South Holland.
The official start date of ASSET is November 2023, with a project timeline of 18 months. The City of Amsterdam (the project lead) is exploring the potential of a spatial strategy for Amsterdam as preperation for the development of the next Omgevingsvisie and the circular development of Amsterdam's built environment. By collaborating with neighbouring cities and regions in this project, the City of Amsterdam desires to allign policy and research agendas within the Eurodelta, to upscale best practices and initiatives in order for the EuroDelta to become a blueprint for the European circular built environment.- WHO: City of Amsterdam (lead partner) and 10 project partners - Province of South Holland, City of The Hague, Krefeld Business, Brussels Perspective, Brussels Environment, RWTH Aachen, Delft University of Technology, METREX, Duisburg Business, Verenig Deltametropool + over 30 associated partners from 4 countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Northern France) in the following sectors: government, economic/business associations, industry/logistics, academia and civil society
- WHERE: North West Europe (specifically the Eurodelta)
- DURATION OF PROJECT: 18 months, starting date: November 2023
- AMSTERDAM'S ROLE IN PROJECT: Lead Partner, project management, involved in all activities and lead of the development of the strategy and action plan.
- SUBSIDY TOTAL AMOUNT: 798.066 euro
- SUBSIDY FOR AMSTERDAM: 123.215 euro
Harbour cities and regions within the Eurodelta, a historically strong economically-related area that covers the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse delta conurbations (including the Randstad, Brussels and Rhine-Ruhr area) have come together to explore if collaboration can help to accelerate the transition to a circular economy; an economy that promotes value maintenance and sustainable development, creating environmental quality, economic development, and social equity, to the benefit of current and future generations. In a circular economy, the ‘end of life’ concept has been replaced with new concepts like reducing, reusing, recycling , and recovering of materials throughout the supply chain.
This economic shift has spatial implications e.g. for storage, production areas for biobased materials, building hubs, logistic hubs, new industrial sites, etc. A circular built environment (CBE) is a system designed for narrowing, slowing, and closing resource loops at different spatial-temporal levels by transitioning cultural, environmental, economic and social values towards a sustainable way of living. The change to a CBE can result in increased demand for space at one location and less at another; therefore, it requires strong involvement of the economic and social sector in planning and different design principles.
However, the so-called ‘spatial requirements’ – how much land and where it is located – is largely unknown territory. Policymakers are only beginning to realize the far-reaching spatial implications of a truly circular built environment. The objective of ASSET is to develop a strategy and action plan to understand the spatial implications of the circular transition of the built environment for the Eurodelta, as well as to come up with innovative solutions on different scales. By using the Province of South Holland's Spatial Circular strategy as the base of the research, the project partners focus on two main questions:
- What is necessary to develop a spatial-economic strategy and action agenda for the circular transition of the Eurodelta?
- Can cooperation between cities and regions in this area help to solve local spatial problems?
By focusing on the construction sector, which is responsible for 40% of the CO2 emission within the Eurodelta, the project partners build on forming an alliance of experts and students on circularity, economics, planning and mobility from the public and private sectors throughout the EuroDelta to gather information, raise awareness, create additional capacity and to discover technological innovations and capabilities within the region.
Final products:
- Capacity building by creating a network of governmental instituitions, the academic field and the private sector
- 2 Final publications:
1) Publication containing policy highlights, strategy, action plan & policy recommendations
2) Inspirational publication: Best practices, student work, research & Design Principles - ASSET Conference with publication of a manifesto
Results:
The project will deepen the understanding of spatial design of a circular built environment on different scales (building, neighbourhood, city, region and macroregional scale). The project partners will learn from each others' policies, policy instruments and best practices, and discuss the added value of upscaling initiatives and aligning policies. The professionals will be inspired by student work from across the Eurodelta.
The circular transition and the growing competition of raw materials on the world market requires a new way of thinking within Europe; a way of thinking that is based on cooperation, mission driven and in functional relations.
The insights of the learnings will find their way into local circular and spatial policies, paving the way for actions and cooperation across the Eurodelta.
After 18 months, trust between different partners will be strengthened, ambitions and research questions will be aligned, and a set of actions will be developed to continue the project partners' work on a circular built environment.
By focusing on the construction sector, which is responsible for 40% of the CO2 emission within the Eurodelta, the project partners build on forming an alliance of experts and students on circularity, economics, planning and mobility from the public and private sectors throughout the Eurodelta to gather information, raise awareness, create additional capacity and to discover technological innovations and capabilities within the region.
Contact person: Dagmar Keim - project lead of ASSET (d.keim@amsterdam.nl)
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Next Generation Internet Foward
Looptijd 01-01-2019 tot 31-12-2021
NGI Forward brings together a consortium of leading organisations in the NGI and the internet space more broadly to help further the Next Generation Internet as the key European entity and space for radical new thinking on the future internet, by both conducting and bringing togetherthe latest thinking and cutting edge research, and reaching a critical mass of Europeans through our ambitious engagement strategies.
Our main aim is to articulate an ambitious vision for what we want the Next Generation Internet to be, involving diverse voices in the process. We set out a clear set of next steps towards this vision through the development of technology, value and policy roadmaps, and build a network of the key European stakeholders we need to empower in order to achieve these goals.
Employing cutting-edge data methodologies we continously identify newly emerging technologies, social issues and communities likely to play a key role in the shaping of the future internet. Understanding these emerging dynamics allows us, and by extension the European Commission, to become involved in shaping their development early on, embedding key values for the Next Generation Internet in the process.
We build a strong and vibrant community of key stakeholders (innovators, researchers, policymakers and the general public) surrounding these topics to drive forward the NGI, involvin both leading internet thinkers and well-established innovators, as well as young talent and otherwise untapped talent pools. Through leading edge qualitative and quantitative research (such as deep learning, ethnography and futures metholodiges), we map out the main research and policy needs and opportunities surrounding these topics, empowering our stakeholders group to take action.
For more information about Next Generation Internet, see website NGI
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VALUES
VALUES promotes coordination and mutual understanding between 16 cities and volunteer organizations by bringing them together in 'communities of practice.' Here, officials and volunteers learn from each other through workshops, tours, staff exchanges, and by attending training sessions to identify and implement best practices in the field of integration
Volunteering Activities to Leverage Urban and European Social Integration of Migrants
- WHO: Eurocities asbl, Migration Work, Centre Européen du Volontariat, Municipality of Amsterdam, Bristol City Council, Statutární Město Brno, Comune di Cesena, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Agencia para el Empleo de Madrid, Stadt Nürnberg, Stad Oostende, Rigas Domes Izglitibas Kulturas un Sporta Departaments, Sheffield City Council, Ajuntament de Terrassa, TV100, Commune de Toulouse, Comune di Torino
- WHERE: Amsterdam (NL), Bristol (UK), Cesena (IT), Düsseldorf (DE), Madrid (ES), Nuremberg (DE), Oslo (FI), Oostende (BE), Riga (LV), Sheffield (UK), Terrassa (ES), Thessaloniki (GR), Toulouse (FR), Turin (IT), Vantaa (FI), Zurich (AT)
- DURATION: 2 years, starting February 2019
- AMSTERDAM'S ROLE: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: 90,000 euros
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: 31,250 euros
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: AMIF
VALUES was led by Eurocities with the aim of implementing the 'Eurocities Integrating Cities Charter' established in 2010. This charter defines the responsibilities of European cities to embrace the diversity of their populations and provide equal opportunities to everyone. The Charter has been signed by 42 cities. The VALUES project provides toolkits for exchanging best practices and knowledge in this area among partner cities, with a focus on implementation at the local level.
Within the VALUES project, the Municipality of Amsterdam exchanged knowledge with Oslo, Düsseldorf, and Thessaloniki through workshops, exchanges, and a conference. A shared outcome among these cities is the difficulty in determining what is happening at the neighborhood level in terms of integration and how the municipality can best support this.
This is done by building and developing four communities of practice in the following areas:
A. Community building in cities to promote a welcoming culture
B. Innovative volunteering activities in integration to engage migrants and refugees
C. Collaboration between cities and volunteers in migrant integration at the neighborhood or community level
D. Mobilizing volunteers to engage the young migrant population in societyYou can find the Eurocities Integrating Cities Charter below:
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Pilot Projects in Sports: EYTS and ERS
These two projects are part of a Pilot and Preparatory Program of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sports and Culture. The aim of this program is to prepare future activities related to sports in the EU by establishing networks and developing best practices in various European contexts.
Empowering Refugees Through Sport 2017 - 2018:
Duration: 1 year
Total Budget: 213,893 euros
Subsidy for Amsterdam: 60,000 eurosKey Project Goals:
- Stimulate the participation of at least 20% of officially registered refugees living in Amsterdam in sports activities during 2017.
- Create a social network for each involved refugee.
- Develop a general methodology, including lessons learned from this project, ready for implementation in other EU cities.
Key Project Results:
- Improved direct contacts of refugees with citizens in Amsterdam through an increase in participation in sports events and other training/coaching/information/evaluation events.
- Enhanced methodology, including future perspectives on integration, with a particular focus on two specific groups: women/girls and Eritrean refugees.
The Engaging Youth Through Sports Programme 2017 - 2018:
Duration: 1 year
Total Budget: 99,457 euros
Subsidy for Amsterdam: 60,000 eurosKey Project Goals:
- Gain insight into factors contributing to vulnerability to radicalization and violent extremism by monitoring characteristics such as struggles with religious identity, adverse social conditions, erratic and problematic behavior, low emotional resilience, etc.
- Improve discipline and structure, address social isolation, increase the sense of belonging in Amsterdam, and promote the self-reliance of 15 vulnerable youth per district (in 4 districts) through weekly indoor football training and group and individual coaching.
- Document the relationship between sport and the prevention of radicalization, provide deeper insights, and share these insights with experts from other Dutch and EU cities.
Key Project Results:
- Deeper understanding acquired of the benefits of sport as a tool for anti-radicalization programs and improved accessibility and awareness among youth at risk.
- Policy recommendations shared for follow-up projects and scaling to other Dutch or European cities for anti-radicalization policies.
In the document below, you will find a summary of all projects in the EU that took place within this program.
Source: Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions in the Field of Sports 2016 – 2019. ISBN 978-92-76-17175-1" -
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URBANITE
URBANITE analyzes the impact, trust, and attitudes of civil servants, citizens, and other stakeholders regarding the integration of innovative technologies. URBANITE examines the role of new technologies such as AI, DSS, big data analysis, and predictive algorithms in a data-driven decision-making process.
Supporting decision-making in URBAN transformation with the use of disruptive Technologies
- WHO: Municipality of Amsterdam, Waag Futurelab, Tecnalia, Alma Digit, Municipality of Messina ENGINEERING, Forum Virium Helsinki, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung, Institut Jozef Stefan, Municipality of Bilbao, Asociacion Cluster de Movilidad y Logistica de Euskadi
- WHERE: Amsterdam, Bilbao, Helsinki, and Messina.
- DURATION: 3 years, starting April 2020
- AMSTERDAM'S ROLE: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: 3,954,062
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: 207,687
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: HORIZON2020
- CONTACT PERSON: Nathalie van Loon (nathalie.van.loon@amsterdam.nl)
With URBANITE, the Municipality of Amsterdam continues its research on how citizens can participate in shaping the Amsterdam approach to mobility and data. Citizens, policymakers, and other stakeholders will jointly create new methods for this participation, such as commons-based approaches to data governance and an online accessible data and mobility hub.
URBANITE stems from the need for a platform that can extract, merge, and manage data from various sources. It should be capable of gathering knowledge to aid decision-making processes, simulate solutions, and anticipate behaviors and unforeseen events. Furthermore, such an intelligent platform can promote collaboration between departments by breaking down silos.
URBANITE analyzes the integration of technologies such as AI, DSS, big data analysis, and predictive algorithms in a data-driven decision-making process. To this end, it will provide recommendations, pathways, and toolkits (both ICT-based such as data management platforms and DSS, and non-ICT such as co-creation activities) for officials and policymakers.
The project has achieved the following key results:
- Social Policy Laboratories (SoPoLab): a digital co-creation environment and a set of approaches to design and co-create policy guidelines with all involved actors.
- Data management platform: a platform supporting the entire data processing chain, from collection and processing to data utilization.
- Decision support system: powerful analysis tools combining multiple data sources with advanced algorithms, simulations, recommendations, and advanced visual analysis.
- Recommendations and pathways: pathways to provide government agencies with guidelines for adopting disruptive technologies and data in their policymaking processes.
The URBANITE platform is locally tailored to the specific needs, objectives, and requirements of the pilot locations:
[Amsterdam] A bicycle-friendly city: improving comfort levels by managing the "flows" of cyclists in the city and preventing bicycle congestion and risky (safety-related) situations, also using participatory methods with residents.
[Helsinki] Integrating mobility data into traffic planning: ensuring that traffic data becomes part of the daily life of traffic and urban planning experts and officials.
[Bilbao] Citizen-centric spaces: analyzing the potential effects of a decrease in private vehicle traffic movements, while simultaneously addressing existing challenges such as insufficient volume and quality of data, trust in data exploitation methods, and interoperability.
[Messina] Building a multimodal city: creating mobility services that can meet the needs of citizens, residents, commuters, and visitors, enabling them to move optimally in the city. Optimizing mobility and integrating multimodal transport services for the city.
The project is explained in the video below:
Source: Waag | Urbanite
Source: URBANITE H2020 project video - YouTube
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eHUBS
As part of the European eHUBS project, 17 Neighborhood Hubs (BuurtHubs)have been established in the city. A Neighborhood Hub offers electric shared transportation, including bicycles, cargo bikes, scooters, or cars. All vehicles are clean, electric, and used by residents of the neighborhood.
Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs
- WHO: Promotion of Operation Links with Integrated Services aisbl (POLIS), Mpact asb, Autodelen.net, Bayern Innovativ Ltd., Cargoroo, URBEE (E-bike network Amsterdam BV), City of Nijmegen, Transport for Greater Manchester, City of Leuven, TU Delft, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, City of Dreux, Kempten (Allgäu), University of Antwerp, The Highlands and Islands, Transport Partnership (HITRANS), Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Autorité Organisatrice du Transport (AOT - Service Public de Wallonie Mobilité et Infrastructures), Mpact vzw
- WHERE: Amsterdam, Leuven, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Manchester, Kempten, Dreux, Inverness, Wallonia Region, and Dublin
- DURATION: 3 years, starting in 2019
- ROLE OF AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam leads this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: €8,807,586
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: €717,378
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: Interreg NWE
- CONTACT PERSON: Debbie Dekkers (D.Dekkers@amsterdam.nl)
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CLIMAA
LGDs represent the local response to the European Green Deal. An LGD is an innovative approach to accelerate the sustainability transition, based on the principles of good governance, policy integration, collaboration with local stakeholders, and concrete action.
Collaborative Local Impact in Aalborg and Amsterdam
- WHO: Aalborg Kommune (DK), Netværk for Bæredygtig Erhvervsudvikling NordDanmark (DK), Gemeente Amsterdam (NL), Stichting MKB Nederland (NL), ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (DE)
- WHERE: Amsterdam and Aalborg
- DURATION: 1 year, starting in May 2022
- ROLE OF AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: €215,060
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: €108.000
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: COSME
- CONTACT PERSON: Egon van Wees (Egon.van.wees@amsterdam.nl)
CLIMAA Amsterdam is a collaboration between Amsterdam Impact and MKB-Amsterdam.
The goal of Amsterdam Impact is to strengthen the ecosystem for all businesses addressing societal challenges through entrepreneurship. This ecosystem includes social enterprises, SMEs, financiers, civil servants, network organizations, and knowledge institutions. Amsterdam Impact also focuses on transitioning from a 'profit economy' to a 'well-being economy.'
MKB-Amsterdam advocates for the interests of SMEs at the local and regional political level. The organization maintains strong relationships with the Municipality of Amsterdam and has an extensive network of local entrepreneurs.
Through CLIMAA, Amsterdam Impact and MKB-Amsterdam have developed a program in three phases:
- Needs analysis and identification of measures and support.
- Co-creation for inspiration and capacity building.
- Identification of SMEs and setting up action plans.
In Amsterdam, this has led to 9 LGDs in which SMEs have entered into agreements with the Municipality of Amsterdam to make concrete commitments regarding sustainability, social impact, and good entrepreneurship. An example is the agreement with the Westergasfabriek to reduce waste streams, with support from the Municipality of Amsterdam.
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AI4Cities
AI4Cities has challenged the market to come up with AI-based solutions that can help cities reduce CO2 emissions in their energy and mobility sectors. Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Helsinki, Stavanger, and Tallinn have undergone a pre-commercial procurement process and ultimately selected seven suppliers to test the prototypes developed during the project. Of the seven suppliers, four are working on energy solutions and three on mobility.
AI4Cities, Accelerating Carbon Neutrality
- WHO: Amsterdam (partner), Forum Virium Helsinki (coordinator), Cap Digital, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Tallinn, ICLEI Europe
- WHERE: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Helsinki, Stavanger, and Tallinn
- DURATION: 3 years, starting in January 2020
- ROLE OF AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: €4,600,000
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: €981,918
- CONTACT PERSON:
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ACCESS
This project addresses the unequal impact of culture on varying groups and communities within cities. Some have greater access to culture than others and consequently experience its positive effects to a greater extent. The aim of this project is to gain deeper insights into groups and communities in the city to enhance their access to culture and it's positive impacts.
ACCESS to Culture for all Citizens
- WHO: Amsterdam, Greater London Authority, Lisbon, Dublin City Council, Sofia Municipality, Riga, Vilnius City Municipal Government, City of Tallinn
- WHERE: Amsterdam
- DURATION: 3 years, starting on June 25, 2019
- ROLE OF AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam leads this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: €749,746
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: €199,695
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: URBACT
- CONTACT PERSON: Cigdem Ozcelik (c.ozcelik@amsterdam.nl)
ACCESS focuses on the importance of inclusive cultural policy. A challenge faced by all eight partner cities is that culture does not equally reach and enrich all individuals. Therefore, cities must develop a better understanding of communities to engage all citizens. ACCESS has identified four topics to work on, which will enable partner cities to gain that understanding and to safeguard it:
- There is a lack of a solid scientific foundation for cultural policy due to insufficient data and research.
- Cultural activities often take place in the city center but should be more widely distributed.
- Not all groups participate in cultural activities with the same frequency and intensity.
- Cities lack knowledge and underutilize 'smart solutions.'
Amsterdam's participation in ACCESS serves as a catalyst to achieve the city's objectives for cultural inclusion. Additionally, the project's outcomes will be integrated into the Arts Plan 2025-2028. The key findings revealed that most art is consumed in the city center, but residents of suburbs (North, New West, and Southeast) also have a significant need for art and culture and should be catered to accordingly.
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ABCities
A consortium comprising five European regions - Manchester, Vilnius, Varaždin-Čakovec, Athens, and Amsterdam - analyzed policy and several cases of 'area-based collectives' within their respective regions throughout the project's duration. The research was conducted by university partners in close collaboration with municipalities and local stakeholders. The aim of the research within the project is to enable governments to support local entrepreneurial collectives to thrive sustainably.
AREA BASED COLLABORATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CITIES
- WHO: Municipality of Amsterdam, HvA (coordinator), Mykolas Romeris University, Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester City Council, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, The City of Varaždin, The City of Čakovec, Harokopio University, Athens municipality
- WHERE: Amsterdam, Vilnius, Athens, Manchester, and Varazdin-Cakovic DURATION: 2 years from June 1, 2018
- AMSTERDAM'S ROLE: Amsterdam is a partner in this project
- TOTAL BUDGET: 1,596,561 Euro
- AMOUNT FOR AMSTERDAM: 161.805 Euro
- SUBSIDY PROGRAMME: Interreg Europe
- CONTACT PERSON: Hennie Loos (H.Loos@amsterdam.nl)
In European cities, local entrepreneurs increasingly join forces in new ways by forming collectives to stimulate economic growth and innovation and to create a more attractive entrepreneurial climate. Area Based Collaborative Entrepreneurship (ABCE) entails entrepreneurs collaborating by investing in facilities, jointly promoting their neighborhoods, improving shared public spaces, etc. The value of such collectives is increasingly recognized by local governments, leading to more frequent development of policies to encourage these initiatives. A major advantage of ABCE is that participating local entrepreneurs and businesses are often deeply connected to their neighborhoods, thereby enhancing neighborhood livability and social ties among local stakeholders.
In Amsterdam, recommendations were made based on four case studies: Plein '40-'45, Ik geef om de Jan Eef, Noorderpark Onderneemt, and the Knowledge Mile. The key findings and recommendations from the ABCitiEs project are as follows:
- To ensure local success of ABCE, it is crucial to facilitate support and access to intermediaries from the government and/or municipality. A concrete way to achieve this is through the Business Investment Zone (BIZ).
- Access to financing or subsidies for ABCEs is a recurring challenge. One of the outcomes of ABCitiEs is therefore to provide ABCEs with access to long-term subsidies to ensure the positive effects are sustained.
- It can be challenging to demonstrate the effects of an ABCE. Therefore, it is important to conduct proper monitoring, for example, through easily accessible dashboards with data.
- Because the effectiveness of an ABCE approach heavily depends on the local context, it is crucial for the precise implementation of local ABCE to be sensitive to this. ABCEs thus benefit from flexible regulations and policies that allow instruments to be tested gradually and experimentally.
For more information on the ABCitiEs project in Amsterdam, please refer to the attached annex.
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Reflow
The REFLOW Project aims to develop circular and regenerative cities through enabling active citizen involvement and systemic change to re-think the current approach to material flows in cities. The project utilizes Fab Labs and maker spaces as catalysts for change in urban and peri-urban environments.
Mission
Under the current urban paradigm, cities consume more resources than they produce. 68% of the world’s population is predicted to live in urban areas by 2050 (UN). REFLOW’s mission is to show how rethinking our economy and configuration of the urban metabolism can enable the transition to circular and regenerative cities.
Vision
REFLOW's vision is to develop circular and regenerative cities through the re-localization of production and the reconfiguration of material flows at different scales. REFLOW aims to provide best practices that align market and government needs in order to create favorable conditions for the public and private sector to adopt circular principles.
Out focus
The REFLOW project builds on the concept of the 'urban metabolism' which seeks to understand the city and its surrounding region through the lens of biological systems, and technical processes. The project will calculate, analyse, and redefine urban resource usage through specific social, environmental, and economic indicators in order to assess the relationship between urban production and consumption.
Source: REFLOW - About
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Team Europese Subsidies Gemeente Amsterdam
Er zijn jaarlijks veel Europese subsidies beschikbaar voor een scala aan onderwerpen en doelgroepen. Het Team Europese Subsidies bekijkt welke subsidies passend zijn voor de beleidsdoelen van Amsterdam en brengt deze in kaart. Het team heeft kennis van subsidie- en lobbytrajecten, adviseert en ondersteunt bij Europese subsidieaanvragen.
De medewerkers van TES kennen de gemeente en werken met collega’s en partners samen aan een realistische benadering van Europa, door projecten te analyseren op subsidiemogelijkheden, door samen naar Brussel te reizen om beter inzicht te krijgen of door het schrijven van een subsidieaanvraag. Het team houdt alle Europese subsidiemogelijkheden (calls) dagelijks bij en is altijd te bereiken voor advies over Europese programma’s of financieringen.
TES werkt in opdracht; opdrachtgevers kunnen alle onderdelen van de gemeente zijn.
Bron en meer informatie:
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DeCarb-Pro
Purchase traditionally focuses on the cheapest price or the Economically Most Advantageous Tender (EMVI). DeCarb-Pro is developing one or more methods in a European context to take into account the scope 3 CO2 emissions of products that local authorities purchase in tender processes. DeCarb-Pro is developing one or more strategies for local authorities to systematically increase CO2 pricing in public procurement, with a distinction between the needs of small, medium and large local authorities, based on existing methods and common practices, using existing knowledge and experiences from the Netherlands and France. Not only are strategies being developed. The viability of the new methods must be demonstrated in pilot projects to be set up in small, medium and large local authorities.
Ultimately, all local authorities in North West Europe must be able to implement CO2 pricing in purchasing decisions of products. To this end, training programs will be jointly developed and implemented, adapted to the needs of local authorities of all sizes. Operational structures for further rollout after 2027, after the end of the project, are being prepared, such as e.g. a helpdesk and other support structures. The program started in March 2023 and will continue until April 2027. Amsterdam is contributing its expertise and will adapt its purchasing procedures with regard to CO2 reduction from 2027 onward, to what will be common in the European context after 2027.Decarbonisation in Procurement
- WHO: Municipality of Amsterdam (the Green Office, the Transport & Public Space Directorate and the Department of Engineering), Climate Alliance The Netherlands (Program Management), City of Paris, Climate Alliance Luxembourg (associate partner), Strasbourg Eurometropolis, Climate Agency of Strasbourg Eurometropolis, City of Wiesbaden, Metropolitan aera of Essen, Climate Alliance Germany, Green Metropolis Region Arnhem & Nijmegen, HIER Climate Agency (formerly SKAO), Flux 50 (Belgium), South East Energy Agency (Ireland).
- WHERE: North West Europa
- TIMELINE: 46 Months, Startdate March 2023
- AMSTERDAM'S ROLE IN THE PROJECT: Amsterdam is a partner in this European program of a budget of 5.8 million, of which 3.5 million is an ERDF subsidy.
- SUBSIDY FOR AMSTERDAM: ERDF- subsidy € 370.000, in-kind contribution of € 247.000
The DeCarb-Pro program is aimed at reducing CO2 emissions in purchased products (scope 3 emissions) by local authorities. Public procurement has a significant influence on CO2 emissions in North West Europe: 15% or 230 million tons of CO2 (2020) is emitted mainly under the responsibility of local authorities. Without low-carbon procurement, local authorities in North West Europe are unlikely to achieve the EU reduction targets for 2030 and their required contribution to the ambitions of the EU Green Deal. The most drastic scope 3 emission reductions can be achieved when purchasing products in the field of infrastructure, construction and energy.
Still public procurement in Europe is often dominated by prices. By using carbon pricing in tenders, local authorites ask companies to compete on products and services with the lowest emissions for the best price. Ultimately resulting in lower overall emissions. A carbon pricing strategy is rarely implemented by local authorities, due to a lack of instruments, knowledge and standardised procedures.
The partnership in this program of local authorities, energy agencies, city networks and market partners from nearly all countries in North West Europe will develop a strategic approach to carbon pricing for procurement, applicable to all local authorities in North West Europe. The developed instruments are tested and validated in pilot tender projects in the 3 sectors; infrastructure, construction and energy. The pilots will lead to concrete emission reduction results and will act as showcases for other local authorities. Internal and external training programs will be developed and implemented for the development of all parties interested. This enables local authorities to commit, implement CO2 pricing in their tenders and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.
Local authorities throughout North West Europe face the same purchasing challenges. Transnational cooperation facilitates rapid adoption in the countries of North West Europe: the partnership builds on the previous experience of Dutch and French participating partners in the field of CO2 pricing. Transnational cooperation develops carbon pricing for viable widespread use and supports the necessary widespread adoption and implementation in North West Europe.
Endproducts:
The program has three phases. In the first phase, existing methods for CO2 pricing, experiences and opportunities are inventoried and strategies are developed appropriate to the size of a local authority. In a second phase, these strategies are tested, evaluated and reported. In the third and final phase, internal and external training programs are set up and an overview is given of what preconditions need to be set, in order to apply the than proven methods throughout North West Europe.
The deliverables to which Amsterdam contributes are:
- An inventory of experiences and opportunities for CO2 pricing in purchasing in regions with a similar size to that of Amsterdam (Paris, Essen).
- An inventory of possibilities for integrating CO2 pricing into local government procurement procedures, taking into account the needs of governments of different sizes.
- A draft strategic approach for CO2 pricing in tender procedures.
- A toolbox filled with methods and instruments to include CO2 pricing in purchasing by local authorities.
- Report(s) on pilot projects in the field of carbon budgeting and CO2 pricing in the planning, design and procurement phases for large local authorities.
- Evaluation reports of the pilot projects.
- Integrating CO2 pricing into the purchasing activities of the own organization with internal training for all involved.
- Determination of necessary activities for creating the right preconditions for broadly supported CO2 pricing in North West Europe.
- Implementation scheme for multi-year activities for the consolidation of CO2 pricing in tenders in North West Europe.
Contact information: Mark van den Putte (m.van.den.putte@amsterdam.nl)
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LIFE Green Pitches
This LIFE-project includes a unique and innovative tendering method: the Scale Up, aimed at creating future proof artificial grass pitches in cooperation with market parties. Like most cities, Amsterdam and Haarlem depend on artificial grass to be able to offer enough sport, as artificial grass can be used more intensely than natural grass. However, artificial grass pitches are not circular yet, they cause heat stress, a reduced water management system and a huge pile of waste. We call on market parties to cooperate in taking on this challenge and we are willing to purchase innovative solutions on a large scale. The market parties get the opportunity to test solutions with prototypes and pilots. Working together we can reduce the negative environmental impact of artificial grass pitches, and contribute to smart environmental solutions, taking sport as a starting point. The lessons which are learned will be shared internally and externally. The project was started in September 2022 and will be completed in September 2027.
LIFE GREEN PITCHES: Scale Up Future proof artificial grass pitches
- WHO: Municipality of Amsterdam (coordinator), Municipality of Haarlem (beneficiary), SRO (affiliated entity), Pianoo (associated partner)
- WHERE: Metropolitan region of Amsterdam, Municipality of Amsterdam, Municipality of Haarlem
- DURATION: 5 years, starting date: September 2022
- ROLE AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam is the initiator of the LIFE- project.
- SUBSIDIE FOR AMSTERDAM: max. €648.355,80
The LIFE GREEN PITCHES project aims at stimulating circular, biobased, non-polluting, climate proof and energy positive innovations, using the innovative, durable ‘Scale Up’ tendering method. LIFE GREEN PITCHES will implement the Scale Up method in order to stimulate cooperation in the market for artificial grass pitches, and to facilitate consortiums to design and apply their innovative, sustainable solutions in three prototypes and three pilot locations. This will be combined with an integral monitoring method and an evaluation of the applied innovations. The application of innovations in the project will lead to, among other things, a 13,070 tonne reduction of non-circular building materials, a reduction of 11,592 kilograms of microplastics being released in the environment, 24,000 square meters being less vulnerable to climate effects, an annual 5,040,000 kWh heightened capacity for renewable energy production and 1,349 tonnes of CO2 reduction by using less new building materials.
The LIFE GREEN PITCHES project puts a strong emphasis on replication of common tendering specifications, monitoring tools and tendering documents for artificial grass pitches in the entire EU, aiming for at least 25 replication locations within 5 years, giving a significant increase of positive environmental effects. As well as this, it will transfer the Scale Up method to other sectors where government purchasing parties can stimulate durable innovation, such as the built-up environment, mobility and infrastructure sectors. Project partners Amsterdam, Haarlem, NV SRO en PIANOo can offer the expertise as well as the networks (among which the EU Urban Agenda on Public Procurement) to spread, exploit and replicate the results of the project.
Final products and resultsDuring the project, 3 durable prototype sport pitches and 3 pilot durable pilot artificial grass fields will be built. Eventually, an ongoing framework agreement (ca. 10 years) will be made for the realization of future proof artificial grass sport pitches. The deliverables in the project will be:
- Project management guide,
- KPI tool
- Communication and distribution plan
- Project pages on the websites of all project partners
- The tendering file with the selection and award criteria
- A chart analysis of the environmental issues concerning artificial grass pitches
- A SWOT analysis of the innovative solutions for the prototype and pilot pitches
- A monitoring report of the measuring results of the durable solutions on artificial grass pitches
- A directive for the use of the Scale Up method
- A final conference
- An After-LIFE replication plan
- A list with the front runners for replication
Next to the abovementioned deliverables, a learning path will be set out around innovative tendering, and a cooperation for joint purchasing will be established between the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlem. -
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ENLIGHTENme - Project
With a growing world population and rising urbanisation comes an underestimated by-product: more human exposure to electric light. This includes public outdoor lighting and the artificial glow created by highly urbanised areas, but also light exposure at the individual level from interior lighting in buildings and light-emitting screens. Inappropriate and disruptive light exposure at night, or too little light exposure during the day, profoundly affects people’s biological clock, health and wellbeing. Older adults over 65 years of age are particularly prone to these impacts. Knowledge about the role lighting has on people’s health and new responsive guidance for urban lighting strategies have the potential to substantially mitigate any possible impacts. Particular attention will also be placed on linking the socio-economic dimension of lighting with urban lighting patterns, population health status and wellbeing indicators in order to understand how resulting health inequalities and high levels of light exposure impact on citizen’s physical and mental wellbeing.
ENLIGHTENme brings together experts from different scientific fields and sectors, such as urban development and health research for four years to collect evidence about indoor and outdoor lighting impacts on human health and wellbeing – particularly for people over the age of 65 and other vulnerable groups. The project aims to research, develop and validate innovative solutions to support innovative urban lighting policies and guidance for better health in cities throughout Europe.The ENLIGHTENme project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 945238.
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Kenniscentrum House of Skills
House of Skills is een netwerk- en kennisorganisatie in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam en is een programma van Amsterdam Economic Board. In dit publiek- privaat samenwerkingsverband werken bedrijfsleven, brancheorganisaties, werknemers- en werkgeversorganisaties, onderwijs- en kennisinstellingen en gemeenten nauw samen. Doel is de transitie naar een meer op skillsgerichte onderwijs- en arbeidsmarkt te versnellen om zo de intersectorale arbeidsmobiliteit en duurzame inzetbaarheid van de beroepsbevolking te vergroten. Daarvoor ontwerpt House of Skills skillsprogramma’s (waaronder het opzetten van loopbaanpaden, instrumenten, trainingen en workshops) om kennis te ontwikkelen en toe te passen.
Wat is House of Skills?
House of Skills is een living lab onder leiding van de gemeente Amsterdam en zestien betrokken partners. Doel van het House of Skills is duurzame inzetbaarheid te creëren voor de lager- en middelbaar opgeleiden in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam. Het Centre of Expertise Urban Governance and Social Innovation is een van de trekkers van het House of Skills. Zo zijn we verantwoordelijk voor de ontwikkeling van het business model van het House of Skills.
House of Skills richt zich op een inclusieve arbeidsmarkt waar voor iedereen plaats is. Hierdoor is het essentieel dat de huidige en toekomstige beroepsbevolking de mogelijkheden heeft en krijgt om zich tijdig én regelmatig te ontwikkelen.
Wat doet het Kenniscentrum?
Het Kenniscentrum zorgt voor praktijkgericht, toegepast en fundamenteel wetenschappelijk onderzoek voor een stevige theoretische basis onder de op skills gerichte arbeidsmarkt. Het doel van het Kenniscentrum is het bevorderen van innovaties. We werken aan een gezamenlijke skillstaal en aan netwerksturing van de regionale, op skills georiënteerde arbeidsmarkt. Onze kennisagenda richt zich op de overkoepelende vraag: “Hoe draagt een integrale skillsbenadering van House of Skills bij aan een beter functionerende onderwijs- en arbeidsmarkt in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam?”
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EU Proposed Mission: 100 Climate-neutral Cities by 2030 – by and for the Citizens (complete PDF)
This report describes the background of the European Commisions 'Cities Mission for 100 climate neutral cities by 2030' and the criteria for applying.
Reaching 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030 is the objective identified by the mission board for climate-neutral and smart cities. A mission in this area would support, promote and showcase 100 European cities in their systemic transformation towards climate neutrality by 2030 and make these cities into experimentation and innovation hubs for all cities.Cities are the place where decarbonisation strategies for energy, transport, buildings and even industry and agriculture coexist and intersect. The climate emergency must be tackled within cities and by engaging citizens who are not only political actors in a governance structure, but also users, producers, consumers and owners. Through a multi-level and co-creative process formalised in a climate city contract, adjusted to the realities of each city, the mission is fully anchored on the European green deal strategy to make Europe climate neutral by 2050.
Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Gronkiewicz-Waltz, H., Larsson, A., Boni, A., et al., 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030 - by and for the citizens : report of the mission board for climate-neutral and smart cities, Publications Office, 2020, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/46063
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Citizen-Driven Positive Energy Districts in Amsterdam, Bilbao and beyond: ATELIER
ATELIER is een ambitieus smart city project waarin Amsterdam en Bilbao een energieleverende wijk (PED – positive energy district) realiseren, in samenwerking met kennisinstellingen en private partijen, om tot een structurele impact te komen op het energiesysteem in de stad. Daarnaast maken zes fellow cities deel uit van het project: Riga, Kopenhagen, Budapest, Bratislava, Krakow en Matosinhos zullen de innovatieve oplossingen op termijn implementeren in hun eigen stad.
Resultaten voor Amsterdam
In Buiksloterham zullen de projectlocaties Republica en Poppies worden ontwikkeld; ca 20.000m2 vloeroppervlak met zowel woningen, als commerciële voorzieningen waaronder een hotel en restaurant met parkeerplaatsen. Hier wordt een Buiksloterham energy community gerealiseerd door een aantal baanbrekende, bestaande lokale energiegemeenschappen te verbinden tot een energie positieve wijk. De bewoners zullen deel uitmaken van een lokale energie markt waar zij zelf duurzaam opgewekte energie (of bespaarde elektriciteit) kunnen verhandelen via een lokaal digitaal platform met de buurt. Hiervoor zijn tal van technische innovaties nodig die op deze schaal nog niet bestaan. Activiteiten richten zich onder meer op coördinatie van lokaal aanbod, opslag en vraag, peer-to-peer energie-uitwisseling en actief betrekken van burgers en andere stakeholders. Deze lokale energiemarkt zal gekoppeld worden aan het lokale net, ook elektrisch vervoer zal worden meegenomen (smart mobility hub). Tevens wordt op de locatie ook gebruik gemaakt van nieuwe sanitatie, die gekoppeld zal zijn aan warmtewinning. Hier gaat het sluiten van kringlopen hand in hand met duurzame energieopwekking. Er wordt o.a. samengewerkt met de technische partner Spectral voor het ontwerpen en implementeren van de smart grids.
City Vision 2050
Daarnaast is de ontwikkeling van een ambitieuze stedelijke visie tot 2050 onderdeel van dit project, de visie gaat zich richten op de interactie van energie met de brede ontwikkeling van de stad. Het betreft als het ware een doorontwikkeling van de Routekaart Klimaatneutraal naar 2050 in samenhang met een bredere stadsvisie. Dit sluit goed aan bij de doelen van de Structuurvisie en de verdere uitwerking van de Routekaart. Alle acht deelnemende steden zullen een City Vision opstellen in het kader van ATELIER.Meer informatie: smartcity-atelier.eu
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Aan ATELIER is een Europese Horizon2020 subsidie toegekend van 19,5 M euro. Het project is 1 november 2019 gestart en heeft een looptijd van vijf jaar. Het volledige consortium bestaat uit 30 partners uit 11 landen.
Coördinator: City of Amsterdam (NL)
Partners: City of Bilbao (SP) Tecnalia (SP) TNO (NL) Cartif (SP) De Waag Society (NL) Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL) Paul Scherrer Institute (SW) Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (GE) City of Budapest (HU) City of Matosinhos (PO) City of Riga (LT) City of Copenhagen (DK) City of Bratislava (SK) City of Krakow (PL) DEUSTOTECH (SP) Cluster de Energía (SP) IBERDROLA (SP) TELUR (SP) EVE (SP) SPECTRAL (NL) Republica Development VOF (NL) Developer Poppies Location (NL) Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan Solutions (NL) Waternet (NL) DNV-GL (NL) Greenchoice (NL) Civiesco (IT) Zabala Innovation Consulting (SP), Fraunhofer ITWM (GE) -
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RESILIO
IVM takes part in an Amsterdam consortium that will receive 4.8 million Euro for the project RESILIO to lay out blue-green roofs in four city districts. The water carrying roofs are meant as a measure for climate adaptation and improvement of the biodiversity. By using sensors the roofs are smart and make micro-water management possible.
The blue-green roofs have an advantage over ordinary green roofs that they can absorb and store much more water while the plants continue to evaporate during heat and drought. As a result it stays cooler in the homes and neighbourhood and the houses and their surroundings are thus better protected against heavy rain, drought and heat. Also a wider variety of plants can be grown on these roofs which in turn increases the biodiversity. The roofs will be linked in a network regulating the water level on the basis of the weather forecast. When intense precipitation is expected, the storage is emptied beforehand so that the peak flow from roofs is reduced, limiting the discharge to the sewerage. The coming three years the smart blue-green roofs will be laid on 10,000 m2 roof of social housing buildings on four locations in Amsterdam: van de Bellamybuurt, Geuzenveld, Oosterpark and Kattenburg.
From IVM, Dr Ralph Lasage and Dr Hans de Moel (both from Water and Climate Risk) will be involved, as well as Dr Nicolien van der Grijp (Environmental Policy Analysis). IVM’s main contribution will be to assess the hydrological and ecological impacts of the pilots in the four selected city districts as well as the potential for upscaling city-wide. In addition, IVM will bring in its knowledge about participatory approaches and co-creation of knowledge, and conduct a societal cost-benefit analysis.
Bron en meer informatie: website IVM
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PERFECT
Europees project (8 partners) dat zicht richt op bewustzijn vergroten bij beleidsmakers en planners over de verschillende baten van groen (green infrastructure).
Uitvoerende partij en belangrijke partners zijn de GGD Amsterdam, TCPA (Londen, lead partner) en 6 andere Europese partners.Het groen in en rondom de stad draagt bij een aan prettige en gezonde leefomgeving en heeft een positieve invloed op de leefkwaliteit. De GGD is partner in het Europese project PERFECT (https://www.interregeurope.eu/perfect/ ). PERFECT is in 2017 gestart en heeft een looptijd van 5 jaar. Doel van PERFECT is de meerwaarde van groen onder de aandacht brengen, en het bewustzijn over de verschillende sociale, ecologische en economische voordelen van groen verhogen.
De GGD richt zich binnen dit project op het belang van groen voor de gezondheid. De afdeling Leefomgeving doet onderzoek naar effecten van ruimtelijke ingrepen in het Noorderpark op bezoekersaantallen en beweeggedrag en doet onderzoek naar het vergroenen van schoolpleinen in Amsterdam. In het project worden ‘best practices’ en beleidservaringen tussen de verschillende partners uitgewisseld. In Amsterdam wordt nauw samengewerkt met collega’s van de RVE Ruimte & Duurzaamheid (R&D) en PMB.
Contactpersoon project: Imke van Moorselaar
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Just Transition Fund
The EU aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50-55 % by 2030, and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This will require a socio-economic transformation in regions relying on fossil fuels and carbon intensive industries. As part of the European Green Deal, on 14 January 2020, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation to create the Just Transition Fund, aimed at supporting EU regions most affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. In the context of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, an amended proposal on the Just Transition Fund (JTF) was published on 28 May 2020, increasingly the previously proposed JTF budget from €7.5 to €40 billion (in 2018 prices, with €10 billion under the core EU budget and €30 billion from Next Generation EU). Funding will be available to all Member States, while focusing on regions with the biggest transition challenges. The proposed budget for the Just Transition Fund is to be complemented with resources from cohesion policy funds and national co financing. The Fund will be part of a Just Transition Mechanism, which also includes resources under InvestEU and a public-sector loan facility. Total funding mobilised under the mechanism is expected to reach at least €150 billion. In the European Parliament, the file has been entrusted to the Committee on Regional Development (REGI). The rapporteur's draft report was published on 23 March and presented on 12 May. The REGI committee is due to vote on the report on 6 July, with a view to fixing Parliament's position for trilogue negotiations.
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2020 CSI: City Science for Urban Challenges
Between January 2019 and July 2020, over 35 European cities formed the City Science Initiative (CSI) to explore how the science-policy interface operates in light of the emergent urban challenges and crises. It seems that the impact of current national and EU funded research and programs need to be enhanced for tackling cities urban challenges. This report aims to inspire people in municipalities, universities, networks, different lay- ers of government and the European Commission to develop a variety of science-policy interfaces for handling of urban challenges in the near future.
The CSI pilot collaboration has brought together European small, medium and large sized cities, different services of the European Commission, different networks of cities and funding programmes. The gathered City Science Officers reflected on what they need and exchanged current practice and insight. To bridge the existing gap between science and policy, new methodologies need to be developed in all phases of the research process. The report argues that design as a discipline can help to build bridges, solutions and communication strategies for such science-policy interfaces.
The CSI concludes that the science-policy interface needs to improve significantly and soon. Cities are not rich and need to be efficient in how they develop policy for making people’s living environment healthy and safe. Collaboration between cities, facilitated by European institutions and networks, is crucial for handling urban challenges and unanticipated crises as also the COVID 19 pandemic indicates.
Please find the download link for the report below, as well as the press release and the letter signed by the mayors of the six leading cities.City Science for Urban Challenges
Pilot assessment and future potential of the City Science Initiative 2019–2020
ISBN 978 9 46402 545 3
Design: Office of CC
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Local Welcome Policies for EU-Migrants
Dit Europese samenwerkingsproject heeft als doel het delen van kennis en praktijk rondom lokaal welkomst- en integratiebeleid gericht op EU-migranten zoals zaken als huisvesting, werk, zorg en taal. De gemeente Amsterdam is coördinator van dit project en werkt hierin samen met zes andere Europese steden, te weten Göteborg, Dublin, Kopenhagen, Hamburg en Brussel en de Mira Media Foundation. Daarnaast worden er in de verschillende steden een aantal pilotprojecten uitgevoerd rond dit thema. In Amsterdam houden we ons bezig met het inrichten van een EU-infopunt, lokale Welcome Events voor EU-migranten en het beschikbaar maken van alle relevante informatie rond zorg, werk, wonen en recreatie.
Het uiteindelijke doel is dat de opgedane kennis van best practices en de implementatie van de pilotprojecten langdurige positieve effecten hebben op het welkomstbeleid van de verschillende steden voor EU-migranten. Het project is onderdeel van het ‘EU Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme’ van DG Justice van de Europese Commissie.Programma:
EU Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme
Looptijd:
2015-2016
Partners:
o.a. Göteborg, Dublin, Kopenhagen, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Brussel en de Mira Media Foundation
Contactpersonen:
Niels Tubbing
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Lean Landing
Dit INTERREG project, bestaande uit een twintigtal partners, accelerators en incubators uit zes Europese landen uit de North Sea Region (Denemarken, Zweden, Noorwegen, Duitsland, Nederland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk) werkt aan de ontwikkeling en de implementatie van een ‘lean landing programma’. Het doel is om een platform te creëren waardoor startups makkelijker kunnen internationaliseren en exporteren. Dit doormiddel van het uitwisselen van kennis en inzichten in de lokale markten, en het opzetten van meetings met potentiële partners en klanten.
Dit concept zal worden aangeboden en getest onder honderdtwintig Europese midden- en kleinbedrijven en ondernemers zodat er een ‘lean landing blue print’ ontstaat die uiteindelijk openbaar kan worden gemaakt.Looptijd:
2016-2019
Budget:
2 miljoen
Partners:
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Malmö, Londen, Oslo, 6 Deense gemeenten en 6 Deense incubators
Contactpersonen:
Bas Beekman
Website:
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ClairCity
Europees project (8 steden) met Amsterdam als pilotstad voor het betrekken van burgers bij luchtkwaliteit en klimaatverandering.
'Hoe wil jij wonen, werken en reizen in de stad van de toekomst? Dat is de vraag die we stellen aan burgers in heel Europa voor een groot nieuw project: ClairCity. ClairCity wil bewustwording onder burgers creëren over luchtvervuiling en over de uitstoot van CO2 in onze steden.
Samen met inwoners van Amsterdam willen wij onderzoeken hoe je als burger zelf kunt bijdragen aan het oplossen van die problemen. Uniek aan dit project is dat burgers de hoofdrol krijgen om, samen met het onderzoeksteam, uit te vinden wat de beste oplossingen zijn.'
Dit EU project wordt uitgerold in zes partner steden: Amsterdam in Nederland (Gemeente Amsterdam AMS en Trinomics), Bristol in het Verenigd Koningkrijk, Ljubljana in Slovenië, Sosnowiec in Polen, de Aveiro regio in Portugal en de Liguria regio in Italië. De burgers van deze steden zullen betrokken worden in ons project door middel van een online spel, een app, school competities en lokale workshops en evenementen.
Dit project brengt gedetailleerde informatie over luchtkwaliteit in elke stad samen met het gedrag en het dagelijks leven van burgers. We zullen geavanceerde toekomstscenario’s genereren waarin verschillende beschikbare beleidsopties voor de steden worden verwerkt. Deze toekomstscenario’s zullen niet alleen gebaseerd zijn op statistische data. Inwoners van iedere stad zullen hun eigen visie geven op hun stad van de toekomst, zodat de modellen ook echt de aspiraties van de lokale bevolking weerspiegelen.
Bron en meer informatie: website ClairCity
Zie ook: website Team Europese Subsidies Het project is met 6,7 miljoen Euro gefinancierd door het Europese onderzoeksprogramma Horizon 2020. Looptijd: mei 2016- april 2020
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DECODE
DECODE provides tools that put individuals in control of whether they keep their personal data private or share it for the public good
DECODE is a response to people’s concerns about a loss of control over their personal information on the internet. The ability to access, control and use personal data has become a means by which internet companies can drive profits.
The people who create much of this data have lost control over how it is used. This is a problem.
- People have lost control of their data. This does not just mean the erosion of privacy and autonomy, it’s also bad for the security of people’s online identity
- The huge quantities of data produced every day offers the potential for insights which could benefit all of society. With the data controlled by a handful of monopolies, this data is inaccessible to people and organisations who want to create solutions and services for public benefit
- The monopolisation of data creates economic inefficiencies and inequalities. This threatens to undermine trust between citizens, public institutions, and companies, which is essential for a stable, sustainable and collaborative economy
- The current digital ecosystem and Internet of Things (IoT) landscape is highly fragmented, with a multitude of non-interoperable vertical solutions, all offering their own set of devices, gateways and platforms, and means of data handling in data “silos”. This fragmentation makes data unmanageable and end users ultimately lose control over it.
For more information, check website DECODE.
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Urban Learning
Urban Learning is een Europees project over hoe je de duurzame ambities in gebiedsontwikkeling kan organiseren. In Urban Learning wisselen de steden Amsterdam, Berlijn, Parijs, Stockholm, Warschau, Wenen (trekker), Zaanstad en Zagreb kennis en ervaring uit op dit onderwerp. Het project valt onder het Horizon2020 programma.
Het doel is dat deze steden van elkaar leren. Het gaat daarbij over hoe gemeenten intern hun processen organiseren, samenwerken van planvorming tot uitvoering en ook hoe gemeenten samenwerken met andere partijen zoals gebiedseigenaren, energiebedrijven, ontwikkelaars en bewoners. Het gaat dus om de organisatorische en sociale kant van duurzaamheid en niet zozeer om de technische kant. Het gaat om het organiseren van innovatie in processen om de samenwerking tussen actoren te verbeteren. Amsterdam werkt in dit project direct samen met Zaanstad. Er is daarvoor een lokale werkgroep actief met een vertegenwoordiging van de gebieden Amstelkwartier (Amsterdam), Brokking (Zaanstad), Buiksloterham (Amsterdam), Hembrugterrein (Zaanstad) en (Zaanstad).
- Looptijd: 2015 - zomer van 2017
- Partners: Amsterdam, Berlijn, Parijs, Stockholm, Warsaw, Wenen, Zaanstad en Zagreb
Bron: website Amsterdam en Europa
Voor meer informatie: http://www.urbanlearning.eu/
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City-zen
Een stad waarin niets anders dan schone energie gebruikt wordt: zon, wind, aardwarmte en biomassa… In theorie kan het. Maar hoe zit het met de praktijk? Hoe integreer je nieuwe energie oplossingen in bestaande gebouwen, systemen en, last but not least, de levens van mensen? Welke technische, economische en sociale uitdagingen zijn er? En hoe overwin je die? Het internationale consortium City-zen vindt uit hoe dat moet aan de hand van 20 vernieuwende praktijkprojecten in Amsterdam en Grenoble.
In Amsterdam zijn inmiddels diverse innovaties tot stand gekomen. Rondom het smart electriciteitsgrid in Nieuw-West vinden proefprojecten plaats als Vehicle-to-Grid (wereldprimeur: voor het eerst toegepast in een gewone straat, met gewone e-autos) en de Virtual Power Plant (winnaar Green Digital Charter Award 2017).
Het gebruik van kou uit drinkwater voor bloedbank Sanquin in Slotervaart, het lokaal oogsten van grondstoffen (en in potentie warmte) uit rioolwater van woningen in Buiksloterham en het leveren van lokale groene stroom voor riviercruiseschepen door slim inzetten van AEB zijn eveneens zeer innovatief. Daarnaast worden ruim 650 woningen naar (bijna) energieneutraal gerenoveerd.
De City-zen roadmap is in maart 2018 gelanceerd en biedt handvatten om keuzes te maken voor de energietransitie van Amsterdam en andere steden. Deze roadmap methodologie wordt ook gebruikt tijdens de roadshows in een tiental Europese steden. Tijdens de roadshows worden ook de games AgeofEnergy en Go2Zero gebruikt.
De kennis van woningcorporaties in Amsterdam rondom All Electric wordt met een specifiek traject ondersteund, zodat zij dit type renovaties nog beter kunnen uitvoeren en een gewogen afweging kunnen maken.
In totaal ontvangt het City-zen consortium een innovatiebudget van 25 miljoen van Europa. Hiervan is meer dan de helft bestemd voor demonstratieprojecten in Amsterdam. In Grenoble vinden eveneens demonstraties plaats op gebied van smart grids, district heating and cooling en woningrenovatie.
- Partners onder andere: Waternet, Alliander, AEB, TU Delft (AMS Institute), Universiteit Utrecht, Sanquin, Neosmart, DNV GL, Vito, Ville de Grenoble
- Looptijd: 2014-2019
- Contactpersonen: Marjolein Bot en Ruby Bijman, city-zen@amsterdamsmartcity.nl
Bron: website Amsterdam en Europa
Projectwebsite: cityzen-smartcity.eu/
Zie ook: amsterdamsmartcity.com/city-zen en amsterdameconomicboard.com
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Mobility Urban Values (pilot Buitenveldert)
Mobility Urban Values (MUV) is een driejarig Europees project waarin wordt onderzocht hoe burgers via 'gamification' te betrekken zijn bij het stimuleren tot duurzame mobiliteitskeuzes in hun buurt. Waag Society zal samen met gemeente Amsterdam verantwoordelijk zijn voor de pilot in Buitenveldert.
De wereld verstedelijkt in rap tempo. Dit heeft grote gevolgen voor de leefbaarheid van steden. Ook mobiliteitsvraakstukken worden hierin steeds complexer. Het lukt de overheid steeds minder goed om als enige stakeholder deze problematiek te tackelen. Je ziet daarom een trend die steeds meer kijkt hoe buurtbewoners kunnen worden betrokken bij het ontwerpen en verbeteren van hun directe leefomgeving.
Samen met de inwoners van zes buurten in Europa gaan we aan de slag om het gedrag, de behoeften en waarden op het gebied van mobiliteit te definiëren. Vervolgens wordt er een app ontwikkeld die inwoners aanzet om aan de hand van een spelprincipe over hun mobiliteit na te denken en worden ze gestimuleerd om meer duurzame keuzes te maken. Er vallen bijvoorbeeld punten te verdienen voor duurzaam gedrag. Daarnaast zal een netwerk van meet stations door de buurt worden verspreid. Deze meetstations zullen door de buurt, in nauwe samenwerking met de ‘maker community’ worden ontworpen, gemaakt en onderhouden. Naast burgers en de overheid zullen ook bedrijven uit de buurt deelnemen om stimulansen te kunnen leveren voor duurzame keuzes.
MUV zal zich richten op zes pilots in buurten verspreid over heel Europa: Buitenveldert in Amsterdam, Sant Andreu in Barcelona, de historische wijk van de Portugese stad Fundao, Muide-Meulestede in de haven van Gent, het nieuwe gebied van Jätkäsaari in Helsinki en het gebied van Centro Storico in Palermo.
De pilot in Amsterdam richt zich op de wijk Buitenveldert. In 2014 heeft de lokale buslijn 62 zijn route veranderd, waardoor de afstand voor veel mensen van hun huizen naar de bushaltes enorm is toegenomen. Dit raakt veel bewoners, maar vooral ouderen (65+), die in hoge mate aanwezig zijn in deze buurt. Ouderen zijn hierin een kwetsbare groep, omdat deze situatie kan leiden tot toenemende eenzaamheid en afhankelijkheid van private vervoersbedrijven met alle gevolgen van dien.
Waag Society zal samen met gemeente Amsterdam verantwoordelijk zijn voor de pilot in Buitenveldert.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723521.
Bron: website Waag Society
Informatie over pilot Buitenveldert: website buitenveldert-spaar-de-buurt
Meer informatie: https://www.muv2020.eu/
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RUMORE (circulair Agri-Food)
De gemeente Amsterdam ziet veel kansen op het gebied van circulaire economie, en wil bijdragen aan de transitie naar een meer circulair regionaal voedselsysteem waarin organische reststromen hoogwaardig hergebruikt worden. In het Europese project RUMORE (Rural-Urban partnerships MOtivating Regional Economics) waaraan de gemeente deelneemt ligt de focus op het versterken, inspireren en op weg helpen van innovatieve MKB agri-food bedrijven in de Metropool Regio Amsterdam.
In RUMORE (project is afgesloten, dit liep van 2016-2022) deelden verschillende regio’s en steden in Europa (naast Amsterdam zijn dat o.a. Lombardije, Hamburg, Thessaloniki en Twente), kennis en ervaring met elkaar. RUMORE wil innovaties op het gebied van circulair agri-food, waardevol gebruik van reststromen en nieuwe plantaardige eiwitbronnen versnellen. Op deze manier kan RUMORE bijdragen aan de transitie naar een duurzame, circulaire voedselketen.
In Amsterdam ligt de focus op het verbeteren van de ketens van organische reststromen tussen stad en regio en het verkleinen van de ecologische voetafdruk. Daarbij wordt er voornamelijk gekeken naar onderzoek en bedrijven die zich focussen op korte ketens, het gebruik van organische reststromen en de ontwikkeling plus het vermarkten van innovatieve eiwitbronnen. In RUMORE werkt de gemeente samen met kennisinstellingen en ondernemers uit de MRA (Metropool Regio Amsterdam).
RUMORE heeft geleid tot kennisuitwisseling op lokaal en EU-niveau rond circulair agri-food. Bovenal heeft RUMORE voor een grotere bekendheid gezorgd van de subsidie Kansen voor West bij de lokale stakeholders (voedselondernemers). Er zijn concrete subsidieaanvragen bij Kansen voor West gedaan, waarvan enkele inmiddels gehonoreerd zijn. Tot slot heeft RUMORE bijgedragen aan meer aandacht voor circulariteit in de subsidievoorwaarden van Kansen voor West.
Voor meer informatie, zie https://www.interregeurope.eu/rumore/
Zie ook: https://vanamsterdamsebodem.nl
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Wastecosmart
Europees afvalmanagement-programma dat moet leiden tot maximaal hergebruik van grondstoffen. Door middel van samenwerking op het gebied van onderzoek, innovatie en (technologische) kennis. Door het delen van kennis en ervaring wordt het afvalmanagement naar een hoger niveau gebracht.
De deelnemers buigen zich over de vraag hoe je de juiste wastemanagementstrategieën combineert met de juiste innovatie. Afvalstoffenmanagement moet zorgen voor maximaal efficiënt grondstoffengebruik.
Er doen 6 regio’s mee: Paphos (Cyprus), Piedmonte (Italië), Centraal Hongarije, Amsterdam, Stockholm en Liverpool. Daarnaast is er samenwerking met de landen Brazilië, India en Zuid-Afrika.
Vanuit Amsterdam nemen AEB, de gemeente Amsterdam, de Vrije Universiteit en de Amsterdam Economic Board deel aan het project.Bron en meer informatie: website Amsterdam Economic Board
WASTECOSMART stands for “Optimisation of Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategies for the Maximisation of Resource Efficiency” and has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement
Bron: http://www.wastecosmart.eu/
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FREVUE
The overall objective of FREVUE was to create an evidence base on European best practice which would underpin future uptake of EVs by private logistics operators and justify policy interventions to promote the use of EVs for urban deliveries.
One of the goals of the 2011 European White Paper for Transport was to achieve “essentially CO2 free city logistics in major urban centres by 2030” and recognised that achieving this through the use of electric vehicles (EVs) was likely to eliminate other harmful pollutants in city centres at the same time. Furthermore, within the 2013 Urban Mobility Package, a call for action in urban logistics identified FREVUE as a European Commission flagship project to support the introduction of electric freight vehicles by demonstrating and evaluating innovative urban logistics solutions in eight of Europe’s largest cities.
City logistics not only has great potential for emissions reduction, it can also contribute to the uptake of electric vehicles, and the introduction of new concepts and business models. Despite this potential and the strong policy support, electric vehicle use in the logistics sector was constrained by a number of barriers, including high investment costs, limitations with respect to range, payload and volume, and constraints around charging. -
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GEYSER
The GEYSER project is co-funded by the European Commission as part of the 7th Research Framework Program call FP7-SMARTCITIES-2013 Objective ICT-2013.6.2 Data Centres in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly Internet. The project started on November 2013, running for 3 years, with an EU maximum budget of 2.979.000,00 €.
The GEYSER suite is to be tested and validated within 4 pilot sites:
1.Alticom Data Centres, The Netherlands
2.ENG Data Centre, Point Saint Martin, Italy
3.ASM Terni Data Centre facility, Terni, Italy
4.Aachen University Data Centre facility, Aachen, GermanyThe GEYSER Vision is based on the premise that Data Centres will act as accomplished energy prosumers within tomorrow’s Smart Cities. They will be adept at using (a mix of) of available energy sources as well as catering for flexible management of the ICT workload. This will enable the Data Centre to optimize its energy demand by continuously selecting the most attractive energy profile available.
Bron: website GEYSER
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I CAPITAL 2016
In april 2016 is in Brussel de titel 'European Capital of Innovation (iCapital)' uitgereikt aan Amsterdam door de Europese Commissie. Amsterdam won de hoofdprijs van 950.000 euro met haar inzending vooral gericht op sociale innovatie. Naast de wetenschappelijke en bedrijfsmatige innovatiekwaliteiten onderscheidt Amsterdam zich ook op het gebied van bottom-up innovaties waarbij intermediaire organisaties en burgers op vele gebieden platforms oprichten en eigen initiatieven ontplooien.
Voorbeelden van die benadering zijn het AMS, het Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, en de ontwikkeling van Pakhuis de Zwijger, waar vernieuwers, bedrijven en burgers samen nieuwe oplossingen kunnen zoeken. Ook zijn er lovende woorden voor het aanstellen van een Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in de hoofdstad. Deze houdt zich met een team enkel en alleen bezig met technologische innovatie, om snel en effectief in te spelen op nieuwe technologieën.
Voor meer informatie, zie website Amsterdam.
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HANDSHAKE
HANDSHAKE, a new project coordinated by ISINNOVA, looks at the cycling culture of Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Munich, three cities that have long embraced cycling, and which are now reaping the benefits of their choices. The policies and solutions pioneered by these cycling champions have nudged their citizens away from private cars and created healthy, environmentally friendly and economically thriving urban environments.
It is the very first time that these world-renowned bike capitals have agreed to join forces on an initiative of this nature and scale. The objective is to push cycling innovation forward and to mentor the project’s ten future cycling capitals – Bordeaux, Bruges, Cadiz, Dublin, Helsinki, Krakow, Manchester, Riga, Rome and Turin – to see how integrated cycling solutions can be successfully adopted in a variety of geographical and socio-economic contexts.
The project will employ innovative approaches to inspire the creation and refinement of holistic cycling visions and foster the consolidation of cycling solutions and investments. We will engage passionate cycling advocates as well as fierce opponents in a cultural and technical journey that will hopefully contribute to reshape the face of many of our future cycling capitals, leading to improved quality of life, better public health, less traffic congestion, a cleaner environment, and increased economic growth.
Bron: website HANDSHAKE
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REPAiR Project Resources
The key challenge for REPAiR is to integrate models and methods from, among others, the environmental sciences, geographic sciences and economic sciences with design and spatial planning methods, both on a software and process level.
The integrated models and methods will enable local and regional stakeholders to use the geodesign decision support environment (GDSE) within a workshop setting to develop fast and reliable alternatives for spatial sustainable development strategies. The main objective of REPAiR is to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the GDSE as a tool for enhancing waste and resource management
Read the scientific publications of the REPAiR project here.
REPAiR on Amsterdamsmartcity
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REVIVE
REVIVE will significantly advance the state of development of fuel cell refuse trucks, by integrating fuel cell powertrains into 15 vehicles and deploying them in 8 sites across Europe. The project will deliver substantial technical progress by integrating fuel cell systems from three major suppliers and developing effective hardware and control strategies to meet highly demanding refuse truck duty cycles. Specific work on standardisation will ensure that the lessons learned are applicable to the full range of OEMs supplying vehicles into the European market, helping to accelerate the introduction of next generation products. In parallel, the demonstration activities will greatly raise awareness of the viability of fuel cells as a solution to demanding heavy duty vehicle uses (and raise public awareness of hydrogen mobility more generally due to the visibility of the trucks). A successful demonstration of fuel cell trucks will have substantial impacts beyond the technical progress delivered by the project itself, as it will enable public authorities to continue implementing bold decarbonisation strategies by providing clear evidence that viable zero emissions solutions will exist for all vehicle types in the medium term. The project will also support the wider rollout of hydrogen mobility by introducing a further source of hydrogen demand that can improve the economics of existing and future refuelling station deployments, in turn facilitating the rollout of other vehicle types.
For more information, check website REVIVE
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SCORE
SCORE is about increasing quality and reducing costs of public service delivery, with special regard to traffic, parking, sustainable mobility, water and waste management. 9 cities in 7 countries across the NSR got together to discuss which common challenges they find in their cities. They've looked at what already exists in terms of applications and solutions, and they are building on to that to create replicable and open sourced public service delivery solutions. This is a collaboration between cities, the developer communities, Smart City entrepreneurs and researchers in a project with the city and its people at the center. People in cities want convenience, sustainability and to have a voice as citizens in regards to the future of how Smart Cities are developed and appear.
SCORE aims to change how cities interact with and invests in technology, moving away from buying closed proprietary solutions, and towards a more open model in which governments work together to develop and maintain solutions.For more information and updates, check website SCORE