TechTown

A digital city future, adapt or die

Edited on 24/07/2025

15/09/2015 03/05/2018

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Gender equality
  • Jobs and skills

By exploring how small and medium sized cities can maximise the job creation potential of the digital economy, this Action Planning network examined whether there is potential for spillover from stronger city level digital economies; how clusters can work at city level and look collaboratively at what cities can do to support businesses to access the digital skills and innovations they need in order to start, grow and compete. The city partners further explored the role and viability of digital, content creation and technology clusters and how benefit may be gained from major city or national initiatives to benefit job creation and growth in small and medium sized cities. The project was 'of the digital economy' as well as 'for the digital economy' in that it used digital technologies as much as possible throughout management and delivery.

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Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Barnsley - United Kingdom
  • Basingstoke and Deane
  • Cesis - Latvia
  • Clermond Ferrand
  • Dubrovnik - Croatia
  • Gävle - Sweden
  • Loop city - Denmark
  • Limerick - Ireland
  • Nyíregyháza - Hungary
  • San Sebastián - Spain
  • Siracusa - Italy

Timeline

Kick-off meeting in June (Basingstoke). Transnational meetings in September (Limerick) and November (Cesis)

Transnational meetings in March (Barnsley), June (Gavle), September (Dubrovnik) and November (Loop City).

Final event in April (Brussels).

Network Outputs

The Barnsley Digital Media  County Way, Barnsley, S70 2JW
Phone +44 01226 720700 

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