Project description
Preparing for future cities today
Collaboration, cross-fertilisation and sharing of best practices across borders, sectors and disciplines are the main objectives of the METACITIES Excellence Hub in south-eastern Europe. Three place-based innovation ecosystems in Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria will partner to create the hub for future cities and regions. Under the EU-funded METACITIES project, the three country partners will promote advanced digital technologies like 5G and 6G communication networks, and digital twins for future citizens, as well as artificial intelligence and big data analytics. The overall goal of the project is to propose solutions in the following domains: smart mobility and green city and urban planning.
Objective
Three place-based innovation ecosystems in Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria partner together to create an Excellence Hub for Future Cities and Regions in Southeast Europe (SEE). The METACITIES Excellence Hub is a sustainable network that offers a common platform for collaboration, cross-fertilization, and best practices sharing across borders, sectors and disciplines on knowledge production, circulation and use. Founded upon a joint R&I strategy, a nexus of collaborative links across sectors, joint research, innovation and outreach activities as well as business modelling and sustainability plans, the collaboration aims to benefit citizens, stakeholders, regional ecosystems and the whole SEE region. The thematic focus on future and metaverse cities necessitates the definition of ambitious R&I agendas and the uptake of advanced digital technologies. Digital Twins (DT) of future cities/regions provide accurate and reliable reference representation seamlessly unifying the physical, digital and human worlds and enabling stakeholders to assess the effects of any changes before investments and implementations actually occur. The proposed Open Digital Twin Framework facilitates co-development of complementary future city domains along with their equivalent DTs. The applied Quadruple Helix Model forges synergies among actors and alignment of public and private sector priorities for regional development. PoC studies, small-scale pilots and feasibility assessments validate project outcomes. Green Business and Operation Models will be developed for future and metaverse cities, as well as for the METACITIES Excellence Hub. Investment and Sustainability Plans will mobilize the communities of the three innovation ecosystems to progress faster in joined efforts. Common investment plans for R&I, infrastructures and support for real-life experimentation, aim to leverage national, regional and European funds as well as crowd funds and private capital in a synergetic manner.
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265 04 Rio Patras
Greece
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Participants (20)
221 00 Tripolis
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265 04 PATRA
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
106 80 ATHINA
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11523 Athina
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
26221 Patras
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112 53 ATHINA
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1016 NICOSIA
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2322 Nicosia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1516 Lefkosia
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2006 Nicosia
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8000 Burgas
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8000 Burgas
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8000 Burgas
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26441 PATRAS
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262 21 PATRAS
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Sofia
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1784 Sofia
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Participation ended
8000 Aarhus C
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3045 Limassol
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2625 NZ DELFT
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Partners (1)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
1096 Nicosia
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