By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility S.L.U are aiming to identify a supplier to provide support for different types of events organised, co-organised and participated by both EIT Urban Mobility Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility, as per definition listed in section 2.2 of the request of proposal document (see below).

EIT Urban Mobility Hub South operates in Southern Europe, being responsible for the market development in the countries Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Bosnia, and Albania. Headquarters EIT Urban Mobility organises, co-organises, attends and participates in different events in some of these countries to strengthen the relationships between partners and create new business opportunities. These events play a vital role in the life of the above-mentioned organisations. EIT Urban Mobility aims to generate brand-awareness and create possibilities of exploring and opening new markets to develop new connections and networks and position EIT Urban Mobility as leader in the mobility sector.

Even though most of the service requests mentioned in section 2.2. are related to the logistical part of an event, creativity and new ideas are extremely valuable and will be considered as a plus. The selected supplier must have an active approach, propose ideas and discard others if it does not fit the needs of the event. Overall, EIT Urban Mobility Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility are seeking a problem-solving, dynamic, motivated and passionate supplier with a flexible, adaptive and resourceful approach.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is aiming to procure the yearly contract with a telecommunications services company to provide mobile network and internet services in all European countries.

EIT Urban Mobility currently has over 90 employees, mostly based at the Headquarter office in Barcelona (Spain) with 65 SIMs in use and over 60 handsets acquired between 2020 and present day. For the present year is planned to increase the number of employees, so it will be required to provide additional SIMs and mobile phones.

There are two work packages (WPs) included in the present request for proposal. Each WP will be invoiced separately. The first one is the provisioning of mobile subscriptions for all EIT Urban Mobility employees.  The second WP includes the purchase of SIM-unlocked smartphones with warranty and support services included.

• WP 1: Spanish mobile phone subscriptions (only SIM card, unlimited calls and 30GB/month data)

• WP 2: Pool of SIM-unlocked smartphones (1 Android model and 1 iOS model) for buying on demand with warranty and support service included

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

The EIT’s HEI Initiative – Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education, is a pan-European project that aims at helping higher education institutions to build capacity to teach innovation and entrepreneurship. The EIT’s HEI Initiative organises annual calls for proposals, inviting European higher education institutions to design institution-wide action plans in which they have to train and mentor a minimum number of students, academic and non-academic staff in entrepreneurship and innovation fields, and also support start-ups through services like mentoring and consultancy.

In the context of the EIT’s HEI Initiative, EIT Urban Mobility is leading the creation of the HEI Initiative Alumni community, connecting the students, academic and non-academic staff trained, as well as the start-up founders supported. As a first step towards the establishment of this community, we will design a survey addressed to the HEI Initiative alumni in order to collect some data on them with the double objective of creating a database that will allow the KICs to have a direct communication with the Alumni, and of being able to analyse their profile, interests and expectations to build a strategy for the future of the community.

The focus of this Request for Proposals is on two specific tasks of the HEI Initiative Alumni work package:

• the implementation of the survey, including the identification of the most suitable survey tool and the purchase of the tool licence.
• the creation and management of the alumni database in 2023, including the identification of a solution that will be easily manageable internally in the following years.

Candidates should note that the questionnaire for the survey will be designed by EIT Urban Mobility.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submission: 7 April 2023 16:00h Central European Time

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is in need to extend the services for “Selection of moderators and event facilitators”, that was published on the EIT Urban Mobility website from 16 December 2022 until 27 December 2022 to create a pool of experts in this field.

EIT Urban Mobility republishes the RfP, with the aim to further build the pool of experienced moderators and facilitators.

Please note: Tenderers who have already participated in the first launch, should abstain from participating in the second round as this is meant to be an extension of the existing pool of moderators and facilitators.

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Events are an important component of EIT Urban Mobility’s communications strategy and play a pivotal role and channel for disseminating the success and impact of EIT Urban Mobility. Relevant events range from internally organised events such as the annual EIT Urban Mobility flagship event (Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress); to smaller, governance and business cycle generated meetings such as the General Assembly. Several core events are organised by the headquarters; those that relate to our business cycle of project development and to our programmes, Academy, Impact Ventures, Innovation and Market Development, others by our Innovation Hubs (regional offices) and those belonging to programme activities, in most cases, by our partners.

• Internal events such as matchmaking events and workshops, serve to build cohesion within EIT Urban Mobility partnership and to keep partners informed and involved to motivate them to contribute to all ongoing EIT Urban Mobility activities. Internal events also serve to enhance synergies, for mutual learning, collaborations, and shared value creation.

• External events include events organised by EIT Urban Mobility and its Innovation Hubs which are open to non-partners and events where EIT Urban Mobility has an active role. Organised by the KIC itself may be networking events, events at local level to connect with the citizens, thematic events related to specific areas of expertise, hackathons, etc.

• Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress, EIT Urban Mobility’s annual flagship event, taking place yearly in November in Barcelona (Spain). The congress is co-organised by Fira Barcelona and taking place alongside a well-established event, Smart City Expo World Congress, thereby creating a congress of global reach for maximum impact.

EIT Urban Mobility wishes to appoint several external moderators/facilitators to support our work across a portfolio of activities covering Innovation, Impact Ventures, Education, Citizen Engagement, City Club, Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), Market Development and its Innovation Hubs (regional offices). Independent external moderators/facilitators may assist in a wide array of activities such as events, meetings, workshops, etc. Skills, professional experience, and expertise linked to any of EIT Urban Mobility’s priorities are welcome. All services will be under request.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 30 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

EIT Urban Mobility is looking for external experts to lead on the operational development and deployment of the EIT Urban Mobility Quality System for Non-Degree Education and Training, the quality control system for our professional education courses.

We plan to implement a manual process first (paper format) to start the testing phase and, in parallel, identify/develop a self-assessment platform that can be bespoke to the needs and specificities of the EIT Urban Mobility Quality System for Non-Degree Education and Training. The manual process will give us important input for the development of the self-assessment platform. Courses launched from 2024 will be using the self-assessment platform.

We look for experts to lead on designing the templates the course providers need to fill out, as well as developing guidelines and recommendations for course providers on how to complete the different actions of the three-step approach. Also, the external expert(s) will be required to identify and oversee the customisation of the self-assessment platform, ensuring that all the features of the three-step approach are integrated in this platform and that the guidelines and recommendations for course providers are included there. 

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Call for Expressions of Interest.

To apply, send a completed Expression of Interest – applicants declaration form + CV to procurement@eiturbanmobility.eu with subject [Application for Experts Academy]

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 23:59 Central European Time.

EIT Urban Mobility is part of a network of nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) addressing societal challenges such as climate change (EIT Climate-KIC), industrial innovation (EIT Manufacturing) or digitalisation (EIT Digital). Through the KICs, EIT strengthens cooperation among businesses (including SMEs), higher education institutions and research organisations, forms dynamic pan-European partnerships, and creates favorable environments for creative thought processes and innovations to flourish.

EIT Community refers to a collaborative project initiated by the EIT to bring together multiple KICs from different domains to tackle a common challenge and drive innovation across Europe. The aim of these projects is to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing, and to drive innovation by bringing together diverse expertise and resources. As EIT Community Officer you would facilitate and drive one of these collaborative projects – EIT Artificial Intelligence Community – in collaboration with other KICs.

The role would involve managing the participation of the company (Innovation Hub South, representing EIT Urban Mobility) in the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community EIT Community project, including overseeing project planning and execution, budget management, and stakeholder engagement. Additionally, the position would involve supporting the City Development Manager in activities related to Data Spaces, including participation in Gaia-X Spain, managing stakeholders, conducting use case assessments, and scouting funding opportunities.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community EIT Community project include:

• Drive the execution of EIT Urban Mobility’ activities in the project.
• Monitor and report of these activities.
• Conduct one-to-one reviews with key industry/city/academics on their innovation portfolio, issues and needs.
• Coordinate best practise exchange within the project.
• Create effective messaging on the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community activities to ensure more effective dissemination.
• Joint organisation and participation in high level events.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding Data Spaces-related activities include:

• Provide overall support in all activities related to Data Spaces, including project management, planning, and execution, and ensuring that all initiatives align with the company’s overall goals and objectives.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders involved in Data Spaces initiatives, both internal – such as EIT Urban Mobility Special Interest Group (SIG) on Data Spaces – and external – such as Gaia-X Spain and the pan-European Gaia-X Data Space Business Committee.
• Conduct assessments of potential Data Space use cases.
• Proactively scout for funding opportunities in the Data Space arena.

City development for Innovation Hub South (30% of the workload):

The main goal of Innovation Hubs of EIT Urban Mobility is to bring together public and private sector stakeholders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create a more sustainable, efficient, and accessible mobility system. The main objectives of Innovation Hub South are thus to foster collaboration, drive innovation, and promote sustainable mobility solutions in southern-European countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus).

Cities are at the heart of everything we do. We facilitate cities to deploy new solutions with the help of private sector and education partners to transition to a decarbonised and equitable mobility and transport system in Europe.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding city development for Innovation Hub include:

• Establish and ensure strong relationships with local and regional public authorities in all countries and regions covered by the Innovation Hub, stimulating their active participation in all KIC activities.
• Actively facilitate networking and innovation activities in the regional ecosystem and across Innovation Hubs.
• Establish and maintain business processes of and/or linked to Innovation Hub operations.
• Proactively support the City Development Manager in identifying cities and regions that could become partners of our innovation community (support in leads management).

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for EIT Community Officer

Application form for EIT Community Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Barcelona (Spain)

Two positions, one in Prague, one in Copenhagen.

We are looking to appoint two City Funding Officers; one in Prague and another one in Copenhagen, that report, respectively, to the Director/Head of Innovation Hub in Prague and Copenhagen in daily reporting; and to the Head of City Partnership and AIG Manager for operational functions. 

Expanding upon existing success in European-wide funding actions, the City Funding Officers will be tasked with identifying local, national, and regional funding opportunities related to urban mobility. The City Funding Officers will lead the targeting of identified funding opportunities to support EIT Urban Mobility partners (cities, industry, academia, and SMEs) in their defined geographic region (https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/our-hubs/

Main tasks and responsibilities include: 

• Map and identify cities, funders and funding programmes in the region. 
• Develop strong relationships with cities, national and regional funding bodies in their region. 
• Analysing funding cycles, work programmes, and tracking upcoming calls linked to mobility.  
• Master the legal, financial, monitoring, and operational complexity of each priority funding body.  
• Develop concept notes, timelines and project proposal outlines to initiative partner engagement. 
• Design and facilitate workshops for partners to respond to funding opportunities.  
• Become a trusted advisor to our Leading Cities in their geography. 
• Support in the development of new cities partners in the region  
• Continuous mapping of cities’ opportunities in the region  
• Matchmake between existing and new EIT Urban Mobility partners 
• Complete financial planning and costing for bid proposals. 
• Write and coordinate bid proposals to close.  
• Meet targets for bid success in open calls in their region. 
• Assess and evaluate any emerging Horizon Europe bids and transfer to HQ.  

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for City Funding Officer

Application form for City Funding Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Prague (Czech Republic) and Copenhagen (Denmark)

EIT Urban Mobility Impact Ventures aims to become the reference impact investor in urban mobility start-ups. Sustainability, team diversity and core Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) business values are the cornerstones of our investment thesis that focuses on early-stage companies. Together with investments, Impact Ventures leads the activities related to programmes and services that provide support to start-ups. 

ABOUT THE JOB

In order to support the vision of creating more liveable urban spaces by focusing on the European entrepreneurship ecosystem, EIT Urban Mobility is opening a call for applications for a Start-up Digital Services Officer for Impact Ventures. The Start-up Digital Services Officer will take ownership of EIT Urban Mobility’s Impact Ventures value added services, including the Growth Lab community platform and additional services offered to start-ups (e.g. customised support).

The Start-up Digital Services Officer will be responsible to: 

• Take ownership and accountability for value added services focused on urban mobility start-ups; 
• Align the value-added services offering with Impact Ventures strategy for the long-term financial sustainability of EIT Urban Mobility; 
• Manage the Growth Lab community platform; 
• Coordinate with Impact Ventures (Investment Portfolio Managers and Investment team), other EIT Urban Mobility units (e.g. Communications, Finances and Legal) and externals (e.g. SW providers, perks partners) to keep that platform up and running, integrated, and aligned with Impact Ventures’ strategy; 
• Lead the animation of the platform (e.g. contents, interactions with members, management of the partnerships for perks); 
• Cooperate with the team working on the Growth Lab community platform (content creation and graphic design); 
• Generate and qualify leads, build a sales pipeline and sale additional services (e.g. customised support offers) to the members of the Growth Lab community platform; 

The Start-up Digital Services Officer will report to the Programmes and Services Manager at Impact Ventures, EIT Urban Mobility’s headquarters. More information on Impact Ventures activities and programmes: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/impact-ventures/ 

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for Start-up Digital Services Officer

Application form for Start-up Digital Services Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Barcelona, Spain

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our young, ambitious and innovative organisation. As the CFO, you will be responsible for shaping the financial strategy and business models of the company, ensure the effective management of EIT Urban Mobility’s financial resources, and align financial and operational activities across all units of the organisation.

As a key member of the executive team, you will provide leadership and work closely with other members of the executive team to ensure that financial decisions are aligned with the overall business strategy. This will involve setting clear goals and expectations and fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.

You will play a key role in developing the company’s strategic plans, providing financial and operational insights that will help continuous improvement and guide decision-making.

Responsibilities of the CFO include but are not limited to:

• Strategic planning: Develop and implement financial and operational strategies to drive business growth and improve operational efficiency that support the company’s overall goals and objectives.
• Financial and operational management: Supervise financial operations of the company, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Work with operational teams to optimise processes, reduce costs, and improve overall efficiency.
• Risk management: Develop and implement risk management strategies.
• Manage key relationships with banks, investors, and other financial institutions.

In the critical role of the CFO you should be able to think strategically, have a deep understanding of financial analysis, possess strong leadership skills, have proficiency in financial technology, be a highly effective communicator, and have strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. To join our team, you must exhibit a strong sense of personal and professional accountability and uphold the company’s values and mission, acting as a role model for ethical behaviour.

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Application form for Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Barcelona, Spain

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is aiming to identify a provider to provide acceleration services within the EIT Community Women Entrepreneurship initiative (hereinafter WE). The service provider will have to deliver training packages for a total of 10 start-ups and scale-ups on traction and go-to-market strategies and financing aspects.

Women entrepreneurship – context

The WE initiative is part of the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) 2021-2027 which sets the strategic direction, priorities and objectives of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and its Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EIT KICs). More specifically, the WE initiative is one of the four key initiatives co-designed and co-created by the EIT KICs with their innovation ecosystems: EIT Community Artificial Intelligence for Europe, EIT Community Circular Economy Collaboration, EIT Community Women Entrepreneurship, and EIT Community New European Bauhaus,.

WE expands the efforts of KICs involved in supporting women entrepreneurship by proposing a transversal approach to enhance the presence of women in key roles of the entrepreneurship and deeptech innovation ecosystem, both as nascent entrepreneurs and in other key decision-making roles, shaping entrepreneurship and innovation for the future.

The activities held in WE includes five main activities:

1. Rocket Up: support international growth of women-led start-ups.
2. Women 2 Invest: finance training and internship placement of young women in corporate VC funds.
3. EIT-EIC Women Leadership Programme: training on leadership skills.
4. Community of investors: connect, train and increase the number of women investing in start-ups.
5. EIT Data Room: showcase EIT impact in women entrepreneurship.

Rocket Up programme

Rocket Up is a growth programme supporting women-led technological ventures achieve successful international expansion in Europe.

To achieve rapid growth, European start-up’s always must go through an internationalisation process. And launching a new market requires strategic planification and good connections within the target region.

The programme is aimed at 10 female-led start-ups with high environmental and social impact, in the fields covered by EIT Urban Mobility, EIT Manufacturing and EIT Food, and intends to deliver the following activities :

• An academic perspective on how to expand internationally
• Tailored-made mentoring with hand-picked business and regional experts
• Access to respective KIC network and other financial opportunities
• A network of female founders
• Organised mission to target region
• Visibility though EIT communication channels

The Rocket Up is structured as follows:

Phase 1 – duration: ~ 4 months, April – July

It includes the activities necessary to select the best participating companies:

• Design and launch a call to identify European start-ups leaders in their home market with the potential to expand
• Conduct external communications needed for promoting the call
• Evaluate and select the participating start-ups

Phase 2 – duration: ~ 6 months, July – December

Deploy start-up support to access new markets including the following tasks:

• Search and select two mentors for each start-up according to its needs and goals (1. business expert, 2. regional expert) and monitor its services
• Design and deliver online group sessions to give an academic perspective on selecting which market to expand to and have a defined go-to-market strategy
• Enable the connection to other participants and other role models female-led start-ups to build a community for further development

Objectives of the proposal

EIT Urban Mobility requests support to tasks within the Rocket Up programme, specifically for phase 2. This includes but is not limited to:

• The supplier shall support EIT Urban Mobility on best-fits for potential mentors to participants, giving access to its international network
• The supplier shall develop and execute online group training on the topic of international expansion facilitating peer-to-peer networking
• The supplier shall give individual mentoring to every start-up to support the definition of the internationalisation strategy

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is to identify a supplier capable of designing and delivering a multi-annual face-to-face (F2F) training course on the topic of deploying automated vehicles in European cities.

The deployment of shared and automated vehicles in public transport contributes to advancement of sustainable urban mobility, and it supports novel mobility schemes such as demand-responsive transport (DRT), Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Logistics-as-a-Service (LaaS). The objective of the course is to develop the capacity of mobility managers and decision makers to assess and improve organisational readiness to deploy automated vehicles in local context of north-western Europe (Scandinavia, German-speaking area), taking into consideration classification of automated driving systems of certain level as defined by the SAE standard adopted by the European Commission in the 2021 published JRC Science for Policy Report on Trustworthy Autonomous Vehicles. The aim of the course is to equip the participants with skills, knowledge, and tools to design, develop and implement strategic and practical solutions for AVs’ deployment plans in local context.

Course design and objectives

EIT Urban Mobility is accepting proposals for the F2F course, which is mainly synchronous, held either online (entails collaboration, and interactivity), “on-site”, or in a blended format. The course must be replicable/scalable to be one of the components within the EIT Urban Mobility Competence Hub’s Financial Sustainability strategy, therefore the proposal is to present a detailed business and financial sustainability plan covering the period from 2023 to 2027 (see details in chapter 2.2 of the Request for Proposals document). 

The supplier will ensure the scope of the course to cover the use cases and pilot studies of AVs in public transport, regulatory requirements and outlook, and project management of the deployment process including lessons learned from established cases in other European countries.

The supplier will ensure the participants will get to know and use the tools and methodologies for development of feasibility studies.

The supplier will ensure that the outcome of the course will enable participants to prepare for strategic and practical deployment of AVs in the context of the participants’ organisation of origin in the target geographical area.

Within the scope of this request for proposals, the supplier will ensure that the course is incorporating tailored instructor-led methodologies to enable the participants to prepare for strategic and practical deployment of solutions in the context of participants’ organisation of origin in the target geographical area.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 17 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time

EIT Urban Mobility aims to select an experienced event planning and management support services agency to organise the EIT EdTech Conference in close collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility and the EdTech expert selected to curate the programme and content of the sessions.

The main objective of the EIT EdTech Conference is to offer the platform for a high-level discussion between different EdTech stakeholders on the state of EdTech in Europe, existing challenges and opportunities to make it a key driver in education, particularly in higher education, lifelong learning and executive education. The involvement of the EIT Community, including its more than 200 education and training partners, counting HEIs and the private sector, is crucial to ensure that this conference supports the wider education policy initiatives and objectives of the EU in EdTech and to position EIT at the forefront of these discussions.  

A specific ambition for this conference is to bring the EdTech industry closer to the EIT Community to explore how existing technologies can support new teaching and learning methods, successfully helping students/learners acquiring the knowledge and skills required to adapt to new ways of working and to solve pressing societal challenges. By bringing the EIT Community together with the public and private sectors, it is expected that synergies and avenues for collaboration are identified and effective public-private partnerships are established.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 17 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time