Call for Applications: CommuniCity Smart City Pilot Projects

CommuniCity project aims to launch one hundred pilots during the years 2023–2024. The third round of CommuniCity Open Call for Applications takes place between 10 September and 31 October 2024. This will fund up to 66 pilots that will be carried out alongside Partnering Cities, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Porto, as well as with Replicator Cities of Aarhus, Bruges, Brussels, Cuneo, London, Manchester, Matosinhos, Milazzo, Plock, Prague, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sarajevo, The Hague and Utrecht.

The use of Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics will be considered an added value. For societal change to occur, there must be opportunities for dialogue between citizens, associations, city officials, and policymakers. The CommuniCity project empowers marginalised communities to decrease the digital gap through initiatives that they can partake in, such as open calls and pilots, for projects based on the needs and priorities of these communities.

Challenge Types

• In total, there are 54 challenges presented, all of which are open to all eligible applicants:
  • Aarhus: How can youth interaction with public authorities be more inclusive?
  • Amsterdam: How can a chatbot support parents navigating a high -conflict divorce?
  • Amsterdam: How can migrants with dementia stay fit and learn to train their memory?
  • Amsterdam: How to help residents to overcome poverty and debt?
  • Amsterdam: How to keep the volunteers and partIciponts of the Rainbow Group better connected?
  • Amsterdam: How to support residents facing domestic violence?
  • Amsterdam: How to support the “joint journey” of the volunteers and parlicipants of the Rainbow Group?
  • Amsterdam: – How can an Al solution solve a challenge faced by a marginalised group?
  • Bruges How to engage young migrants in oty planning?
  • Brussels How to communicate in a more accessible way?
  • Brussels. How to simplify the parking procedures for residents with reduced mobillty?
  • Cuneo: How can the well-being of young people in remote locations be enhanced?
  • Cuneo: How to faclitate sports practice among young people with limited financial resources?
  • Cuneo: How to provide isolated communities with sunainable food logistics?
  • Hague: How can Digital Day Programs enhance well-being?
  • Hague: How can MaaS enable better transportation services?
  • Hague: How can new assistive technologies enable better mobility?
  • Helsinki: How can patient well-being and monitoring be improved?
  • Helsinki: How can robotics solutions provide assistance to patients?
  • Helsinki: How can shared understanding among patients, relatives and staff be ensured?
  • Helsinki: How can the long-term unemployed be empowered with essential ICT skills?
  • Helsinki: How can virtual reality support independent living of the intellectually disabled?
  • Helsinki: How to enable sustainable choices and access to city services for immigrants?
  • Helsinki: How to ensure active engagement and mobility of patients?
  • Helsinki: Wildcard – How can innovative remote diagnostics improve city services?
  • London SHIFT: How to enhance accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities?
  • London SHIFT: How to enhance collective intelligence for social and environmental Innovations?
  • Manchester: How can cultural activities be promoted among minority communities?
  • Manchester: How to address poverty via a single source of information?
  • Manchester: Wildcard – How can any technology solve social challenges?
  • Matosinhos: How to promote environmental education in marginalized communities?
  • Milazzo: How can tourist attractions be made accessible for all?
  • Plock: How to empower Immigrants through targeted support tools?
  • Porto: How can Al support the therapeutic needs of children?
  • Porto: How can a climate prediction system help small-scale farmers grow better crops?
  • Porto: How can healthcare, autonomy and safety of the elderly be improved?
  • Porto: How can technology streamline the circular economy for marginalized communities?
  • Porto: How can the accessibility of routes be improved for residents with reduced mobility?
  • Porto: How to empower seniors by making them more digitally included?
  • Porto: How to enhance access to local social and cultural activities?
  • Porto: How to enhance digital literacy?
  • Porto: How to improve the transportation services for individuals with mobility limitations?
  • Porto: How to improve the use of the biowaste street containers in Social Neighbourhoods?
  • Porto: How to monitor and give users awareness of their energy consumption?
  • Porto: How to monitor and improve thermal performance of Quinta de Salgueiros?
  • Prague: How can the feedback gap between citizens and authorities be narrowed?
  • Prague: How improve communication between citizens and the municipal administration?
  • Sant Boi de Llobregat: How can a technology solution help isolated young people?
  • Sant Boi de Llobregat: How can minors with mental health issues be supported?
  • Sant Boi de Llobregat: How to promote sustainable transport habits among minors and their families?
  • Sarajevo: How to improve the availability of assistive technologies for people with disabilities?
  • Utrecht: How can a personalised calendar empower autistic students?
  • Utrecht: How to foster inclusion?
  • Utrecht: How to reduce street harassment?

Funding Information

• The final open call has a budget of around €820,000. Selected pilot teams will receive grants of up to €12,500 to develop their technological solutions and conduct real-life experiments in collaboration with residents. The third CommuniCity Open Call aims to award grants to over 60 pilot teams.

Who can participate?

• The CommuniCity Open Call for Applications is open to companies and associations.

For more information, visit CommuniCity.