Third Open Call

Description

Building upon the success of the previous rounds, the third CommuniCity Open Call expands its reach by awarding up at least 62 piloting teams. While the initial rounds of open calls focused on a relatively small group of participating cities, this final round of CommuniCity Open Calls fosters a broader and more ambitious initiative by inviting all the interested European Cities and NGOs to join the open call. Nevertheless, the core concept will remain the same: the overall objective is to find technology-driven solutions to bridge the digital divide and enhance the well-being of marginalised communities.

Beneficiary & submission

Online: https://communicity-project.eu/third-open-call/

Further information

The third CommuniCity Open Call launches September 10th aiming to award at least 62 pilots with grants to support the development and piloting of tech-driven solutions. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2024. Following this, expert juries nominated by participating cities and NGOs will carefully evaluate the applications. In December, the winning applicants can begin piloting technological solutions in their respective cities and can continue their experiments until May 2025. The CommuniCity project will grant each winning team a maximum of €12,500 Eur grant to support their solution development and pilot implementation efforts. The evaluation criteria and the detailed assessment process are described in the Call for Applications documents which will be published in parallel with the open call launch. The evaluation criteria will be similar to previous rounds except the role of Artificial Intelligence will be highlighted in order to unleash the full potential of Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs) – a set of standardised tools that facilitate data sharing and collaboration between cities.