Slovenia has actively started implementing the Smart Specialization Strategy. Jožef Stefan Institute has applied for the coordination of the SRIP (Strategic Research & Innovation Partnership) for the Smart Cities and Communities topic.
More information here.
The Smart Cities and Communities partnership covers several verticals and the ICT horizontal.
Industrial verticals include:
- Health
- Energy & Utilities
- Mobility, transport and logistics
- Security
- Urban Life Quality
- Smart City Ecosystem
ICT horizontal covers te following topics:
- IoT
- IoS
- Cybersecurity
- HPC & Big data
- Digital transformation
- GIS-T
The purpose of the partnership is to coordinate development resources of the stakeholders (companies and research organizations) in order to develop new products which will be successful on the global market.