A coaching session was carried out to prepare the upcoming MoU signature ceremony between Rome and Yantai stakeholders. These include the Universities of Tuscia and Yantai (smart agriculture) and SETEL (smart city, precision agriculture). The session was organised by Prof. Gianlucca Fabbri and Oscar Prat.
The so-called “Gap Fund” was launched on 23 September 2020. The fund will address the critical lack of grant funding necessary to mature pipelines of projects from concept to a stage where they can be advanced towards full feasibility analysis and ultimately investment. This will significantly increase the pipeline of high-quality bankable climate-friendly urban infrastructure […]
More than 20 representatives from Liuzhou City and Barcelona discussed today the implementation of a preliminary action plan to develop comparable urban experiences related to the values of the Sustainable Development Goals and linked to 2030 Agenda, especially focusing on 3 main topics: smart mobility, water management, and Energy efficiency / renewable energy production. Experts […]
In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the IUC team organised an onsite and online workshop for 50 Chinese practitioners from Yancheng City (Jiangsu Province). The event was a follow-up to the online discussion between Chinese and European Experts organised on 28 May 2020. Over 30 participants joined the meeting via live […]
The European Union participated today at the workshop “EURO-CHINA Smart Cities, Facing Covid-19” held in Chongqing, China. The EU was represented by Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis, Head of the EU Delegation to China, as well as by Dr. Rudolf Niessler, Principal Advisor at DG REGIO of the European Commission. At the event, the European pilot cities […]
The Department of Planning, Design, and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture (DPDTA) of Sapienza University just finished a two-week Summer School Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM). The event – which was taught in English – was a pilot project of the IUC project and involved over 30 students from China, […]
