Bojan Schnabl

Smarter Together is an EU-funded project under the Horizon 2020 Programme bringing together the Lighthouse Cities of Lyon, Munich and Vienna as well as the Follower Cities of Santiago de Compostela, Sofia and Venice and the Observer Cities of Kiev and Yokohama.

The project was launched in February 2016 and includes an implementation phase until 2019, followed by monitoring and evaluation activities to be concluded in 2021. The total EU funding of 25 million euros and 7 million euros for Vienna respectively, triggered a total investment of over 80 million euros and over 40 single projects in Vienna alone. Important initiatives for the Smart City urban renewal of Simmering have been triggered. More recently, Smarter Together has joined the EU network of 80 Lighthouse Cities contributing its experience to the common European Smart City vision.

Vienna’s “Smarter Together” urban renewal project area is located in the district of Simmering between the main road “Simmeringer Hauptstraße” and the Eastern rail track (i.e. the quarters of Geiselberg, Enkplatz, Braunhuberviertel). In total, 21.000 inhabitants will directly benefit from smart solutions in the areas of refurbishment, energy, smart e-mobility (including industrial mobility) and information and communication technology.