Digital acceleration for medium-sized cities: DIACCESS
The Swedish city of Växjö is co-developing new urban digital solutions with suppliers in the DIACCESS project, funded by the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) scheme. Examples are smarter snow clearing routes, smart waste collection, and more efficient school heating.…
Industry 4.0 ecosystems in Bilbao, Bielsko-Biala, Tartu, and Timisoara
In the AS-TRANSFER project (funded by URBACT), four cities exchange knowledge about how to develop their Industry 4.0 ecosystems. Manufacturing industries are still the beating heart of many European industrial city regions. But global competition is tough, and traditional business…
Urban Production 4.0 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
We support the city of Bilbao in the development a new urban production concept: AS-Fabrik. In this project, the city and its partners intend to speed up the digitalisation of manufacturing and advanced services, in order to future-proof the local…
Report: International talent management practices in medium-sized university cities
This UrbanIQ report discusses international talent management programmes in medium sized cities, based on a number of European case studies. It also contains a talent management checklist for cities, universities and companies. Download it here (pdf): International Talent Management report …
Welcoming International Talent: smarter strategies for medium-sized cities
Cities need international talent to fill high-level job vacancies. Big cities have always managed to do this, but for medium-sized cities, this can be a challenge. In this project, we develop and exchange smart urban approaches to attract and retain…
EUniverCities
Willem van Winden is co-founder and advisor for EUniverCities, a network of cities that want to learn from each other how to create effective city-university partnerships. In EUniverCities, medium-sized cities and their universities work together (in so called tandems) to…
