European Commission's Initiatives on Smart Cities and Communities

Svetoslav MihaylovPolicy Officer

Smart Mobility and LivingDirectorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and

Technologies (CONNECT)European Commission

Main topics on the Agenda

• The European Commission and Smart Cities

• Smart Cities Interoperability and Data Handling - Urban Platform

+4,300 partners

370 commitments

31 countries

Deliver: scale, acceleration, & impact,...

Through: common solutions, an integrated approach, & collaboration

Focus on Energy, Transport and ICT

H2020

• Lighthouse projects

• CSAs

The EIP-SCC

6 Action Clusters

Sustainable Districts & Built Environment

Sustainable Urban Mobility

Integrated Infrastructures andProcesses

Business Models

Citizen Focus

Integrated Planning / Policy& Regulations

European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities & Communities 

UrbanPlatform

HumbleLamppost

XcityTransformation

The smart city data stack

Societal Needs

Services & Business Models

City Data

Urban Platform

Infrastructure

“Tail”

The operational basis by which data is consumed to add tangible value to key city stakeholdersThe ‘fuel’ that offers an exciting new city narrative

The means to configure, share, and interpret exponentially increasing volumes

The base level connectivity that supports the platform

A city-needs-led approach: not the “tail wagging the dog”

The Urban Platform is an important part in an evolving integrated solution architecture

“Dog”

The outcomes we strive for within a portfolio of city service domains

Smart City ICT Interoperability

VisionUrban Platform

SURVEY ON URBAN PLATFORMS (2015)

Cities WITH an UP

Cities WITHOUT an UP 29Cities

12Countries

28 M citizens

Budapest

SitgesValencia

Bucharest

Edinburgh

London

Aveiro

GhentCastellón

Tampere

Tirana

Bari

Ipswich

BarcelonaLamia

ArnhemSantander

Peterborough

Kammena Vourla

Andalusia

Amfikleia

Domokos Santiago

Murcia

Cambridgeshire

AlgésSiracusa

75%Without UP

1. Poor knowledge of the landscape / lack of confidence in cities

2. Cities struggle to get the silos to work together, so prohibiting action

3. Cities suffer budget constraints

H2020ESPRESSO

The Urban Platform Initiative within the overall EIP Context

Urban Platform

Agree common requirements, and speed adoption‐ Requirements‐ Leadership guide‐ Management framework

Formalise the capture of the core content as international standards

Demand-Side

Group(LoI)

Demand-Side

Group(LoI)

Standards

Supply-Side MoUSupply-

Side MoU

Accelerate the adoption of Urban Platforms in EU cities

By 2016 have reference templates for tenders in place to allow cities to plan in an integrated way

By 2018, create a strong EU city market for Urban Platforms By 2025, ensure that 300m residents of EU cities are supported by Urban Platform(s)

to manage their business with a city and that the city in turn drives efficiencies, insight and local innovation through the platform(s)

Bring together EU Industry to adopt common open solutions‐ Reference architecture‐ Standards‐ Scale

More information on:

SCC EIP:http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/https://eu-smartcities.eu/

Platforms:https://eu-smartcities.eu/urban-platforms

Letter of Intent:https://eu-smartcities.eu/sites/all/files/Urban Platform LoI_AC.pdf

MoU on urban platformshttps://eu-smartcities.eu/sites/all/files/Memorandum of Understanding on Urban Platforms_0.pdf

H2020 Espresso:http://espresso.ru.uni-kl.de/

Thank you for your attention!

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Demand-side city group

• Individual cities plus associations (in total ~90 cities)• Lead by the Greater London Authority• Main strategic targets:

• Taking a city-needs led approach that will move to a more common and aligned set of requirements, and more innovative business models and acquisition processes to acquire urban platforms

• Support assessment and development of a roadmapfor cities on the topic

• Mobilise the cities market of all sizes across EU to confidently embark on implementation – such that the bold take-up goals are met – and that they see the real value from collaborative activities and more common solutions

Demand-side group roadmap

• Validated Requirements Specification for Urban Platforms• Common core set of validated and tested city-needs-led requirements to support and accelerate

the acquisition of “Urban Platforms” by EU cities.

• Leadership Guide• Key issue guides that seek to inform city leaders on their urban platforms’ strategy, roadmap, and

decision making

• Management Framework• Organising frameworks that help decision makers to improve the quality of ‘smart’ cross-domain

integrated city management, and to understand key issues and means of resolution.

May June July August September October November December

20162017

Requirements Specification• Validation in test cities

Leadership Guide/Management Framework

Requirements Specification• Validation against Ref.

Architecture

Requirements Specification Publication

EIP SCC MoU for Open Urban Platforms

Working Model• Based on city demand requirements• Three workstreams established

• WS1: Standards & Standardization • WS2: Reference Architecture & Design

Principles • WS3: Scale

Current Status and Activities• Analysis of standardization base line of related

existing standards, primarily IoT standards;Develop landscape of urban platform relevant standards and propose potential necessary standardizations in co-ordination with project ESPRESSO

• Draft Reference Architecture and Design Principles Framework; Develop Reference Architecture Documentation

• Define and execute MoU dissemination and scale plan, including market perspectives, lighthouse projects, extend reach, based on business models

HERE, Alliander, SAP, Microsoft, Continental, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Urban Software Institute, UrbanDNA, HyperCat, EnBW, Flexeye, Greater London Authority, Deutsche Telekom, Device Gateway, Mandat International, Maps, Eandis, Software AG, Konica Minolta, Indra Sistemas, EDSO for Smart Grids, Centro Técnico SEAT, Etna Hitech, TICE.PT, Ubiwhere, InterDigital, General Electric, Clicks and Links, Urban Tide, ZTE Corporation, Zeetta Networks, Vertical M2M, D'Appolonia, Tecnalia, Mondragon Corporation, Effective Knowledge, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR), IrRADIARE, GOLEM Integrated Microelectronics Solutions, ASIDEES , etc.

MoU Industry group roadmap

• Standards & Standardization Guideline

• Documentation of relevant existing and potential (future) urban platform standards (Q3 2016)

• Dissemination and Scale• Urban Platforms Business Models

Samples (Q3 2016) • Plan and execute awareness

raising, application of open urban platforms framework (Q3/Q4 2016)

• Standards & Standardization Guideline

• Documentation of relevant existing and potential (future) urban platform standards (Q3 2016)

• Dissemination and Scale• Urban Platforms Business Models

Samples (Q3 2016) • Plan and execute awareness

raising, application of open urban platforms framework (Q3/Q4 2016)

• Open Urban Platforms Design Principles and Reference Architecture • Documentation based on City Demand Requirements (Q3 2016)

• Open Urban Platforms Design Principles and Reference Architecture • Documentation based on City Demand Requirements (Q3 2016)