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

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IAP Municipality of Messina
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IAP Oulo
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Ventspils Integrated Action Plan
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Saint-Quentin Integrated Action Plan
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PORTALEGRE Integrated Action Plan
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ReStart mAI City
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BOTOSANI - The Smart City to be
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