Eurocities KSF What is Smart? John Doyle European Commission Low Carbon Policy Officer INFSO C1 John.doyle@ec.europa.eu
Pretty Smart: The Digital Agenda for Europe Comprehensive, horizontal with its own Commissioners group 1) A vibrant digital single market 2) Interoperability and Standards 3) Trust and Security 4) Fast and ultrafast Internet access 5) Research and innovation Kroes Digital Agenda Barnier - Industry Dalli - Consumers Vassiliou Education Almunia - Competition Tajani Internal Market Lets take a closer look at one or two 6) Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion 7) ICT-enabled benefits for EU society
Broadband By 2013, basic broadband coverage for all EU citizens Broadband targets By 2020, fast broadband coverage at 30 Megabits per second available to all EU citizens, with at least half European households subscribing to broadband access at 100 Megabits per second
The Broadband Communication A common framework for meeting the broadband targets Aim Trigger the 180 to 270 billion of investment required to bring fast broadband to all households by 2020 National Broadband Plans Promoting investment and reducing investment costs Set of measures Reinforce and rationalize the use of the Structural and Rural Development Funds Promoting wireless broadband Developing broadband finance instruments
Broadband 42 - Adopt the Broadband Communication European Commission 43 - Proposals on funding of high-speed broadband 44 - Propose an European Spectrum Policy Programme 45 - Issue a Recommendation on NGA networks 46 - Develop and make operational national broadband plans Member States 47 - Measures to facilitate broadband investment 48 - Use fully the Structural and Rural Development Funds 49 - Implement the European Spectrum Policy Programme
Research and Innovation: One example Solid State Lighting Initiative under the CIP Work Programme 2011 Pilot Actions for stimulating innovation and competitiveness and for developing EU-wide markets Actions technology deployment and demonstration (not research!) Target user communities! Timetable July/Sep 2010: draft CIP workprogramme Sept/Dec 2010: formal adoption process Jan/June 2011: Call for proposals End 2011: projects start 6
Open Innovation for Future Internetenabled Services in Smart Cities 2010: 15 M EU funding Support of 6 pilot projects Boost the deployment of innovative Internet-based services in cities 3-5 networked cities each Local innovation ecosystems are the glue between stakeholders Similar Initiative envisaged for 2011 User-driven open innovation ecosystems Innovative Internet-based services Cross-border networks of smart cities Supported by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under ICT Policy Support
My Realities EU 20/20/20 targets REALLY mean: causing 30% fewer GHG emissions by the time today s kindergarten kids reach secondary school We mostly have make do with what we have i.e. there is neither money to develop nor time to deploy very much new stuff If we miss the 2020 targets all other targets probably become unattainable
Your Realities? 2020 targets REALLY mean: 20% budget cuts You have to provide the same level of service to citizens with 20% less You have no choice Correct me where I m wrong I m a Eurocrat from an Ivory tower
Your city: emissions and debt Country/City Proxy figures Belgium/Ghent CO2 Emissions per capita * 16.5 Deficit as % GDP 5 United Kingdom/Manchester 15.4 12 Nederlands/Amsterdam 16.7 6.5 Spain/Malaga 10.9 11 *Final consumption of goods and services
Today s Theme: Your 2020 20% real world cuts You hope you can do it intelligently i.e. it would be nice if the cuts were also carbon cuts Show us how to do John! I m now a nervous Eurocrat from an Ivory tower
Final Consumption of Goods and Services footprintofnations.com Consumers are directly responsible for at least 72% of worldwide GHG emissions Consumer2020 - Available http://www.imrworld.org/product.php?id=179 Cities are responsible for 80% of Emissions: City2020 later this month http://www.greenshifteurope.eu/opencms/opencms/ All societies are Information Societies : Info2020 June next year
Consumer2020 Initiatives: 1 The use of existing gsm (mobile) telephones to allow consumers to input monthly utility metre readings and receive monthly bills based on actual consumption OnLine search (Bing, Google, Yahoo etc.) influences 95% of purchases by online consumers and 70% of ALL appliance purchases in the EU
Consumer2020 Initiatives: 2 Consumers more and more frequently search for the carbon footprint of the products they buy but whereas price is "bar-coded and machine-readable" at the supermarket checkout, carbon footprint is not Business software developers can offer simple, fully accredited and auditable carbon accounting tools to their clients today Very Bottom Line Might deliver 10%
City2020 ideas: Draft The new 20/20/20 Strategy? Search for private rented energy data Cutting Green Tape Open City Information: Transport, other Align heavy users (post, waste, logistics) Green Digital Planning LEADERSHIP Work smart not hard Proactive not crises management Lets Think then Talk all of us
Nineveh: Zero carbon City European Commission Head of Unit INFSO C1 John.doyle@ec.europa.eu