RESPONSE action plan comprises of 13 Work Packages as discussed below.
Work Package 1: RESPONSE Smart City Framework on energy-transition innovations
Leader: VTT
Work Package 1: RESPONSE Smart City Framework on energy-transition innovations
WP1 will design and deliver RESPONSE Master City Plans on deployemant and demonstration of the Smart City Energy Transition Innovations (TA#1-3). The Master City Plans will extract the requirements and determinant factors (e.g. regulation inT1.2) to facilitate user adoption (based on T1.1) and initial dimensioning of the solutions to be deployed in the LH cities. It will further produce a compilation of the Master City Plans (T1.3-T1.5) on the ISs of TA#1-3, in order to pave the way for the real-life demonstration (WP6 & WP7) and replication (WP8). Each of the tasks in the WP1 will be based on the learnings and recommendations found in the SCIS.
Work Package 2: Smart Cities Performance Monitoring Framework and Governance
Leader: CERTH
Work Package 2: Smart Cities Performance Monitoring Framework and Governance
The activities will further define UNINOVA’s and I3N (PT cluster) R&I strategy based on partners’ inputs, ensure the sustainability of SYNERGY by generating other initiatives, and create new funding opportunities for research and innovation activities and infrastructures in the PT cluster. This also aims to define a manufacturing strategy for the flexible electronics, including the textile and paper electronics.
Work Package 3: Integrated and Interconnected City Ecosystem Operational Framework
Leader: EIFER
Work Package 3: Integrated and Interconnected City Ecosystem Operational Framework
WP3 will perform a baseline study on the technical specification of the available City Information Platforms in the two LHs, in order to extract the requirements and any technical barriers for the required extensions needed for the integration of the Integrated and Interconnected City Ecosystem services of TA#4. A detailed deployment planning will be issued, which will lead the implementation, integration and demonstration activities in the ICT ecosystems of Dijon (T3.3) and Turku (T3.4). The challenges raised by digital infrastructures for smart cities, such as interoperability, privacy and security, will be investigated in T3.2. A Smart City Diagnosis framework will be designed and delivered in T3.5. Finally, T3.6 will allow different stakeholders from all participating cities to evaluate and exchange lessons learnt on the potential such solutions can bring in increasing Governance capacity.
Work Package 4: Mobilizing Collective Intelligence through Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement
Leader: TUAS
Work Package 4: Mobilizing Collective Intelligence through Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement
The objectives of WP4 are to ensure the participatory approach during the project activities and to create a transposable concept of participatory Smart City Lab, which supports co-creation and enables utilization of CIP systems and digital tools. It consists of a) creating and demonstrating new tools for engaging citizens and stakeholders and b) gathering good practices in increasing awareness, engaging and motivating citizens and stakeholders in a development of energy positive issues. In addition, the aim is to create guidance (e.g. handbooks) to FCs and other cities to apply developed participation procedures in their own city context.
Work Package 5: Business Models for Smart City Solutions and Governance Capacity
Leader: RINA-C
Work Package 5: Business Models for Smart City Solutions and Governance Capacity
This WP aims to assist smart cities and its stakeholders to capture value, by ensuring sustainable and replicable strategies and Business Models (BMs). This will be achieved by a) assessing existing frameworks for analysing currently used smart city BMs; b) generating novel and sustainable business solutions and suitable BMs to support and stimulate the market deployment of the smart city solutions in the LH and FCs, while recognizing and eliminating barriers and/or risks; and c) identifying potential non-energy services to generate new revenue streams. Investors and citizens’ perspective will be analysed, to promote replication of BMs. BMs developed will be applied in the LH cities and adapted in the FCs, with a special focus on governance aspects in view of accelerating the smart economy of the cities involved but also act as exemplars for EU cities beyond the RESPONSE.
Work Package 6: Dijon LH City Demonstration, Monitoring and replication activities
Leader: DM
Work Package 6: Dijon LH City Demonstration, Monitoring and replication activities
WP6 focuses on the actual demonstration activities of the foreseen RESPONSE solutions in the LH of Dijon. The main WP objectives are:- to precisely specify the required activities for the application of the foreseen interventions in the addressed PED (Fontaine d’Ouche) and its PEBs (PEB1, PEB2); - to develop the detailed implementation process and precise planning; - to develop coordination and communication procedures to ensure the smooth cooperation of participating partners; - to implement and deploy the Dijon’s RESPONSE IS identified under the 5 Transition Axes and to elaborate BMs development and exploitation (WP5) along with monitoring of the KPIs specified in (WP2), following the monitoring scheme developed in (WP3). The outcomes will feed replication activities both for DM and FCs as part of their City Bold Vision, based on (WP1) Master City Plan.
Work Package 7: Turku LH City Demonstration, Monitoring and replication activities
Leader: TURKU
Work Package 7: Turku LH City Demonstration, Monitoring and replication activities
WP7 focuses on the actual demonstration activities of the foreseen RESPONSE solutions in the LH of Turku. The main WP objectives are:- to precisely specify the required activities for the application of the foreseen interventions in the addressed demo areas of Turku Student Village - to develop the detailed implementation process and precise planning; - to develop coordination and communication procedures to ensure the smooth cooperation of participating partners; - to implement and deploy the Dijon’s RESPONSE IS identified under the 5 Transition Axes and to elaborate BMs development and exploitation (WP5) along with monitoring of the KPIs specified in (WP2), following the monitoring scheme developed in (WP3). The outcomes will feed replication activities both for DM and FCs (WP8) as part of their City Bold Vision, based on (WP1) Master City Plan results.
Work Package 8: FCs Replication Plans and 2050 Bold City Vision
Leader: BRU
Work Package 8: FCs Replication Plans and 2050 Bold City Vision
Aim of this WP is to bring together LHs and FCs, for the sharing of know-how and lessons learnt among them, instantiating mainly the FCs replication plans. For each FC, a replication plan will be designed based on the available solutions developed, deployed, monitored and assessed in the LHs, in the context of the pre-defined potential replication districts. The ISs key elements, from technology, social and legal perspectives, will be included. The resulting FCs Masterplans will be contextualized by the local ecosystems according to specific city needs and necessities. This will be performed through specific workshops open to public audience, to actively engage citizens and select the most appropriate measures for each FC. After that, feasibility studies, including dimensioning and geographical definition of the replicated ISs, for each FC will be realized to form a concrete Replication Plan (short (2030) and long-term (2050). The replication plan will be also the trigger for the creation of a bold City Vision for 2050, replicating and scaling up the ISs, from a district up to a city level.
Work Package 9: Impact Measurement, Analysis and Benchmarking
Leader: CIRCE
Work Package 9: Impact Measurement, Analysis and Benchmarking
This WP, aims to assess technically, environmentally, regulatory, economically, how the RESPONSE addresses the challenges and goals set during the preparation phase in WP1, demonstrated and monitored during WP6 and WP7, based on the framework and tools defined in WP2, and WP3, by quantifying the evidence-base for maximizing the impact of RESPONSE project, and to inform the design of future implementations of integrated Smart City Solutions for accelerating their wide scale roll out in the EU. The KPIs repository as defined in WP2 will facilitate and evaluate the a) efficiency, b) environmental assessment, c) cost-effectiveness and d) users’ acceptance of the ISs. Moreover, specific tools will be used to assess the Replicability and Scalability of the demonstrated ISs on a European level, mainly from the IT perspective (see section 1.3.2.5).
Work Package 10: Extending outreach for Smart and Connected Communities and Cities
Leader: DM
Work Package 10: Extending outreach for Smart and Connected Communities and Cities
WP10 main goal is to ensure strong collaboration of RESPONSE with other relevant Smart Cities and smart citiesrelated projects, initiatives and partnerships with the aim to find synergies in maximising knowledge exchange, impact and replication. Special attention will be paid to promote the project approach to regions in coal transition and turning cities into active ambassadors and actuators of the climate change mitigation strategies. The first outreach streams will be established through the on-going SCC01 and SCC02 Lighthouse projects, as well as the Nature Based Solutions ones. RESPONSE will cooperate with the horizontal cross-cutting initiatives such as the Smart Cities Information System (SCIS), EIP-SCC, and the Covenant of Mayors Office.
Work Package 11: Project Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
Leader: SPI
Work Package 11: Project Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
WP11 objectives are a) to increase citizens and stakeholders’ awareness around RESPONSE at both European and local level; b) to stimulate acceptance of the project results among the its main target audiences and c) to foster uptake of the demonstrated ISs by LHs and FCs beyond. An impact-driven, multi-stakeholder and multi-channel Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation strategy will be designed and implemented. The strategy will capitalize on evaluating the replication potential of the ISs on an EU level to support the development of a comprehensive exploitation and sustainability plan fostering the uptake and the commercialisation of new technologies and services developed in RESPONSE. Moreover, it aims at generating a business plan for commercial technological solutions and services and contribute to standardization, certification and regulatory activities. WP11 will contribute, upon invitation by the INEA, to common information and dissemination activities to increase the visibility and synergies between H2020 supported actions.
Work Package 12: Project Management
Leader: EIFER
Work Package 12: Project Management
The specific objectives of the WP12 are to: a) ensure the appropriate day to day management and coordination of the project and its activities, b) ensure the proper communication and collaboration between all project partners, encouraging continuous exchanging of information, c) establish coordination mechanisms among the different management bodies (internal and external), d) management and monitoring of project progress (technically and financially), data and ethics.
Work Package 13: Ethics requirements
Leader: EIFER
Work Package 13: Ethics requirements
The objective is to ensure compliance with the 'ethics requirements' set out in this work package.