Find your Greatness

Europe's first strategic brand building program for smart cities

Edited on 09/07/2025

01/09/2019 15/03/2022

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Tourism

Find your Greatness is a concept that reflects the most challenges addressed by AIM together with other EU local communities. Why Find your Greatness? Because the challenge is to build on the cities' potential. In the case of the partners of the project the need identified locally and which was built as a sustainable mechanism generating urban development, the need to explore and enhance the potential of the city, combining strategic marketing approach with innovative smart city tools.

Summary

Introduction

Find your Greatness reflects challenges addressed by 8 local communities within the EU: Alba Iulia (Romania), Braganca (Portugal), Voru (Estonia), Wroclaw (Poland), Candelaria (Spain), Perugia (Italia), Limerick (Ireland), Budafok (Hungary).  The project aimed and succesfully enhanced city brands built on the cities’ true and (mostly) hidden potential, in order to successfully create Europe`s first strategic brand-building program for smart cities.

PARTNERS

Lead Partner : Alba Iulia - Romania
  • Võru County - Estonia
  • Limerick - Ireland
  • Wroclaw - Poland
  • 22nd district of Budapest (Budafok-Tétény) - Hungary
  • Perugia - Italy
  • Bragança - Portugal
  • Candelaria - Spain

Timeline

Kick-Off Meeting

2nd Transnational Meeting

3rd Transnational Meeting in Alba Iulia

4th Transnational Meeting in Wroclaw

5th Transnational Meeting in Voru

6th Transnational Meeting in Braganca

7th Transnational Meeting in Alba Iulia

8th Transational Meeting in Budafok

9th Final Project Conference in Perugia

Network Outputs

 

Alba Iulia Municipality, Calea Motilor 5A, 510134, Romania

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