Are you a European startup aiming to make a tangible impact in the public sector? Look no further than the GovTech Connect Boot camps. Designed as the inaugural EU-wide GovTech startup support...
Business and competitionSmart cities+2 topics
Last update: 10/10/2023
Prediction and prevention of fire emergencies
The Responsible Organisation The LINKS Foundation – Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society - is a non-profit private Foundation established in 2018 by the Polytechnic University of Turin and San...
ObservatoriesEnergy and environment+2 topics
Last update: 10/10/2023
Automating the energy poverty report in Catalunya
The responsible organisation The Open Administration Consortium of Catalonia (AOC), based in Barcelona, is a regional Consortium established after the approval of the “Agreement for the promotion and...
ObservatoriesSocial+2 topics
Last update: 11/03/2024
FIWARE has taken over the implementation of the NGSI-LD API
ETSI created in Jan 2017 an Industry Specification Group (ISG CIM) for defining a Context Information Management API. The NGSI v2 defined by FIWARE provided the basis for the NGSI-LD specs published by ETSI (October 2019). NGSI-LD is a simple but powerful REST API for getting access to context data in right-time. FIWARE community provides several open source implementations of ETSI NGSI-LD, called Context Broker. One of this implementations, Orion Context Broker-LD, has become the CEF Building Block recommended to public and private sector for publication of right-time context data and useful…
Smart citieseGovernment+10 topics
Last update: 22/12/2023
Empowering Innovation
We recently hosted an exciting Challenge Definition Training Session that brought together the brilliant minds steering our GovTech Challenge initiative. This session was a crucial step in laying the foundation for our upcoming Pilot on GovTech, where municipalities are set to tackle challenges in energy efficiency hand-in-hand with groundbreaking startups. The Power of a Well-Defined ProblemInnovation begins with a well-defined problem, and this session underscored the importance of articulating challenges in a way that inspires creativity and ingenuity. A well-crafted problem statement acts…
CollaborationEnergy and environmentDigital innovation
Last update: 24/10/2023
GovTech Connect Pitch Day
As the culmination of the first two GovTech Connect boot camps, last Friday we hosted the GovTech Connect Pitch Day event in Madrid, featuring presentations from the 2023 Northern and Southern GovTech Connect Boot Camps cohorts! 24 startups presented their technology solutions accelerating the green transition and the public sector digitisation 70 in-person and 50+ virtual attendees, including public officials and investors 1 standout winner per region chosen by both the audience and our jury panel from each cohort. Special thanks to AI4Gov, for hosting us in Madrid and fostering this…
Business and competitionDigital-ready policymaking+3 topics
Last update: 04/10/2023
Register for the GovTech Connect Pitch Day!
Join an audience of experts, investors, public officials, and government representatives at our 2023 GovTech Connect Boot Camps Pitch Day on October 20th! Witness different ways to innovate the public sector as Northern & Southern Europe startups unveil their groundbreaking GovTech solutions.Don't miss this final pitch event! Register to view online or attend in-person: https://lnkd.in/dETTiJyr
Business and competitionDigital-ready policymaking+3 topics
Last update: 25/08/2023
International Open Source Collaboration for Climate
An open source software package from the Digital For Climate (D4C) consortium has recently received accreditation as a digital public good for its contribution to mitigating climate change. The accreditation has been done according to the DPGA standards. The software, known as the National Carbon Registry, enables countries to quantify and verify reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, monitor carbon credits. By facilitating credit transfers, this contributes to fostering a reliable carbon market. This objective aligns with the Paris Agreement, which promotes the utilisation of market…
CollaborationEuropean Policies+7 topics
Last update: 11/08/2023
New portal fosters Interoperability in the Energy Sector
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched the SG-DoIT portal, an online platform designed to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences among laboratories, academia, and industry in the realm of interoperability testing. Developed based on JRC's European Interoperability testing methodology, this portal offers a comprehensive and practical framework for testing. The ongoing digital transformation of the energy sector, characterised by the integration of renewable sources, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles, and information and communication technologies, is reshaping…
Energy and environment
Last update: 03/08/2023
EU Testing Facilities: Efficiency, Emissions, EMC, Smart Grids
The European Interoperability Centre for Electric Vehicles and Smart Grids combines four state-of-the-art laboratories, which bring together knowledge and test facilities in the areas of efficiency, hybrid exhaust emissions, electromagnetic compatibility, smart grids and battery testing. The European centre establishes a transatlantic bridge with its partner facility at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. The VeLA laboratories, both located in Ispra (Italy), permit to evaluate experimentally the electric vehicles functionality, their energy efficiency, range…
Smart citiesScience and technology+3 topics
Last update: 05/07/2023
GovTech Connect | Boot Camp 1 ends
Yesterday marked the end of the first GovTech Connect Boot camp "Achieving Net Zero - Supporting the green transition of services"The Northern Europe startups that participated in Boot Camp 1 were: Open Hydro, Combine DAO, Measure & Change, Skenariolabs, Builtrix, STORViX, Clean Sea Solutions, Klimato, ChromaWay In the last 4 weeks startups benefitted from: Expert advice on how to successfully build their B2G model & pricing Key methods for designing user-centred & compliant products with citizens Possibilities to showcase their solution to potential investors Knowledge, skills & tools to…
Business and competitionCollaboration+4 topics
Last update: 30/03/2023
GovTech Connect - Startups Survey
We're on a mission to hear from GovTech startups and SMEs across Europe to share their experiences selling or working with government. For this reason, we prepared a short survey to collect startups and SME’s insights on their experiences with the public sector. This will be an occasion for GovTech business players to participate in shaping the European GovTech ecosystem of the future! Respondents will have te opportunity to be featured as contributors in an EU findings report on the barriers and opportunities startups face when dealing with the government. The survey is available at this link...