Invitation for Commitments within the "European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities" is launched!
The European Commission has launched an Invitation for Commitments within the "European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities" (EIP) and we would encourage the projects and/or organisations and/or communities working on eGovernment to become members.
You will be able to share experiences, scale up solutions you have been developing and testing, so working together on further deployment (as well as to identify new business or cooperation opportunities).
The submission process is very easy, interested parties just need to respond to the currently open "Invitation for Commitment" (it closes on 15 June) http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/about-partnership/how-do-i-get-involved/index_en.htm
This "Invitation for Commitment" asks organisations to share their existing or planned Smart City related activities.
Later this year, so-called "Action Clusters", basically 'working groups', would be set up, thematically structured around the 11 priority areas of the Innovation Partnership (more info here: http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/files/sip_final_en.pdf). The working groups will be cross-sectorial: ICT, energy and mobility and probably also a dedicated group for possible financiers and similar initiatives in the Member States. There is no obligation on members to commit to any particular actions as the groups will be self-organised with us facilitating and providing some infrastructure.
To get a quick understanding of the EIP please take a look at the attached flyer or read the summary of the Invitation http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/files/executive-summary-ifc-final_en.pdf.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our colleagues of the EIP Smart Cities under ec-smartcities [at] ec [dot] europa [dot] eu
