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Offers for All Municipalities by the KTS

Many of the services offered by the Coordination and Transfer Office Model Projects Smart Cities (KTS) are aimed at all municipalities in Germany, including non-funded cities, municipalities and regions. This page presents an overview of these offers, with which the KTS can support municipalities in the planning or implementation of sustainable, integrated smart city concepts, strategies and measures geared towards the common good.

Offers for All Municipalities

Start Smart

The Start Smart consulting and networking programme is aimed at cities, districts, municipalities and regional associations that are looking for content-related and practical support on the road to becoming a smart city.

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Knowledge & Networking

Knowledge and Networking Platform: (only with registration, in German)
Platform and place for municipal exchange, expert advice and information about the Model Projects Smart Cities (MPSC).

Knowledge Repository: (freely accessible, in German) 
Smart City measures from various municipalities and regions in Germany are documented in detail in the Smart City Knowledge Repository. As the Smart City community is constantly learning new things, the Smart City Knowledge Repository is also constantly growing.

Events: Start Smart, Regional conferences, MPSC Congresses eg.

KTS Project office: Counselling and support for funded and non-funded municipalities

Research: Knowledge and results

Information: Newsletter / Publications / Media Centre

KTS Events for All Municipalities

Regional Conferences

The regional conferences are aimed at all municipalities - whether subsidised or not - that would like to find out more about smart cities and networking. The Model Projects Smart Cities present their practical examples at the regional conferences and share their experiences.

Events

Smart Country Convention SCCON

Many Model Projects Smart Cities meet and present themselves at the Smart Country Conventions (SCCON) in Berlin, the most important national congress trade fair for smart cities and smart regions. At SCCON23 from November 7-9, 2023, the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) and the Smart City Dialogue once again showcased their smart city funding initiatives with their own exhibition booth and a wide range of presentations and programme items.

Events

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The newsletters of the Coordination and Transfer Office Model Projects Smart Cities regularly present good practice and smart knowledge from and for local authorities, new research and publications, dates and events, or smart cities from an international perspective.

Newsletter

KTS Events

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Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
16.10.2024, 09:30 - 11:00
Berlin

Localizing UN Habitat’s guidelines on people-centred smart cities - assessment by partner cities of the ISCN

During the Smart Country Convention 2024 in Berlin, the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) will hold a side event and open "working session" on the road towards UN Habitat's development of guidelines on people-centred smart cities.
Source: Smart City Dialogue
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21.10.2024, 11:00 - 11:30
online

ISCN Global Mixer: Data-driven Assessment of Climate Shelters’ Accessibility in Barcelona

In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer, Serena Mombelli and Patricio Reyes from vCity will share insights on how data-driven analysis can support human-centred urban planning and policy-making and explore whether high-risk groups have adequate access to Barcelona's climate shelters during heatwaves.
Source: Smart City Dialogue
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30.10.2024, 11:00 - 11:30
online

ISCN Global Mixer: Digital City-Makers - Grassroot Initiatives in Digital Urban Development

In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer, Martin Bangratz from RWTH Aachen will present the research project “Digital City-makers” and the role of grassroots initiatives in shaping the life and development of cities.
Source: Smart City Dialogue
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Publications

Shaping the digital city: A handout for local authorities (German)

Year of publication: 2022

The handout from the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) supports municipalities on their way to becoming a smart city in developing a local digital strategy and implementing digital projects. It is aimed in particular at employees of administrations in small and medium-sized municipalities, rural communities and districts. The publication is intended to help them proactively deal with the digitalisation of infrastructures, administration and the fields of action of urban development.

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