The City\u2019s Digital Transformation is a scientific area that has emerged and been studied by numerous scholars and scientists, since 2004. Due to its significance, it has attracted an increasing attention by scientists, governments, and businesses. This is something easily proved if someone search for \u201cdigital transformation\u201d in every major scientific search engine.<\/p>\n
According to Gong and Ribiere, a unified definition of Digital Transformation<\/strong> is that it is about \u201cA fundamental change process, enabled by digital technologies, that aims to bring radical improvement and innovation to an entity [e.g., an organization, a business network, an industry, or society], to create value for its stakeholders by strategically leveraging its key resources and capabilities\u201d [Cheng Gong and Vincent Ribiere, 2021. Developing a unified definition of digital <\/em>transformation<\/em>. Technovation, InPress DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.technovation.<\/a>2020.102217<\/a>]<\/p>\n It\u2019s a challenging and complex process, which demands both the leading and dedicated role of the local government, AND the engagement and commitment of the local stakeholders, on a commonly agreed vision and plan. The European Commission launched two large scale<\/strong> initiatives,<\/strong> to help cities take advantage of cutting-edge ICT and to provide them with guidance and support, to design and implement digital transformation strategies. The 1st<\/sup> was in 2017 \u2013 the Digital Cities Challenge<\/strong> (DCC) and the 2nd<\/sup> in 2020 \u2013 the Intelligent Cities Challenge<\/strong> (ICC).<\/p>\n The ICC initiative is the successor to DCC. It has a duration of three years and supports 136 European cities<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 all of them are core cities with similar process and requirements and supports them to use cutting-edge ICT for intelligent, green and socially responsible recovery. In that way a network of cities will be formed, in which the cities will \u201cbecome engines of economic recovery by creating new business opportunities, advancing sustainable developments and enhancing their cities both digitally and socially\u201d.<\/p>\n For a better implementation process, the ICC, with the experience from the DCC, defined some horizontal activities (thematic tracks) to engage the cities, together with some tools to support them implement the identified Digital Transformation strategies. The five thematic tracks<\/strong>, along with transversal services, help cities have new business opportunities<\/strong>, advancing sustainable development and enhance both digitally and socially. The tracks are:<\/p>\n The transversal advisory service covers different areas, like:<\/strong><\/p>\n By participating in such initiative, the cities will be helped in achieving a range of goals in different areas<\/strong>, such as:<\/p>\n More information is on the official site of the ICC initiative:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.intelligentcitieschallenge.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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