{"id":355489,"date":"2025-07-14T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/call-for-urban-challenges-barcelona-4-6-november-2025-join-the-open-innovation-challenge-at-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2025-deadline-25-july-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T07:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:36:27","slug":"call-for-urban-challenges-barcelona-4-6-november-2025-join-the-open-innovation-challenge-at-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2025-deadline-25-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/call-for-urban-challenges-barcelona-4-6-november-2025-join-the-open-innovation-challenge-at-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2025-deadline-25-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Urban Challenges (Barcelona, 4\u20136 November 2025): Join the Open Innovation Challenge at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025! Deadline 25 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"649\">Are you a <strong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"301\">public authority<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"329\">private organisation<\/strong> facing an urban challenge that demands an <strong data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"395\">innovative solution<\/strong>? The <strong data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"428\">Government of Catalonia<\/strong>, in the framework of the <strong data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"496\">Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC)<\/strong>, is launching an exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b2match.com\/e\/smartcity-openinnovationchallenge-catalansolutions\/components\/57692\/xBluGM7H2ddQ\"><strong data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"552\">Open Innovation Challenge<\/strong><\/a> to connect urban challenge owners with cutting-edge solution providers across Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"906\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <strong data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"675\">What is it about?<\/strong><br data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"678\" \/>A matchmaking initiative that facilitates <strong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"754\">30-minute B2B and B2G meetings<\/strong> before and during SCEWC 2025 \u2014 offering a platform to create meaningful partnerships between the public sector, private companies, and tech innovators.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1138\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <strong data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"928\">Who can join?<\/strong><br data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"931\" \/>They are currently seeking <strong data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"978\">Challenge Owners<\/strong> \u2014 public institutions or private organisations with specific urban or sustainable development challenges that require scalable, smart, and impactful solutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1164\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/1f4a1.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> Topics may include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1322\">\n<li data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1200\">\n<p data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1200\">Climate adaptation &amp; mitigation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1225\">\n<p data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1225\">Mobility &amp; transport<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1247\">\n<p data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1247\">Energy efficiency<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1268\">\n<p data-start=\"1250\" data-end=\"1268\">Circular economy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1296\">\n<p data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1296\">Digital public services<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1322\">\n<p data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1322\">Social inclusion &amp; more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1452\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/1f517.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd17\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <strong data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1344\">How to apply?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1347\" \/>Interested Challenge Owners can <strong data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1401\">register https:\/\/www.smartcityexpo.com\/ <\/strong>\u00a0The <strong data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1435\">deadline is 25 July 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> 2025, Events, News, Opportunities, Projects by partners<\/p>\n<p>Events \u2013 NEREUS | NEREUS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nereus-regions.eu\/2025\/07\/14\/call-for-urban-challenges-barcelona-4-6-november-2025-join-the-open-innovation-challenge-at-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2025-deadline-25-july-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a public authority or private organisation facing an urban challenge that demands an innovative solution? The Government of Catalonia, in the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), is launching an exciting Open Innovation Challenge to connect urban challenge owners with cutting-edge solution providers across Europe and beyond. What is it&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/call-for-urban-challenges-barcelona-4-6-november-2025-join-the-open-innovation-challenge-at-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2025-deadline-25-july-2025\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu-news","category-events","category-webinar-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sentinel-1-6CLeFm-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}