DigiPlace

Digital innovation for cities

Edited on 09/07/2025

01/09/2019 15/03/2022

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • Digital transition
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Small and medium-sized cities

Digi Place is an Action Planning Network that aims to set up an acceleration mechanism to enable cities to catch up the digitalisation opportunities in hard & soft infrastructure. Remove all the obstacles encountered by mid-sized cities in their digital journey: lack of strategic & global vision lack of technical and engineering capacities difficulties in incorporating the digital innovation. Municipalities need to guaranty the uptake of digital innovation by the local stakeholders: citizen and potential entrepreneurs.

Summary

LEAD PARTNER : Messina - Italy
  • Roquetas de Mar - Spain
  • Oulu - Finland
  • Saint-Quentin - France
  • Ventspils - Latvia
  • Portalegre - Portugal
  • Botoşani - Romania
  • Trikala - Greece

Timeline

Kick-off meeting

Network Outputs

Integrated Action Plans

IAP Municipality of Messina

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Messina - Italy
IAP Oulo

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Oulu - Finland
Ventspils Integrated Action Plan

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Ventspils - Latvia
Saint-Quentin Integrated Action Plan

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Saint-Quentin, France
PORTALEGRE Integrated Action Plan

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PORTALEGRE - PORTUGAL
ReStart mAI City

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Trikala - Greece
BOTOSANI - The Smart City to be

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Botosani - Romania

Articles

  • Articles

    BiodiverCity Project hosts final IAP conference in Veszprém, Showcasing nature-based urban development

    Veszprém hosted the final Integrated Action Plan (IAP) conference of the URBACT IV BiodiverCity project on 18 November 2025, bringing together around fifty participants from local government, academia

  • Alba Iulia

    When small cities shine: the attractive power of the night-time economy

    By Simone d'Antonio
    Ad-Hoc Expert Residents of the Future

     

    Across Europe, the conversation around the night-time economy has traditionally focused on major cities and metropolitan areas, which have

  • Saint-Quentin Podcast

    Residents of the Future PODCAST - Welcome to Saint-Quentin

    In the latest episode of the Residence of the Future podcast, Saint-Quentin in northern France emerges as a clear example of how a medium-sized industrial city can respond to long-term depopulation