Application Form: Growsmarter City Interest Group

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Application Form: GrowSmarter City Interest Group

I, ……………………………...... …… (name), representing the city ...... (name, country), herewith request to join the City Interest Group of GrowSmarter. I agree to join this exclusive group with the aim ofexchanging on the implementation and replication of Smart City solutions in the GrowSmarter Lighthouse and Follower Cities.

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This offer is provided within the framework of the Smart City Lighthouse Project GrowSmarter (GA nr. 646456), co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union with € 25 million. GrowSmarter kicked off on 1 January 2015 and will run until 31 December 2019.
GrowSmarter aims to showcase a series of 12 Smart City solutions in three Lighthouse cities (Stockholm, Cologne and Barcelona). The solutions range from advanced information and communication technology and better connected urban mobility, to incorporating renewable energy sources directly into the city’s supply network. The project enables public bodies to work in partnership with private organisations to facilitate market growth at a local level, reduce the environmental impact and improve quality of life for European citizens.
The project launched a City Interest Group (CIG) for 20 other European cities interested in closely following and learning from the implementation of the Smart City solutions in the Lighthouse and Follower Cities (Cork, Graz, Porto, Suceava, Valletta).

City Interest Group members benefit from:

Exclusive opportunities to participate in study visits to Lighthouse Cities’ demonstration sites.
Direct access to technical staff and businesses involved in implementation of the 12 GrowSmarter solutions.
Invitation to thematic capacity building webinar series
Regular updates on implementation and replication activities and results
Access to a helpdesk
Opportunities to showcase your action at selected GrowSmarter/Smart City events
Special for three CIG members: Receive one on-site capacity building workshop to support the preparation of replication plans

Determine your main interest:

(please mark with an X one or several of the 12 integrated and demonstrated solutions)

More details on smart solutions: / City Interest Group
Area / Smart Solutions of Lighthouse Cities / Your city
Low energy districts / 1. Efficient and smart climate shell refurbishment
2. Smart building logistics and alternative fuelled vehicles
3. Smart, energy saving tenants through information
4. Smart local electricity production and integration with buildings and grid
Integrated infrastructure / 5. Smart lightning, lampposts as hubs for communication
6. Waste heat and local heat integration by new business models
7. Smart waste collecting, turning waste to electricity, heat and biogas for vehicles.
8. Big data protocol for saving energy and improving the quality of life
Urban mobility / 9. Sustainable delivery
10. Smart traffic management
11. Alternative fuel driven vehicles for decarbonizing and better air quality
12. Smart mobility solutions

Specify your main interest in Smart City Governance:

(please mark with an X one or several of the 5 steps of the management cycle)

Baseline assessment / Target and priority setting / Action plan and political commitment / Implementation / Monitoring and evaluation

Specify your main thematic interest in low energy districts:

(please mark with an X one or several of the options)

Internal process / External process / Technical implementation
strategy/ planning / framework conditions / technology
governance/ organization / public policy / data/ indicators
project management / stakeholder process / monitoring/ reporting
procurement/ financing / business models / standards
internal communication / external communication

Specify your main thematic interest in integrated infrastructure:

(please mark with an X one or several of the options)

Specify your main thematic interest in sustainable mobility:

(please mark with an X one or several of the options)

By applying, I agree to:

Attend at least one GrowSmarter capacity exchange per year until 2019 (event or webinar) at my own costs (if GrowSmarter cannot offer travel support)
Sign up to GrowSmarter internal and public newsletter
Share related knowledge and good practice to the Lighthouse and Follower Cities
Support the dissemination of GrowSmarter information and results

Additional voluntary activity:

Our city is interested indeveloping a Replication Assessment Report: ...... (Yes/no)

The Replication Assessment Report consists of two parts. Part one focuses on the Smart City Replication Profile and maps the overall framework conditions and potentials for replication within the city territory/potential districts for replication.

Part two zooms in on the selected GrowSmarter solutions and describes their replication potential and possible need of adaptationwithin the city/districts.

The first three CIG members that produce a Replication Assessment Report will have the opportunity to receive one on-site capacity building workshop to support the development of a full Replication Plan, organised by ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainabilitywith the involvement of Lighthouse and/or Follower Cities as appropriate.

Appoint city contact (liaison):

(contact details of liaison coordinating the knowledge transfer)

Name: ......

Position: ......

City: ......

E-mail/phone nr.: ...... /......

GrowSmarter – City Interest Group - Approval

Gustaf Landahl
GrowSmarter Coordinator
City of Stockholm

Signature: / Carsten RothballerCity Interest Group CoordinatorICLEI Europe

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