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The city of Leipzig has established with its Data Week a “forum for Data and AI enthusiasts”. And it hosted a session with the ISCN and the Namibian town of Lüderitz to discuss how smart city use cases and approaches can be kickstarted globally, even with…

How far is my municipality on the way to becoming a smart and sustainable city? The international U4SSC KPI Project (United for Smart Sustainable Cities Key Performance Indicators) offers a well-founded assessment of this question. Initiated by the United…

With its new "ISCN Spotlight" format, the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) brings together invited experts from 4-5 different countries and regions of the world for a dedicated practical exchange on current smart city topics. Focus topic of the first…

UN-HABITAT is currently developing guidelines for People-Centred Smart Cities, a global policy framework for the development of smart cities. The guidelines will support cities and regions worldwide in designing their smart city strategies in a sustainable,…

How do young people the world over approach issues in smart cities? The International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) tried to find out with its "ISCN Smart City University Challenge". Students from Canada, Germany and the Netherlands tackled in sprints the…

The final online workshop of the #connectedinEurope project took place in December. The participating municipalities exchanged views on possibilities for continuation and scaling, and explored further project threads. The #CIE cities will continue working…

Alba Iulia and Arnsberg are celebrating in 2024 the 50th anniversary of their municipal partnership. Through their tandem activities in #connectedinEurope they enhanced their mutual cooperations with a smart city lens, ultimately with the ambition for a joint…

Like a fish in water – that’s how the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) “swam” through the annual Smart City Expo in Barcelona, perhaps the world’s biggest event on urban digitalization with way over 20,000 attendees and 1000+ exhibitors. The ISCN…

At the 12th World Urban Forum the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) hosted the panel discussion “Unlocking Smart Cities: Is open source the key to future proof cities?”. Four international experts shared inspiring examples from the local to the…