SOFIA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION was founded as non-profit organization with the decision 348
of the Sofia Municipal Council to work for the sustainable development of the capital.
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Final Project Conference New Technologies in Support of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Energy Retrofits of Buildings and Homes: the TRANSFORM Model
Sofia Development Association and the TRANSFORM consortium organize an online conference New Technologies in Support of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Energy Retrofits of Buildings and Homes: The TRANSFORM Model on 16 December 2020, 2:00 – 5.00 pm (EET).
Join us for an afternoon of insightful presentations and discussion of the new model for digital and real home transformation, developed by the TRANSFORM project. The conference will gather representatives of local authorities from Sofia and around the country, housing policy experts, investors, civil society organizations. Conference participants will discuss the results of the pilot project phase in Sofia, the future of energy efficiency retrofits, and new opportunities to replicate the TRANSFORM model in Bulgaria.
Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpduGtrTIoGNElMgVI0eWgDOl0NlfshBdM
The TRANSFORM project is funded by EIT Climate-KIC.
GDPR-Compliant Energy & Health Services
** JOIN CLIMATE-KIC & JIBE COMPANY FOR OUR GDPR EVENT
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With data-protection increasingly paramount in a digital world, the GDPR is at the forefront of challenges that every organization must seek to solve.
But how do you select from the many proclaimed solutions and European projects saturating the market? Discover the technologies positioned to change the game, without the limitations of the ones that won’t.
We’re discussing the possibilities, security risks, and the architecture behind technology that really does what it promises.
Join us for EIT's Climate-KIC funded TRANSFORM project on Zoom, 01 December 2020, 13:00 CET. Learn about our very own GDPR-compliant dataU platform, and how it connects to smart services.
Register Now (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtc-2vrDgrGtTjmvBhLIxq2fUfprSjzxa9)
** 13:00 CET : Introduction to EIT Climate-KIC & the need for GDPR-Compliance
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ERIK VAN WIJK, PROJECT DIRECTOR AT CLIMATE-KIC & 1-MILLION-STREETS
An introduction to the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)'s Climate-KIC project, and the need for GDPR-compliant digital solutions.
** 13:30 CET : Introduction to TRANSFORM, Climate-KIC Smart City Transformation Project
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HANS HOUF, PROJECT COORDINATOR AT TRANSFORM
TRANSFORM project use case with the city of Sofia. A look into the use of dataU as a smart data backbone, and the opportunities made possible to introduce smart energy and health services.
** 14:00 CET : GDPR Lessons Learned from PoSeID-on European Commission H2020 Project
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JORIS VAN ROOIJ, SENIOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECT AT JIBE
PoSeID-on project solution as a public-administration-focussed GDPR solution. With regards to the protection and control of secured information by means of a privacy enhanced dashboard.
** 14:20 CET : dataU GDPR-Compliant Platform to Connect Digital Services
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JORIS VAN ROOIJ, SENIOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECT AT JIBE
dataU technology solution to cross-organizational GDPR-compliance. We discuss the technologies chosen to mitigate security risks in the ever-changing digital landscape.
** 15:00 CET : Q&A and Final Remarks
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ALL SPEAKERS
Discussion on the factors for GDPR-compliance, and how to solve outstanding security risks. Open to all speakers, including leading European data security specialists.
Register Now (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtc-2vrDgrGtTjmvBhLIxq2fUfprSjzxa9)
A Virtual Study Visit to Antwerp
Six European cities – Sofia, Tampere, Finland, Antwerp, Belgium, Madrid, Spain, Karditsa, Greece, and Brest, France, united in a community of practice to build pathways to employment for migrants, got together for a 3-day virtual study visit to Antwerp (November 24-26, 2020), as part of the CONNECTION project. Led by EUROCITIES, CONNECTION promotes transnational learning on and implementation of integration policies.
The virtual hosts with Antwerp city and regional government, social service providers, integration officers, demonstrated their integration practices: the well-functioning one stop shop, the cultural integration offer and pilot phase of a mobile app helping with translation and case work as a potential digital solution in this policy area.
Migration Work CIC experts facilitated the city-to-city discussions on the applicability of the practices observed, generating ideas and adapting lessons learned.
Sofia is one of the participating cities in this community of practice through SDA, aiming to use the transnational learning to improve integration schemes in its own context.
CONNECTION: CONNEcting Cities Towards Integration action, is was funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
Making your city safer by playing games?
The new mobile app #COAPS developed by the CO-APS consortium gathers real-time data from active #publictransport users & helps you avoid crowds and practice social distancing. Do you want to help us stop the spread? #Together4Safety.
Downloading the mobile app #COAPS you can take part in challenges that help reduce crowds in #publictransport. By ensuring social distancing, we can help stop the spread of COVID-19! #Together4Safety. Visit the project website https://coaps.eu or Google store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coaps.mobileapp to download the app
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Network Building Conference of the UnionMigrantNet and Cities Together for Integration Project
The online conference, organised within the project will take place online on 1 and 2 December 2020. Join us for engaging discussions and networking with many international partners and experts and register for the event here: https://www.etuc.org/en/event/background-document-network-building-conference-unionmigrantnet-and-cities-together
Building on the already existing European network of trade unions providing services to third-country nationals, the Conference will seek at enhancing the network by fostering partnerships with local authorities, key actors in the reception and integration of third-country nationals.
New Program for Energy Efficiency Renovation of Houses and Buildings: The TRANSFORM Strategy
Sofia Development Association, together with the consortium partners of the TRANSFORM project organized an online conference on Nov. 17, 2020, to present the model for energy efficiency renovation developed by the project. The event brought together representatives of regional administrations in Sofia - district mayors, housing policy specialists, the Municipal Guarantee Fund for SMEs, the Invest Sofia Agency, representatives of financial institutions. Presenters included Hans Houf (Jibe Company, Netherlands), Erik van van Wijk, Climate-KIC, Milan Rashevski (Virtech, Bulgaria), Jack Minchella (DarkMatter Labs, Netherlands), Alexander Wiese (Bankers without Boundaries, UK). The overall concept for the 2-step renovation of houses and buildings - digital and real – generated a lot of interest and many questions by the conference participants.
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The TRANSFORM project is funded by EIT Climate-KIC.
