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guifi.net is a volunteer-built, commons-governed wireless and fibre network connecting rural and peri-urban Catalonia since 2004. Peer-reviewed studies record over 37,000 active …
Vienna's long-term, legally-binding smart-city strategy (first 2011, updated 2019/2022) aligning resource conservation, quality of life and social inclusion with annual monitoring.
EU-funded national programme (CARNET, 2015–2023) connecting all 1,321 Croatian schools, delivering 110,000+ laptops and training ~70,000 people. EU Court of Auditors confirmed …
Since 1999, Berlin has run resident-majority neighbourhood councils in disadvantaged districts, channelling over €530M and ~8,200 projects into 42 areas, though evaluation …
Invest Lisboa is Lisbon’s investment promotion agency. It's a one-stop shop for companies, investors and entrepreneurs looking to invest or set up …
Ireland's Trading Online Voucher Scheme gives small businesses up to €2,500 in matched funding plus mandatory training to build e-commerce sites and …
Since the mid-1970s, Vienna's district renewal offices have guided tenant-led rehabilitation of ageing housing without displacement, upgrading over 142,000 apartments in 2,160 …
Barcelona City Council built the open-source platform Decidim to run participatory budgeting and planning; its 2016 strategic-plan process drew 40,000+ citizens and …
JIC has supported Brno's innovation ecosystem since 2003 — 95% incubator occupancy, 147 new tech companies in 2023, EUR 640 million in …
LISPOLIS is a private non-profit association with the aim of managing the Lisbon Technological Pole (PTL) and creating conditions for the success …
BIP/ZIP is Lisbon’s Local Development Strategy for Priority Intervention areas which provides the city with a range of integrated toolboxes based on …
Berlin Partner is an economic development agency that focuses on economic growth, promotes business, technology and innovation, and advocates the opportunities of …
The Socially Integrative City is a community-led local development scheme. This was originally a federal programme but Berlin refined it with a …
Helsinki converted its oldest hospital campus, closed 2014, into Maria 01, a non-profit startup hub co-owned by the city; by 2025 its …
Starting in Jakarta in 1969, Indonesia's Kampung Improvement Programme threaded paved paths, drainage, water and sanitation into existing 'kampung' neighbourhoods without resettling …
Founded in 1997 by Kraków's city and regional authorities with its three largest universities, KPT now manages a 949-hectare special economic zone …
Graz's publicly funded high-tech incubator has supported 700+ startups since 2002, generating 35+ new companies per year with a ~90% survival rate, …
Tartu retrofitted 17 Soviet-era blocks, deployed 65 e-bike stations, 60 biogas buses and 300+ smart LED lights, and ran the Baltic states' …
Publicly co-owned innovation agency in Brno, backed by the South Moravian Region, City of Brno and five universities. Since 2003 it has …
SPEED UP is a project devoted to supporting the creation, development and growth of SMEs. The project addresses the issue of the …
France's state-backed 'tiers-lieux' network grew from ~1,800 third places in 2018 to 3,500 in 2023 (target 5,000 by 2025), with 407 'Fabriques …
Barcelona rezoned 200 hectares of derelict Poblenou industry into 22@, now home to over 8,000 companies and 90,000+ jobs — but 20 …
Lithuania's national GovTech Lab runs funded sandbox cohorts letting public bodies trial AI and emerging-tech tools before rollout. Its 2024 AI cohort …
Between 2012 and 2024, Tunisia's ARRU rehabilitated 155 low-income 'quartiers populaires' nationwide — roads, water, sewage and community facilities for roughly 865,000 …
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