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• Smart Parking System
  With limited space, comes limited parking. Pafos is in the process of challenging this assertion with the new “Pafos Smart Parking” project. This project is a solution to the problem of optimal parking management in the city of Pafos. By utilizing technologies of the IoT and smartphones, the residents, and visitors to the city of Pafos can be informed in real time where and when to find free parking. Find out more at: 59 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intercomp.pafossmartparking&hl=gsw&gl=US
• Smart Public Transportation System
  Konya Metropolitan Municipality has introduced the Intelligent Public Transportation System ATUS to provide a more practical public transportation service. The locations of smart bike stations, whether there is a bike suitable for rental, whether there is an empty platform where the bike can be delivered, and similar information can be inquired from the website or the Mobile Konya Application. By 58 using ATUS; you can access the location of the public transportation vehicles, the estimated number of minutes to arrive at the stop, the public transportation lines passing through the station, route and stop information, and many more information about public transportation. ATUS also provides great convenience with its diversity of access channels. Find out more at: https://bilimmerkezleri.tubitak.gov.tr/konyabilimmerkezi/sanaltur/tr.html
• Smart Stations Project
  Within its “Smart Stations” project, the Antalya municipality has developed to benefit from climatic advantages of the city, the glass-covered bus stops with solar panels have touch-sensitive doors and indoor air conditioning device. The solar-powered bus stations that provide up-to-date passenger information on energy-saving screens, serves as a Wi-Fi hotspot and allows people to recharge their phones. There are 4 smart stops in Antalya and 300 stops with USB ports for phone charging via solar energy panels on the roof.  Find out more at: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/05/antalya-goes-solar-how-this-turkish-city-is-transforming-its-energy-supply   https://www.matchup-project.eu/cities/antalya/   https://www.youris.com/energy/gallery/transformation-in-antalya-for-a-smarter-low-carbon-future.kl
• A SmART City Vocation
  Palermo has developed a SmART City vocation, with the aim of designing a city that defines smart, as a “public commodity”, the ethical before the aesthetic and a new way to talk, connect, confront and be resilient. The city is then implementing innovation policies and wants to be able to redesign itself in a variable and dynamic way in the present day. Thanks to the potential of arts and new technologies, Palermo is finding new forms of life, with the creation of services, jobs, and economic opportunities. The administration wants the city to be an open-air laboratory of technological and social innovation, to transform it and the territory into a smart community. Find out more at : https://www.comune.palermo.it/js/server/uploads/_15052020140904.pdf
• MEB, all museum offers in one place
  The MEB is a web portal that gathers all the museum offers of Padova. Users can find information, booking and ticketing, displays of collections, artworks, and main features of each museum. It is integrated with the management system of MABI catalogues of cultural heritage. Find out more at: https://padovamusei.it/it
• “ReinventaPorto” Project
  The “ReinventaPorto” project was launched with the original intention of providing digital training and assistance to 120 small and medium sized businesses in Porto. This was in direct response to the digital transformation of the tourism industry and the global COVID-19 pandemic. The project finished with having trained 204 SMEs in their transition to the digital economy and successfully enabled a more digitalised tourism industry in Porto. 56 Find out more at: https://www.investporto.pt/en/news/reinventaporto-supported-more-than-200-companies-in-digital-transition/
• Destination Hub. Ruhr
  Introduced in June 2021, the city of Essen has implemented an open data management system called The Destination Hub.Ruhr. It is used to help improve the visibility of all tourism-relevant data as well as improve networking around tourism offers. Available on various German tourism platforms such as DB Ausflug and the ADAC Trips app, the data is to be made accessible both throughout North Rhine-Westphalia and the German National Tourist Board’s Knowledge Graph, thus providing important information to a broader range of visitors.  Find out more at: https://www.ruhr-tourismus.de/en/ruhr-tourismus/marken-und-produkte/efre-nrw-projekte/metropole-ruhr-digitale-modelldestination-nrw/  52
• Safety Circle Project
  115 solar smart poles set up in the center of attraction called “Antalya Life Park” on Konyaaltı Beach that is 6,2 km long, in order to enable guest children, parents, people with various disabilities and their relatives to spend more comfortable time. With this application, elderly who have illnesses such as Alzheimer, visitors who have various disabilities, and pets can be tracked in terms of their locations. Within the scope of the project, wristbands are given to those in need via the Metropolitan Municipality information desk, and when children, pets or people in need go out of the 'safety circle' formed by smart solar poles, the system goes into alarm and transmits information to families' mobile phones via the application. While the solar panels on the poles produce energy, mobile devices can be charged with the USB ports on the body. The project, which strengthens Antalya in the smart city category, is planned to be implemented in more diverse and larger areas in the coming years.  Find out more at: https://antalya.com.tr/de/entdecken/aktiviteler/vergnugungsparks/beach-antalya-life-park
• The Integrated Connectivity System
  Managed by SISPI S.p.a, an in-house company of the Municipal Administration, the Integrated Connectivity System (SITEC), is aiming to provide advanced and distributed broadband connectivity to different categories of users, such as the Municipal Offices of the Palermo area and numerous services, including Internet, Wi-Fi, video surveillance, management of limited traffic zones’ entry points or road network sensors. The Telematic Ring, which consists of a powerful and branched fibre-optic infrastructure, is also part of the SITEC. It represents a fundamental asset for the community. Find out more at: https://sispi.it/
• Smart Gateway for smart solutions and solving challenges
  The Cork Smart Gateway illustrates that Cork is a smart city that embraces digital technologies, and the digital experience is constantly evolving there. It is a collaboration between local government, businesses, academic and research institutes and was launched in 2016 to identify and deploy smart solutions to seize emerging opportunities, solve regional challenges and enhance the reputation of Cork as an attractive place to live, work, visit and invest. Local businesses have been supported and engaged to discuss and explore themes such as technology, data, and digital tools. And particularly the Smart Gateway has provided a forum for enhanced citizen engagement in generating ideas for smart solutions in public service, research collaborations and city development. There is also an ongoing programme through the Smart Gateway to foster digital inclusion, enabling individuals and communities to access digital literacy.  Find out more at: https://www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-smart-gateway/  https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/business/council-supported-initiatives/cork-smart-gateway
• AR, VR, and 3D Reconstruction of the Alcazar of Seville
  Built in 1198, the Alcazar of Seville was originally the old mosque of the city. Now it’s Cathedral this multi-layered digital experience offers residents and visitors alike the opportunity to gain a greater understand the old mosque as it was built back in the 12 century. Furthermore, this digital feature allows for a new perspective on the city’s story past to be highlighted giving greater importance to uncovering the cultural space in a digital fashion. Find out more at: https://voyagerseville.com/en/3d-reconstruction-of-the-mosque-of-seville/
• "Tourist Lublin" App and AR
  The city of Lublin has launched a brand-new mobile application enriched with AR module called “Tourist Lublin”. Thanks to augmented reality and historical sources, the city of Lublin managed to revive nonexistent places like the parish church of the St. Michael the Archangel and water tower. By using AR (augmented reality), a technology that generates a three-dimensional virtual image, the app can show a virtual map that guides users to the places where mentioned buildings used to be located. In those particular locations, there are boards with a special tracker (geometric symbol) which users have to scan to see the virtual image. Thus, a virtually recreated building appears on the empty squares. Both objects can be observed at scale or real size and rotated around their axis. Both locals and visitors can make use of this app and see the city from a new lens. Find out more at: https://lublin.eu/en/what-to-see-do/tourist-culture-information/mobile-application-visit-lublin/ https://www.lubelskietravel.pl/en/musisz-zobaczyc/471-mobile-apps-that-will-help-you-to-visit-lubelskie 47
• Augmented Reality of Zeugma Ancient City
  For Gaziantep, the application of an augmented reality of the UNESCO World Heritage tentative site Zeugmas archaeological site helps bring the past to life. The AR application of the site enables visitors to gain an insight into what the excavations have revealed might have looked like. This measure is a digital innovation that pushes accessibility of knowledge using modern technology.  Find out more at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5726/  https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkeys-gaziantep-enters-metaverse-with-ancient-site-of-zeugma/news
• Rollindagando (Cultural Mapping of the Old Town)
  Under the city’s Digitalisation initiative, Genoa has also created Rollindagando; a database of information relating to the Cultural Mapping of the Old Town. The database includes every single building in Genoa (Rolli’s Palaces included) starting from their Prevailing/Antique era from the 12th to the 20th century. To update the database, the 2020 the Rollindagando project was conducted in collaboration with University of Genova and performs a new survey in relation to the state of conservation and the interventions carried out over the past 20 years in the Perimeter of UNESCO recognition. Find out more at: https://geoportale.comune.genova.it/
• Metrominuto Tour and Maps
  The Metrominuto Tour produces many positive effects: for the environment, health and mood, it reduces the costs of travel and offers opportunities for meeting and socialising in public spaces.  Metrominuto Genova is a map like that of public transport designed for pedestrian routes, in which the most significant places are represented as stops on various pedestrian lines connected in a network, which will show you how convenient it is to leave your vehicle at home to reach walk to your destinations, without having to worry about traffic and parking, enjoying the beauty of the city. Find out more at: https://www.visitgenoa.it/de/node/31887
• Sustainable Tourism Mobility Committee
  As part of a push to increase sustainable accessibility option in tourism, Pafos has created the “Sustainable Tourism Mobility 42 Committee” with the express goal to deal with the introduction of low-carbon E-mobility systems and services. These include but are not limited to charging stations for electric vehicles; public transport running on renewable energy such as the electric minibus; smart and integrated e-ticketing systems for tourists with multi-modal applications; and multi-lingual and multi-platform information and purchasing systems at tourist locations. These actions fall under the testing of “Mobility as a Service” action that Pafos is running and the city’s concept for sustainable tourism with low-carbon E-Mobility smart multi-modal services for visitors to archaeological sites, including accessible tourism mobility facilities. Find out more at: https://www.interregeurope.eu/good-practices/pafos-electric-minibus-for-sustainable-tourism-mobility-and-accessibility-cyprus
• Smart Cycling in Cyprus
  Pafos has a series of cycling paths that cover 600 km with 12 dedicated routes for visitors to choose from as a low-carbon form of traveling around the city and its surrounding areas. Additionally, these routes have been complimented with the introduction of Smart Signs (QR Codes) to help promote and provide rich, complete, and dynamic information about the cycle experience in Pafos. Find out more at: https://www.visitpafos.org.cy/active-pafos/cycling/
• Green San Sebastián Guide
  San Sebastián Turismoa, together with other local institutions, published a “Green San Sebastián” guide, where visitors can find information on the different parks, gardens, and mounts of the city. This handbook is available in the four following languages: Spanish, Basque, English, and French. Find out more at: https://www.sansebastianturismoa.eus/images/ssturismo/pdf/VerdeSanSebastian.pdf
• Ocean Race Project
  The Ocean Race is an epic adventure in which the world’s top sailing teams circumnavigate the planet powered only by the wind, The First in Ocean Race Europe arrives to Genoa in 2022 and then in 2023, the Grand Final and take part the project ‘Racing with Purpose’. In fact, the sustainability program brings together a range of tangible ways that can have a positive impact on the marine environment, to roll out initiatives for cleaner and healthier seas and a learning program. Find out more at: https://www.visitgenoa.it/en/genova-will-host-finish-ocean-race-europe 38
• Sustainable Event Management
  Awarded the title of “European Green Capital” in 2017, the city of Essen has pursued its goals towards a more sustainable approach across all disciplines. In order to deepen relevant topics such as climate protection, environment and sustainable development, the city has implemented the “Climate Protection 2020” program. Amongst many measures, Essen has included sustainable practices within its festivals, sports events and civic celebrations. Find out more at: https://www.visitessen.de/essentourismus_convention/green_meeting/convention_nachhaltiges_veranstaltungsmanagement.en.html
• Green Conference and Event Handbook
  a green handbook on how to get started organising sustainable conferences has been developed, along with guides, checklists and guidance from Aarhus University and the VisitAarhus Convention Bureau, all complimentary and available for conference organisers. The proactive approach to sustainability has generated international attention, and Aarhus is in the ‘Top 100’ on the highly recognized ranking by the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) as the 88th among 424 competing cities (2020). In 2017, the City was awarded the title as European Capital of Culture by the European Union, and in 2023, the sailing's greatest round-the-world challenge, Ocean Race, has selected Aarhus as stop-over city. 37 Find out more at: https://aarhusevents.dk/media/37205/the-green-conference-and-event-handbook.pdf
• Full Adaptive Junction System
  Antalya Metropolitan Municipality carries out the “Adaptive Junction System” at 40 intersections in the city to save fuel, and to relieve the flow of urban traffic especially in peak tourist seasons. In the adaptive junction system, the traffic data is instantly processed using artificial intelligence technology and the duration of traffic lights are determined automatically. Thanks to this technology, in 2020, an average of 25% time and approximately 6 million liras fuel savings and considerable amount of CO2 gas reduction were achieved.  Find out more at: https://raillynews.com/2022/07/smart-solution-to-antalya-inner-city-traffic/   https://www.aydinlatma.org/en/smart-lighting-system-launched-in-antalya.html
• CLIMATic City Centre for the improvement of public spaces
  The CLIMATic City Centre is an innovative project run by Gdynia aiming to improve the quality of public spaces, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists, for a greener environment. As it is pursuing climate neutrality, Gdynia has increased green areas in the heart of the city and has taken several measures to reach that goal: It has designed new infrastructure to change transportation habits by limiting and changing the direction of car traffic and rearranging its parking system. Additional bicycle lanes were installed and sidewalks for pedestrians were widened. Gdynia has also created tree lines and pocket parks that are being constantly developed. 35 Find out more at: https://sea-city.pl/gdynia-takes-care-of-the-environment/
• Thermal Waters - İmamköy Recreation Area
  As thermal waters are very important for human health, Efeler has been covered by İmamköy recreation area for six decades. It has a green landscape with its natural beauties and a stream running through the centuries-old plane trees. The natural hot spring water in the picnic area of İmamköy is good for many diseases such as gynecological diseases, skin diseases and intestinal diseases, thanks to the various beneficial minerals it contains. İmamköy recreation area provides a resting opportunity to domestic and foreign visitors with its unique nature and healing water. Efeler Municipality has developed a project for the recreation area belonging to the municipality to become a new attraction center. The Municipality has started the construction of a hotel with modern-looking tiny caravans in the recreation area and set the target to complete the project and put it into service very soon. Within the scope of the hotel project, for the protection and continuity of natural resources, water will be drained after each individual gets into the water. This will help meet the hygiene conditions in order to enter medium and large-34 sized pools with natural spring water. The natural spring water is the most valuable heritage that the recreation area has presented and ensures the sustainability of the project.  Find out more at: https://www.mynet.com/efeler-belediyesinden-imamkoyde-tarihi-acilis-180101492709   https://visitaydin.com/en/enjoy-thermal-water-in-aydin/
• Blue Flags Beaches
  An iconic achievement for any beach is the Blue Flag with denotes a high standard of sustainable coastal preservation and cleanliness. In Pafos this is now different and in combination with a series of other practices such as recycling initiatives by the local municipality, accessible options for residents and visitors, the beaches in Pafos are smart and sustainable. Find out more at: https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/sun-sea/beaches/536-faros-beach-pafos-paphos-blue-flag