SCIS – Smart Cities Information System

Making European smart-city demonstration data easier to find and use

Smart Cities Information System - SCIS collects data from EU co‐funded Smart Cities and Communities demonstration projects (FP6, FP7, H2020 primarily) into one database to provide relevant research and scientific expertise to analyse and monitor performance.

PROGRAMME / FUNDING: European Commission · service contract

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: €2M

DURATION: 2014–2017

THEMES: Smart cities; Urban data; Knowledge platforms; Evidence for policy

TWNTY ROLE: WP4 Communications and Dissemination Lead (subcontracted) · website and database redesign (with AIT)

The project

The Smart Cities Information System collected data from EU co-funded smart city demonstration projects — FP6, FP7 and Horizon 2020 — into one database, so that performance could be monitored, findings compared, and policy for future cities grounded in evidence. Its work was later carried forward into today's Smart Cities Marketplace.

The challenge

Dozens of demonstration projects were producing results in incompatible formats and separate places. The challenge was as much structural as editorial: knowledge had to be organised, made searchable and communicated so that projects, cities and policymakers could actually use it.

What TWNTY delivered

Communications and Dissemination Work Package leadership
SCIS website and database redesign and development, with AIT
The SCIS Final Forum in Budapest (2016), delivered end-to-end

Primary audiences

European policymakers and the European Commission · EU smart city projects and initiatives · Research organisations · City-solution implementers

Related expertise

Cities & Sustainability · Knowledge Platforms & Digital Tools · Strategic Communication & Engagement

Project sources

Smart Cities Marketplace: https://smart-cities-marketplace.ec.europa.eu

Where communication meets data platforms:

See how TWNTY designs not just how knowledge is explained, but how it is structured and accessed.