Despre URBASOFIA ź Laboratory for urban development, policy design and territorial cohesion
focused on developing more integrated, participatory and smart-oriented solutions to pressing urban problems;
URBASOFIA
ź Involved in development and management of EU-funded projects, especially in
connection with smart cities, strategic integrated planning, urban regeneration as well as the social impact assessment of current urban issues and new ICT solutions under development.
WHEN KNOWLEDGE GIVES DIRECTIONS ź More information: www.urbasofia.eu
www.urbasofia.eu Contact: office@urbasofia.eu | +40 371 300 956
About URBASOFIA ź Laboratory for urban development, policy design and territorial cohesion
focused on developing more integrated, participatory and smart-oriented solutions to pressing urban problems; ź Involved in development and management of EU-funded projects, especially
in connection with smart cities, strategic integrated planning, urban regeneration as well as the social impact assessment of current urban issues and new ICT solutions under development. ź More information: www.urbasofia.eu
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URBASOFIA Contact www.urbasofia.eu | office@urbasofia.eu|+40 371 300 956
We design here
URBASOFIA OfďŹ ce Address: Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard, no.2, bl.H6, et.8, Bucharest
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Where and in which programmes we work
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Horizon 2020 (CENTRIC, ESPRESSO – as a collaborator); ICT/PSP EU Programme (i-SCOPE, SUNSHINE, i-LOCATE); SEE Programme (STATUS); URBACT II and III Programme (TUTUR, RE-BLOCK); JOP ENPI Black Sea, Danube Region, MED, ADRION, etc.; At national level, in Romania and Italy - ESF and ERDF – funded projects for social innovation, strategies, energy efficiency, mobility; Planning strategies for small and middle size towns: Alba Iulia, Baia Mare Metropolitan Area, Pitesti (RO), Kavala (GR). “Integrated Development Strategy for Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area for 20142020”; Organising study visits in different European cities; Management for european projects, consultancy and draft proposals.
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URBACT III Programme (Urbasofia as an expert); UIA (Urban Innovative Actions); Horizon 2020 (ROCK); JPI URBAN EUROPE – ENSUF; DANUBE Transnational Programme (DTP); ADRION Interreg (NET3).
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The Team
Dr. Ing. Pietro Elisei General Director Planning & Policy Design
Urb. Miruna Drăghia Planning & Design 5
Prof. Dr. Nicoleta Silvia Ioana Executive Director Social Innovation
Msc. Urb. Bogdan Rugina Planning & Design
Msc. Urb. Sabina Dimitriu PhD. Urb. Matei Cocheci EU Project Manager Content manager Planning & Design Planning & Design
Msc. Wendy Cinta Communication & Projects Design
Msc. Fabrizio Napoleoni Alexandra Ioana Technology and Assistant Manager Business Consultant
The Challenge of our work Bridging the gap between cities, integrated planning and smart technologies and tools: ź By assisting cities to transition from traditional, static and inflexible planning to integrated planning: area-based, transversal, participatory, with integration of funding; ź By developing the right tools, flagship projects and piloting actions for actual, real urban problems; ź Through research and innovation in the field(s) of smart cities (SC) pertaining to urban development and societal innovation.
How do we embed technology and articulate cities and providers via innovative planning?
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Working with cities and metropolitan areas
Methodology Stakeholder identiďŹ cation Operational analysis Policy analysis
Inception
Participatory development 1)Urban Problems 2)Possible solutions 3)Design of Strategy
Urban Programing
OperationalizingGovernance Framework:territorialpact or urban/metropolitan task force Setup of UrbanCenters
Process Embed: Urban Centers
Networking + State of the Art
Planning process results:
Achievements:
CLEAR FRAMEWORK OF AVAILABLE DATA , CURRENTPLANNING TOOLS AND POOL OF LOCAL ACTORS
INTEGRATEDSTRATEGY; POSTER PLANS, PROJECT , POTENTIAL FUNDING & PPP
SUSTAINABILITY AND TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
WEB PLATFORM BOOK
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Strategic Territorial Agendas for “Small and Medium Sized Towns” urban systems ź Project financed through South East Europe Transnational Cooperation
Programme. The project is tackling the problem of incoherent urban and regional development in the SEE area and neighbouring countries by jointly developing an approach that can help cities and regions in making integrated and sustainable urban agendas and place based strategies by participatory planning tools. ź http://www.statusproject.eu Our main role: ź Project content management ź Design for Integrated Strategies for Kavala, Alba-Iulia Municipalities and Baia Mare Metropolitan Area.
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Integrated Development Strategy for Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area (CMA) for 2014-2020 Ĺş An integrated strategic plan for the Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area which
pursued the development of a strategic plan, capable of attracting and creating opportunities for private investments, through an inclusive and perspective process. The project is tackling the problem of incoherent urban and regional development in the SEE area and neighbouring countries by jointly developing an approach that can help cities and regions in making integrated and sustainable urban agendas and place based strategies by participatory planning tools. Our main role: Ĺş Project content management Ĺş Design of the Integrated Strategy for Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area.
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Alba-Iulia Strategy
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Working in Smart Cities projects and Innovation Actions
Smart UrbaN Services for HIgher eNergy Efficiency ź ICT-PSP Project (2013-2016): Innovative digital services, interoperable with
existing geographic web-service infrastructures, supporting improved energy efficiency at the urban and building level. ź Smart service platform accessible from both a web-based client and an App for smartphones and tablets. ź www.sunshineproject.eu Our main role: ź Evaluation of socio-economic impact analysis for 8 European pilot cities ź Training ź Dissemination, communication and events preparation
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Center of ExcelleNce in TerRItorial management and Cadastre ź H2020 Teaming project (2015-2016), phase 1 – Business Plan for a Center for
Excellence in Territorial management and Cadastre in Romania. ź Long-term joint venture between key partners across EU in the geospatial field to support smart policies in planning: ANCPI, FBK, TRILOGIS, KULEUVEN, etc. ź www.centric.center Our main role: ź Research on the innovation landscape and development of spatial management strategy (subcontractor) ź Definition of an education plan for the future centre.
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Indoor/outdoor LOCation and Asset management Through open gEodata ź ICT-PSP Project (2014-2017), i-Locate pilots an integrated platform for
management and tracking of mobile assets and people within institutions, in order to streamline various processes and improve citizens' experience within public buildings. ź Creates and pilots (14 sites, 8 countries) a virtual hub for indoor mapping data and an open source toolkit to enable interoperable indoor/outdoor location and tracking of assets. ź http://www.i-locate.eu Our main role: ź Leading data survey and data integration for pilots; ź Evaluation of socio-economic impact of the i-Locate project.
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Working in Collaboration
ESPRESSO – “systEmic standardisation apPRoach to Empower Smart citieS and cOmmunities” ź Project financed through H2020. launched in January, 2016; ź ESPRESSO focuses on the development of a conceptual Smart Cities
Information Framework, which consists of a Smart City platform (the socalled Smart City enterprise application) and a number of data provision and processing services to integrate data, workflows, and processes in applications relevant for Smart Cities within a common framework. ź http://espresso-project.eu Our main role: ź Through Urbasofia team members, who are directly involved in the project as ISOCARP members; ź Leading activities of creating case studies, working directly with pilot cities and realizing indicators platform for SCs.
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YPLAN–“Young Placemakers Initiative (Participatory design for public spaces)” ź YPLAN project is co-funded by Swiss grant (large grants scheme, Round 2) by
Swiss-Romanian Cooperation Programme. ź Young Placemakers Initiative Project - Co-designing public space (YPLAN) intends to develop the perception of public spaces issues in the cities, taking into account the high degree of the quality of public space affecting the environment, social welfare and the economic urban areas. ź http://yplan.ro Our main role: ź Through Urbasofia team members directly involved in the operational/ implementatation team: project management, urban planning expertise and communication management.
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Bridging the gap between cities and the smart ecosystem ź SCITA CIVITA: A smart development association aimed at fostering cooperation
between practitioners, researchers, industry and private investors, with the involvement of consultants and international experts; ź Aim: addressing the challenges of cities through coherent programs for smart local and regional development; ź Target group: local, regional and national authorities, civil society.
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July 10 , 2015. We have offices in Bucharest and Brussels.
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Bridging the gap between cities and the smart ecosystem SPECIALIZATION SMART GOVERNANCE PARTICIPATION REAL-TIME PLANNING
THINK Smart LOCALLY GROW Competitive GLOBALLY
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URBASOFIA your partner in: ź ź ź ź ź ź ź ź ź ź
EU proposal writing and project, management, Town and regional strategic planning, Strategies (SEAP) and mobility plans (SUMP) (eg. urban/ territorial integrated development strategy, urban mobility plans, etc); Smart city strategies, Training and organization of study visits, Policy design, Dissemination and networking, Study visits organisation, Social innovation and ESF projects.
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WHY WORK WITH US
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STRATEGY
INNOVATION
We are offering cities and regions a complete service for developing Integrated UrbanMetropolitan / County Strategies, Local Action Plans, thematic plans (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, Sustainable Energy Action Plans). We achieve the best results by embedding the participatory process for these instruments within the local governance scheme and by assisting administrations to build their capacity for implementing and ensuring funding for the designed aghship projects.
We have a vast experience in working as town and regional planning partners in EU Projects focused on innovative actions aimed at making living more sustainable, smart and inclusive. Consortia looking for partners with expertise in research, analysis, piloting, dissemination and evaluations are welcome to contact us. Our successful projects in programmes such as H2020, ICT-PSP, SEE, URBACT, INTERREG and our vast network of partners recommend us as a winning choice.
WHY WORK WITH US SMART CITIES
STUDY VISITS
We are founders of the SCITA CIVITA Romanian Smart Cities association and are currently involved in other flagship SC initiatives at European level. We can offer the same expertise already provided to several research and innovation projects for developing SC solutions for energy, location based services, indoor tracking and mobility. Our services range from development of local strategies, desk and field research, business plan development, socio - economic impact assessment.
We offer study visits as 360˚ experiences of learning, practicing and discovering the culture and architecture of cities. We have worked with universities and schools to develop such week-long events in Bucharest, Sevilla, Malaga, Vienna, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence. We offer the full spectrum of services: urban walks, reallife practice, design workshops and events, and we can combine any of our products and services into a package that is tailored to your needs.
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URBASOFIA| Town and regional planning company Address: Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard, no.2, bl.H6, et.8, Bucharest Contact: www.urbasofia.eu | office@urbasofia.eu|+40 371 300 956