FinEst Twins Smart City Center of Excellence
Platform for cross-border smart city solutions
The FinEst Twins is building a
Smart City Center of Excellence (CoE) based in Estonia capable of mobilising
all leading actors and stakeholders in Estonia and establish a solid long term
partnership with their Helsinki region counterparts, capitalising on the macro
region’s scientific knowledge, innovativeness and entrepreneurship. The CoE
focuses on mobility, energy and built environment glued together by governance
and urban analytics & data and aims to match leading smart city research
centers globally. The FinEst Twins develops the cross-border knowledge transfer
infrastructure (Urban Operating Platform) through real-life pilots capable of
attracting international expertise and investment. It also acts as a
springboard for the exportation of Finnish-Estonian knowledge and combined
service solutions on a global scale.
KEYWORDS smart city, digital single market, interoperability, cross-border services, public service provision
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