Today’s urban systems need to adapt to a growing population in order to sustain and provide a healthy, smart and green environment. Smart technologies, solutions and innovations are needed. 

The EU-funded URBAN TECH project will support the acceleration of competitive success of European SMEs through market launch of new or significantly improved products and services with higher value in Health Tech, Smart City and Greentech industry sectors. The project will also bring together different stakeholders of the industry value chain to support SMEs in scaling their solutions.

URBAN TECH will support the acceleration of competitive success of European SMEs through market launch of new or significantly improved products and services with higher value (with higher quality, increased access, eco-innovative, resource efficient and internationally scalable). In long term perspective (strategic objective), URBAN TECH will innovate and increase the competitiveness of European Health Tech, Smart City and Greentech industries globally.

Value proposition:

• Offering innovative solutions to cross-sectoral and cross-border challenges, either public or private.
• Bringing together different stakeholders of the industry value-chain to cooperate and innovate together.
• Supporting SMEs and start-ups in scaling their solutions and products globally.

Advanced partnership of cluster and innovation support organisations from 9 countries, entrepreneurial and innovation support measures providers to SMEs and start-ups, mediators between the societal stakeholders needs and solution providers. Partners’ network bringing together 3.500 start-ups and SMEs and wider outreach to 20.000.

Partners

• CIVITTA EESTI AS
• SIHTASUTUS TALLINNA TEADUSPARK TEHNOPOL
• TURKU SCIENCE PARK OY AB
• VIESOJI ISTAIGA KAUNO MOKSLO IR TECHNOLOGIJU PARKAS
• TEHNOLOSKI PARK LJUBLJANA DOO
• CYBERFORUM EV
• ENERGIESPARVERBAND OBEROSTERREICH
• ZWI ZENTRUM FUR WISSENS-UND INNOVATIONSTRANSFER GMBH
• POMORSKA SPECJALNA STREFA EKONOMICZNA SP ZOO
• GLOBAZ, S.A.
• MALARDALENS UNIVERSITET

Start date: 1 September 2021 - End date: 31 August 2024