Local Seminar ICC “The Challenge of Smart Cities”.

The City Council of Almeria wants to take advantage of the synergies of the “Intelligent Cities Challenge Initiative (ICC) of the European Commission and the Sun&Blue Congress to celebrate the II Local Seminar of the Initiative in Almeria in which all the key local actors of the city will participate, as well as the European experts designated by the program.

With the Smart Cities Challenge ICC, Almeria City Council becomes part of a program with the aim of promoting and accelerating the development of Almeria towards a sustainable, smart and green growth. Through this initiative, managed by Almeria2030, the green and digital transition of Almeria is being supported in six strategically important sectors, with a high degree of local influence: tourism, construction and built environment, energy and renewables, mobility and transport, and cultural and creative industries.

During the last year, the implementation of the initiative has been developed in Almeria with the constitution of a working group of international and local experts, the holding of a Local ICC Seminar with the participation of 45 local representatives from institutions, administrations, universities, the private sector, professional associations, etc., and the definition of five work areas in which Local Agreements for the Digital and Ecological Transition are being designed with different organizations and institutions of the city, as well as the definition of joint projects.

During the Local Seminar, the Local Agreements will be validated around the following topics: digital transition; energy efficiency and renewable energies; water, energy and food; capacity building for sustainable construction and urban environment; green infrastructure and biodiversity; blue economy and blue municipalities.