LIVING-IN.EU

The LIVING-IN.EU movement aspires to generate a positive impact on the lives of over 300 million European citizens by 2025 and leverages a multi-level collaboration between the various levels of government (national, regional and urban) to “build a European way of Digital Transformation”.

The project bears in mind the fact that the uptake and the scaling-up of digital solutions, in cooperation with the local communities, are crucial elements for cities to achieve climate targets and reduce their environmental footprint while promoting the growth of businesses such as SMEs and start-ups.

The movement was launched in 2019 by the initiative of Eurocities, OASC (Open & Agile Smart Cities) and ENoLL (European Network of Living Labs), with the support of the European Commission, the Finnish EU Presidency, and the Committee of the Region. The declaration Boost, Join, Sustain represents a significant milestone in the generation of the European Way of digitally transforming cities and communities, which is essential to guarantee technological leadership in EU while honouring Europe’s values, rights and diversities.

As the mayor of Zaragoza (Spain) testifies, LIVING-IN.EU can assist a digital transition that is crucial to reach climate targets by 2030 and states that thanks to it, “Zaragoza is going to become one of the 100 climate-neutral EU cities”. To this day, LIVING-IN.EU declaration has been signed by 140 local authorities from 22 different countries and is supported by 131 companies and organizations.

How can I be involved in this movement?

LIVING-IN.EU created numerous interoperable working groups, on which it is possible to apply from the digital platform, based on their commitment…

• Technical: formulating a common list of standards to achieve the interoperability of digital solutions (MIMs)
• Education & Capacity Building: solutions for the development of the necessary skills for a connected society
• Financial: joint investment plan to promote a sustainable digital transformation
• Monitoring & Measuring: developing local performance indicators and data collection procedures
• Legal: supporting cybersecurity and removing legal obstacles to the digital transformation of cities

… and on the developing digital solution:

• OpenLitterMap: open and interactive database of the world’s litter and plastic
• Digital Neighbourhood Instrument: tools to improve citizens’ technology awareness and the consecutive possibilities of digitalization
• Light Touch: platform for the management of smart lightning and the monitoring of air quality
• Citizen-centric “Smart Culture”: NFC technologies to share opinions about artworks with other visitors
• Urban Data Platform: secure and customizable data-sharing platform for cities
• Citizen Card: single card/app to access all kinds of local public services 
• Sedum: exchange platform aimed at financing sustainable companies
• AI Procurement: EU standard contractual clauses for the procurement of ethical AI
• Local Digital Twin: local digital twin that guarantees cybersecurity and privacy