HORIZON-EIC-2023-iCapitalPrize - The European Capital of Innovation Awards
EU Prizes: Application form (prizes) The European Capital of Innovation Awards: V1.0 – 08.03.2023
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Concerning cyber-breaches and how they were resolved,
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Concerning cyber security solutions used and practical experience with these.
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Concerning their cyber strategies and how these are implemented,
• “Question & Answer” knowledge, whereby questioners are expected to summarize and share back answers received, and
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Good practice. I4C+ provides regular reports on progress to members and stakeholders.
The group also undertakes simulations of cyber events with its members which encourages cities to work together as part of an international tabletop exercise . I4C+ is supported by the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the EU Project “Empowering EU -ISACs ”.
All Ireland Smart Cities Forum
Cork City Council is a founding member of the All-Ireland Smart Cities Forum. The All-Ireland Smart Cities Forum is a community of practice focused on the advancement of cities in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The participating cities include Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Dublin, Newry, Belfast, and Derry through the deployment of, and value creation generated by smart city programmes.
The Forum is made up of city officials who have a wealth of knowledge and experience of the evolving smart city agenda, and the opportunities this provides for future growth and investment. The primary objective is that the forum is a cooperative forum for the advancement of smart city agendas across all partner cities. The working group is looking at identifying best practice citizen engagement activities that can be shared and replicated. The working group hopes to identify collaborative projects in this area with other cities in Ireland which are represented on the forum.
Open and Agile Smart Cities
Cork City Council is a member of international groups such as Open and Agile Smart Cities and the Major Cities of Europe.
Award criterion 5, City innovative vision – applicants should demonstrate their long-term strategic vision/plan, highlighting the innovative initiatives that have positively contributed to the transformation of the city and which will further support the development of a sustainable and resilient innovation ecosystem ensuring the green and digital transitions. In this criterion, among others, the applicant should consider answering to these questions: e.g., what was the “point of departure” of the city and what has been achieved by now? What does t he city want to achieve, and which are the tangible actions already taken or put in place to get to those objectives? The applicant is expected to provide details on concrete results of the showcased initiatives. Moreover, the applicant is invited to provide information on how all showcased activities follow the innovative vision/strategy. Cork City’s long -term strategic vision is to become an innovative, sustainable, and climate-neutral city and take its place as a top-class European city which offers an excellent quality of life for its citizens. Cork City understands that on this journey, new problems of a larger scale and complexity will present themselves which will require creative innovative solutions and therefore innovation will have a vital role to play in our city's future. The process of achieving these goals has already begun wi th the implementation of Cork City’s Climate Adaptation, Air Quality and Digital Strategies and our participation in the EU’s 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities. Within these strategies, there have been many innovative ideas, concepts and processes introduced which are driving the green and digital transition. By building on the leanings and outcomes of these initiatives Cork City aims to become a national test bed for innovative ideas, concepts and processes which can contribute to not only Cork City’s development but also Ireland’s development. For Cork City to effectively innovate there must be an innovative eco-system which connects all the relevant innovative stakeholders. Cork City aims to build a highly collaborative ecosystem by building on the progress which has been made by implementing public consultations to inform City strategies, creating industry cluster representative groups such as Cyber Ireland and Tech Industry Alliance to connect industry, the public sector and academia leaders to disseminate knowledge. At the centre of this ecosystem will be Cork City’s citizens. Cork City has realised that citizen engagement is of huge importance and that citizen-led bottom-up approaches are the way forward. Cork City will continually identify new ways to encourage citizens in development and innovation and unlock the potential of our people. Initiatives such as Cork City Councils Community Climate Action and the extensive Local Economic Community Plan consultation have laid the foundations as examples of best
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