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<p>The concept of smart cities is gaining momentum with efforts to go greener and be more sustainable along with the growing demand for data-driven policies. The European Union (EU) is highly committed to fostering sustainable urban development through targeted funding programs that encourage innovation, collaboration, and practical solutions for climate-neutral and smart cities. We have used data mining on the data of the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) and Eurostat during 2014 – 2022, to analyze such projects. Firstly, we can report that in absolute measures, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden and Lithuania have obtained the largest amounts of money fromthe EU Horizon program to support the development of smart cities. Secondly, we have found that when accounting for the size of funding per capita, Estonia leads in terms of funds invested in smart cities followed by Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, and Cyprus. Focusing our attention on the cost of outcomes, i.e., the efficiency of spending funds on smart cities, we can see that the leading countries in the EU are Romania, Switzerland, Norway, and Luxembourg. The authors have compared the success of European projects in their different phases, while considering the overall results as most relevant for our evaluation.</p>
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The concept of smart cities is gaining momentum with efforts to go greener and be more sustainable along with the growing demand for data-driven policies. The European Union (EU) is highly committed to fostering sustainable urban development through targeted funding programs that encourage innovation, collaboration, and practical solutions for climate-neutral and smart cities. We have used data mining on the data of the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) and Eurostat during 2014 – 2022, to analyze such projects. Firstly, we can report that in absolute measures, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden and Lithuania have obtained the largest amounts of money fromthe EU Horizon program to support the development of smart cities. Secondly, we have found that when accounting for the size of funding per capita, Estonia leads in terms of funds invested in smart cities followed by Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, and Cyprus. Focusing our attention on the cost of outcomes, i.e., the efficiency of spending funds on smart cities, we can see that the leading countries in the EU are Romania, Switzerland, Norway, and Luxembourg. The authors have compared the success of European projects in their different phases, while considering the overall results as most relevant for our evaluation.

On Relative Success in Obtaining Grants for Smart Cities in the European Union and on the Cost of the Outcome

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of ¨Technology in Bratislava

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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The concept of smart cities is gaining momentum with efforts to go greener and be more sustainable along with the growing demand for data-driven policies. The...

On Relative Success in Obtaining Grants for Smart Cities in the European Union and on the Cost of the Outcome

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 29 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2024-0004

Keywords
Smart cities, Project management, The EU, Funding, Horizon, Success, Data mining

© 2024 Tomáš Koreň et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

On Relative Success in Obtaining Grants for Smart Cities in the European Union and on the Cost of the Outcome

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 29 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2024-0004

KeywordsSmart cities, Project management, The EU, Funding, Horizon, Success, Data mining

© 2024 Tomáš Koreň et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Smart cities, Project management, The EU, Funding, Horizon, Success, Data mining