Grant funding for an aspiring Smart City

About the City of Kiel

The City of Kiel is one of the major port cities on the Baltic Sea with a population of over 250,000 people, swelled each year by “Kieler Woche” (Kiel Week) – the largest sailing festival in the world. The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) was inspired by the thought of transitioning Kiel into a Smart City, using data to make the best decisions for the citizens of the city.

Together We Solve

The first challenge facing any inspiring Smart City is data – how to harness historical data into a useful format and overlay that with real-time data from IoT enabled sensors across the city. European Grant Funding is available for innovative and collaborative solutions that we explored and ultimately secured during our work together on this venture. The grant funding under the Horizon Europe programme is split into 5 key themes and one of these is “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities” – a key priority for directing EU Grant Funding between 2021 and 2027.

Successful Outcomes

Venturenomix worked with the CDO at the City of Kiel to bring together a consortium of innovative SMEs, Research Institutions, Cities and Smart City Networks. The innovative and cross-border venture we developed brought together the required experience, skill sets and funding from EU Grants to enable the creation of Data Lakes – open source and interoperable – that in turn unlocked use cases in mobility and city planning. We secured a total of €2.3M of EU Grant Funding split between consortium partners, to be drawn down over a 24-month project.