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The mobile application for waste management

The mobile application for waste management

Lithuania's Šiauliai district launches its first mobile app for waste reporting. Residents can easily report unclaimed waste with location photos, swiftly alerting authorities for prompt action.

2022 Lithuania Municipal Waste Management
Development of software of interactive map and mobile application

Development of software of interactive map and mobile application

Development of interactive map by adding subsections: -Reporting on problems in city surroundings -Flood map -Traffic restrictions (map) -Early warning system

2018 Latvia Municipal IT solutions
KotiDigi - Platform for Home and Remote Care Services

KotiDigi - Platform for Home and Remote Care Services

The city's goal was to find a solution that would make living at home safer and the nursing staff would be able to take care of the clients better than before.

2021 Finland City IT solutions
Tartu Downtown Cultural Centre architectural competition

Tartu Downtown Cultural Centre architectural competition

To find the best architectural solution for the building and outdoor space of Tartu Downtown Cultural Centre, which suits the given location and atmosphere and forms a whole with the urban space along river Emajõgi.

2023 Estonia Transnational Construction
LoRaPark: Innovation lab for citizens, companies and science in rural environment

LoRaPark: Innovation lab for citizens, companies and science in rural environment

The main focus was to show what is possible using LoRaWAN (safe and autonomous network for the IoT) in smart cities. There were several use cases implemented especially for the project, some use cases from the LoRaWAN community.

2020 Germany City IT solutions
PCP: Open Urban Data Platform of the Data Competence Center for Cities and regions

PCP: Open Urban Data Platform of the Data Competence Center for Cities and regions

With the Smart City model project “DATEN:RAUM:FREIBURG”, the city aims to bundle data and know-how from a wide range of sources, prepare it for simulations and enabling integrated urban development

2013 Germany Municipal IT solutions
HPV home testing prevents new cancer cases

HPV home testing prevents new cancer cases

An innovative home test allowing women to test themselves for cervical cancer (HPV) has contributed to better cancer prevention and fewer cancer cases. Procurement proces included market research and public-private cooperation.

2014 Denmark National Health
Cross-municipal procurement of innovative solution for medicine management

Cross-municipal procurement of innovative solution for medicine management

A cross-municipal cooperation of the procurement of a new end-to-end medicinal management solution, which involved thorough market dialogue over several stages of the procurement preparation.

2022 Denmark Municipal Health
Innovative multitable provides better working postures for municipal employees and makes everyday life easier for citizens in need of care

Innovative multitable provides better working postures for municipal employees and makes everyday life easier for citizens in need of care

Several Danish municipal nursing homes were in need of an adjustable table with multiple purposes to improve their working conditions. The table, called Roomie, was designed by a small private company in collaboration with the staff at the nursi

2019 Denmark Municipal Health Social Inclusion
Virtual reality game presenting industrial companies

Virtual reality game presenting industrial companies

It is an innovative and engaging way to get to know the industry of the city of Panevėžys. Adapted gamification methods and 3D equipment make it possible to visualize ongoing processes and transfer information to people of different ages and abilitie

2022 Lithuania City Green Innovation
Integration of individual systems of Lithuanian railways and transition to the cloud system

Integration of individual systems of Lithuanian railways and transition to the cloud system

Transitioning to cloud computing while managing 100+ IT systems is a complex and challenging task, but it's essential for Lithuanian Railways to keep up with the latest technology.

2021 Lithuania National IT solutions
Construction of the Tampere Tunnel by Using the Alliance Model

Construction of the Tampere Tunnel by Using the Alliance Model

The Lakeside Road Tunnel construction project in Tampere was one of the first projects carried out with alliance model. The utilization of the model created major savings, several innovations, better quality construction and improved safety.

2017 Finland City Construction
Award-winning procurement of Tampere IoT Platform

Award-winning procurement of Tampere IoT Platform

The evolving technology area, transparency and future ecosystem development were essential for the procurement of the IoT platform, the outdoor lighting control system and the urban environment sensing.

2020 Finland City IT solutions
Finding a catering service provider for Tartu city schools

Finding a catering service provider for Tartu city schools

Contracting authority will provide the schools with kitchen and dining facilities free of charge The user of the facilities will pay the utility costs. Contracting authority has fixed the cost of the school meals, evaluation based on menus, tastings.

2023 Estonia Municipal Health Social Inclusion
Circular-economy-compliant procurement criteria in street roadworks

Circular-economy-compliant procurement criteria in street roadworks

City if Tampere created award-winning procurement criteria for street roadwork sites which encourages and supports circular economy.

2022 Finland City Construction
Developing self-driving buses

Developing self-driving buses

In 2018 the FABULOS project started an Open Market Consultation, continued with pre-commerial procurement and then the most promising concepts were developed into prototypes and were tested.

2020 Finland City Mobility
Companies and municipality develop the school toilets of the future

Companies and municipality develop the school toilets of the future

A Municipality in Denmark developed high-tech school bathrooms with several companies in a project to counteract students not using bathrooms because of their sanitation level. The project increased the use of school bathrooms from 26 to 85 percent.

2017 Denmark Municipal IT solutions
Smart sensor network for monitoring water availability in trees in Erlangen, Agvolution GmbH

Smart sensor network for monitoring water availability in trees in Erlangen, Agvolution GmbH

Smart sensor network for monitoring water availability in trees

2020 Germany City Green Innovation
Automatization of the process of admitting students to schools

Automatization of the process of admitting students to schools

Vilnius City Municipality is working to automate the process of admitting students to schools. The current system is not perfect and requires a lot of human resources and time. Automation would make the process smoother and more efficient.

2022 Lithuania City IT solutions
Provision of food cards for the purchase of food products

Provision of food cards for the purchase of food products

The purpose of the procurement was to ensure Adaži municipality’s support for the alternative catering service for pupils of the municipality's general education institutions during distance learning. As part of the procurement contract, the supplier had to ensure the production and administration of plastic cards for the grocery retail store for the purchase of groceries. Cards can be used throughout the Latvia

2022 Latvia Municipal IT solutions