The European Innovation
Partnership on
Smart Cities and
Communities
31/03/2015, Valencia
Georg Houben
(European Commission, DG Energy)
The Smart Cities EIP at a glance …
11 SIP Priorities
Cities
High-Level Group
Industry
Lighthouse
Projects
Sherpa Group
Chairing
Moderating
National
Initiatives
EU Associations
(Horizon 2020)
Work Programme
inspired by EIP
SIP/OIP
Market Place
(Eurocities, ICLEI,
CEN-CENELEC, etc.)
Commitments
(no EU funding)
Implementation
EU Initiatives
(CONCERTO,
Covenant of Mayors,
CIVITAS, etc.)
Input
Feedback
Concrete actions
facilitated by the
EIP's market place
Other activities &
projects
Smart Cities 'Philosophy'
 Tackle common challenges & bottlenecks
 Develop innovative & replicable solutions at the
intersection of Energy, Transport and ICT
 Bundle demand from citizens, cities and regions
 Attract and involve business and banks
 Create markets!
Strategic Implementation Plan
Decisions
Sustainable
Urban Mobility
Sustainable
Districts & Built
Environment
Citizen Focus
Policy & Regulation
Integrated Planning
Insight
Knowledge Sharing
Metrics & Indicators
Open Data
Funds
Standards
Business Models, Procurement & Funding
Integrated
Infrastructures
& Processes
From strategy to action - 1st part …
Strategic
Implementation Plan
Operational
Implementation Plan
Invitation for
Commitments
And the results?
 Strong response to our Invitation for Commitment
 True success: 441 commitments received
 370 eligible commitments…
 … bringing together more than 3000 partners …
 … from 32 countries.
 Public authorities are in the lead in 36% of all
cases, business in 26%.
 nicely balanced!
From strategy to action – 2nd part …
Invitation for
Commitments
Online Market Place
http://eu-smartcities.eu
&
Action Clusters
The recently launched Action Clusters
Sustainable Urban
Mobility
(71 commitments)
Citizen Focus
(48 commitments)
Sustainable Districts
and Built
Environment
Integrated
Infrastructures
(including Open Data)
(64 commitments)
(107 commitments)
Integrated Planning
and Management &
Policy and Regulation
Business Models,
Finance and
Procurement
(34 commitments)
(18 commitments)
The story behind Action Clusters …
 More concerted action
between cities and industries
Get markets
moving!
 Join innovative ideas and actions
from across Europe to support a
dynamic market place
 Distinct and independent
from Calls under
Horizon 2020
Core
ambition!
Not a
funding
instrument!
Action Clusters – Core of the Market Place
 Fora for participants of commitments submitted
under the respective priority area of the Strategic
Implementation Plan and other commitments with
strong links to this area.
 Geared towards implementation.
 Expected to come forward with concrete targets
and work plans.
 Facilitated by online collaboration tools,
searchable database for commitments, projects,
best practises, etc. …
And what about Horizon 2020?
 The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP)
was drafted in parallel to H2020
 Call topics were inspired by the SIP
 Smart Cities and Communities
Implementation under H2020
o Lighthouse Projects
o Support actions
o 2014 and 2015 co-funding € 200 million
Lighthouse projects
• Low energy districts
• Integrated infrastructures
• Sustainable urban mobility
Conditions
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Consortia: industry & cities
2-3 cities involving
2-3 follower cities
Part of ambitious urban plan
Funding from other parts secured
Affordable solutions
Next calls
 Call 2015
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No legal change
Optimised BEST tables
Improved help and guidance
Probability of info day in Brussels
 Calls 2016/2017
Discussions are currently underway.
Thank you!
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http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities
http://eu-smartcities.eu