This track helps cities enhance citizen and business participation, while understanding city stakeholder sentiments. It ensures that local communities are fully part of the digitisation run by local government and public services. It is supported by the European Climate Pact, the Digital Services Act (DSA), Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the Living-in.EU movement. These back-bone EU policies aim to promote local climate action and secure digital transformations of public services.

In this thematic, the ICC tackles, among other things:

  • Citizen- and business-friendly public services
  • Enhancing citizen and business participation to e.g., new, democratic engagement tools
  • Understanding city stakeholder sentiment
  • Reducing digital divide of communities marginalised by a transition of digital services
  • Driving local government digitisation independent of national government agenda 
  • Support launching grassroots initiatives by citizens and social actors

Key related initiatives:

  • European Climate Pact aims to citizens and communities in action for our climate and environment
  • Living-in.EU for digital transformation in cities and communities
     

Good practices and learning materials

  • Presentation
ICC Conference
ICC Conference and Mayors Forum - Day 2
  • Presentation
Hamburg
Urban Data Platform Hamburg
  • Presentation
Porto
Porto: Experimentation Ecosystem for Development of Digital Services

News

Focused view on a microphone with a blurred crowd in background
Boosting citizen participation and digitisation of public administration: ICC (2020-22) Cities’ Journeys
ICC Achievements
Showcasing the Intelligent Cities Challenge Phase 1 Achievements
Citizen Led
Citizen-led Green Transition Initiatives Online Workshop