Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Live Project

Project Leader: Margaret Quinn

EU Programme: COSME

Project Budget: €200,000

Start Date: Jan, 2018

Finish Date: Mar, 2025

Project Website: https://www.intelligentcitieschallenge.eu/

The aim of the project is to:

Facilitate Derry’s move to an implementation phase in its Digital Transformation by: • Carrying out detailed business cases and conducting performance assessments. • Providing support to identify funding for priority actions. • Cement relationships with other participating cities to, for example, co-design and co-create joint open data platform, jointly explore the European marketplace for city solutions and explore joint investments/procurements. • Learn from and share experiences with international peers and mentors.

Specific objectives are to:

Derry & Strabane, United Kingdom

Derry City & Strabane District Council (Lead Partner)
Leading development of the digital transformation plan for the City of Derry in the Derry City and Strabane District Council arae

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Donegal, Ireland

ERNACT Network (Partner)
Providing Digital Transformation expertise, liaison with European Commission and logistical support to the the project

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The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

The North West City Region is one of 64 cities and city regions around Europe to join the new Intelligent Cities Challenge 2.0 initiative of the European Commission.

The Intelligent Cities Challenge 2.0 is a European Commission initiative supporting European cities towards the green and digital transition of their local economies, through Local Green Deals. ICC helps European cities harness the power of cutting-edge technologies, while improving their economic competitiveness, social resilience and their citizens' quality of life.