Call for proposals: #ChallengeMyCity: Heraklion & Larissa (Greece)

#ChallengeMyCity is a programme enabling European cities to tackle their most pressing urban challenges by testing market-ready innovative mobility solutions.   

#ChallengeMyCity´s objective is to test the best solutions through a six-month pilot and evaluates their social, economic, and environmental impact and estimate long-term integration into the city´s mobility strategy, to make mobility more sustainable and accessible for all.  

#ChallengeMyCity 2023  

This year’s edition of #ChallengeMyCity is dedicated to the cities of Braga (Portugal), Larissa (Greece), Heraklion (Greece), and Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) and divided into 3 cut-off dates (see below Call Summary table). Each city has identified a set of mobility challenges and is seeking solutions from businesses and entrepreneurs who can provide innovative proposals to tackle them.   

#ChallengeMyCity provides enterprises of all types and sizes with a market-ready solutions with the opportunity to grow their successful business ventures and scale up their products and services.   

Benefits for selected solutions   

  • Up to €60 000 in funding to implement a six-month pilot in real conditions  
  • Support to implementation by EIT Urban Mobility and city officers   
  • Networking opportunities with public administration and other innovators   
  • Promotion through the Mobility Innovation Marketplace by EIT Urban Mobility  

Brief description of the challenges: 

The Greek cities of Heraklion and Larissa are seeking solutions to the urban mobility challenges they face. The best solutions to three challenges per city will be awarded implementation of the pilots. Find below a brief description of each challenge: 

Heraklion (Greece)  

  • Challenge: Creating micromobility hubs through secure bicycle parkings 

The city of Heraklion strives to implement safe and secured bicycle parking with the possibility of charging e-bikes, located in a strategic point where the users, after finishing their trips, can park their bike safely to walk or use the public transport. The ideal flexible modular solution could be spread around the city and accommodate (each one) a small number (10-30) of bikes and e-bikes for both spontaneous parking and charging during the day by the registered users of the scheme. 

  • Challenge: Management and control of parking spaces for persons with reduced mobility (PRM) and logistics 

The desired solution should enable PRM residents and visitors, and truck drivers, to book a parking spot. It should also facilitate the movement of people with disabilities and encourage their integration and equal participation in the life of the city by informing them in real time about the next free parking spot. It should also facilitate the everyday work of the delivery companies and the shop owners, by avoiding illegal parking of trucks in random and not appropriate places for parking.  

  • Challenge: Control of motorised vehicle access in the pedestrianised area of the city centre 

The city is looking for a technology solution through which it can control the city’s entry points and/or exit points of the central pedestrianised area. The solution implementing the Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVARs) should allow the city to grant the permissions to an authorized driver to enter the area during certain time slots. The control of the entry and exit points should not rely on the involvement of the police in the enforcement of the regulation. 

  • Challenge: Electric-powered micro-vehicle for PRM passengers’ mobility in the pedestrianised city centre 

Heraklion is interested in piloting a new mobility option friendly both to people and the environment, operating in slow speed (up to 25 kilometres per hour) and allowing ride-hailing anywhere on the street. Smart or conventional telephone ordering should also be an option. This vehicle should be operated by a professional driver (city employee or employee of a private organisation, e.g. the Urban Public Transport Operator) and have capacity of 5 passengers without wheelchairs, or less passengers with wheelchairs. 

Larissa (Greece)  

  • Challenge: Creating micromobility hubs through secure bicycle parkings 

The city of Heraklion strives to implement safe and secured bicycle parking with the possibility of charging e-bikes, located in a strategic point where the users, after finishing their trips, can park their bike safely to walk or use the public transport. Safe bike parking facilities will encourage more cyclists to use e-bikes, which is expected to increase the number of cyclists for long peri-urban distance trips and trips to uphill destinations. 

  • Challenge:  Collection of environmental and traffic data 

The city of Larissa is looking into the use of smart devices to be installed close to schools and hospitals and also less sensitive locations to measure and compare the level of environmental pollution (air and noise) and traffic flows. The collection of relevant environmental and traffic data by smart devices will enable the city to take informed decisions and to re-shape urban mobility based on minimizing the harmful effects. 

  • Challenge:  Management and control of parking spaces for PRM  

Unauthorized parking causes major accessibility issues for PRM. The desired solution should enable holders of blue cards (PRM residents in Larissa) and visitors with reduced mobility to book a parking spot. It should furthermore facilitate the movement of people with disabilities and encourages their integration and equal participation in the life of the city by informing them in real time about the next free parking spot. 

Find more detail about each challenge in Call Manual (link below).  

  

Requirements  

  • All types of companies located in a Member State of the European Union or from Third Country associated to Horizon Europe that can present solutions to the challenges mentioned below are invited to participate.   
  • The proposal shall be in line with the Vision and Mission of the EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda.  
  • The solutions/product should bring novelty and being results-focused.   
  • The solution should propose a financial sustainability mechanism to the EIT UM.   
  • The solution shall be at least TRL-7 and present a letter of recommendation from a previous pilot implementation.  

  

We look forward to receiving your applications!   

  

Contact details   

Type of contact   Email   
Legal, financial, administrative, and technical procedures   pmo@eiturbanmobility.eu   
Content of the Call    market.development@eiturbanmobility.eu   

  

Online info session   

The information session is offered to provide in-depth details on the call’s aim and objectives, local challenges, and the general procedure. The session will also include a Q&A for participants to address any queries.  

If you are interested in learning more about #ChallengeMyCity Greece, be sure to connect on 19 April at 12:00h. Sign up HERE. 

  

Call summary  


Call for Proposals Main Features

Key dates of the Call calendar


Call opening:
 7 March 2023

3 cut-off dates – Topics

Eligibility
and admissibility check

Evaluation
of proposals (stage 1&2)

Communication of results

Conditions clearing

Tentative projects start

Braga

8 May 2023 at 17:00 CET

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

July 2023

August2023

Larissa and Heraklion

29 May 2023 at 17:00 CET

June 2023

July 2023

July 2023

August 2023

Sept 2023

Vitoria-Gasteiz15 June 2023 at 17:00 CET

June 2023

July 2023

August 2023

August-Sept 2023

October 2023

Total estimated EIT Funding allocated to this Call

3 cut-off dates – Topics

Total estimated EIT Funding allocation

Braga

180,000 EUR

Larissa and Heraklion

360,000 EUR (180,000 EUR per city)

Vitoria-Gasteiz

180,000 EUR

TOTAL max. allocation

720,000 EUR

Link to the submission portal

The PLAZA platform will be available before the end of March 2023

List of documents to be submitted

  1. Application form available on the PLAZA platform
  2. Letter of recommendation and the Pitch deck to submit together with the Application Form on the PLAZA platform

List of documents to take into consideration

Call Manual

EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027
List of KPIs for Market Development
Guidelines for Applicants
Budget Calculation template
Eligibility of expenditure
Appeal procedure
Project Implementation Handbook
Financial Support Agreement template
Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement

Short summary of the topics to be addressed by each cut-off date

The #ChallengeMyCity Call provides innovative mobility solutions with the opportunity to perform a pilot in a city’s urban environment in real conditions. The challenges of this Call are located in the cities of Braga (PT), Vitoria-Gasteiz (SP), Larissa (GR), and Heraklion (GR). EIT Urban Mobility and the respective City Councils have defined multiple mobility challenges (up to 3 per city will be funded) that need to be solved and the cities will be hosting the pilots of solutions that tackle these challenges.  The pilot implementation will be co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility and administratively supported by the city (and service providers, where applicable). The impact of the pilots will be evaluated to estimate the results of a long-term implementation of the tested solutions.

For each cut-off date (3 cut-off dates in total), several independent challenges in alignment with the city procurement plans and focusing in either of the following general topics must be addressed: active mobility (walking and cycling), public transport, logistics or private vehicles.

Evaluation criteria applicable to all the topics

For the Quality evaluation:

The expert evaluators will assess the excellence, the impact, and the implementation of the proposals.

For the Pitch and Portfolio Selection:

The Selection Committee members will assess the quality of the pitch presentation and select the proposals to be granted.

Request for proposals: Project Clinic 2023

EIT Urban Mobility, (hereby being referred to as “EITUM”) is seeking for an external consultant expert (hereby being referred to as “Expert”), who will deliver the ‘project clinic’ consultations to EIT Urban Mobility partners. EIT Urban Mobility has 5 Innovation Hubs based in strategic locations across Europe.  Innovation Hub South (Barcelona), Innovation Hub North (Copenhagen), Innovation Hub West (Amsterdam), Innovation Hub East (Prague) and Innovation Hub Central (Munich). Each Innovation Hub has a number of gold and silver partners applying for innovation Call for Proposals (hereby being referred to as “CfP) under the Horizon Europe programme framework. The main objective of the ‘project clinic’ is to provide individual technical support to EIT Urban Mobility partners in their proposals to develop the most competitive proposals possible, focusing on strengthening the project´s commercialisation plan, financial sustainability, go-to-market activities, and all-important project requirements.

The scope of the services are based on:

  • Organising and delivering 2 phased 1to1 project consultation sessions with each of the interested partners – each 1to1 session shall support partners with the orientation in the CfP, information on how to write a competitive project proposal, budgeting in EITUM project proposals, project and partnership management, and common mistakes etc.

To apply, please send the completed Tender Submission and Declaration Form

Check out the Request for proposals document here.

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

Call for Expression of Interest: Selection of a framework expert evaluators, rapporteurs and external observers

EIT Urban Mobility appoints external experts to support the evaluation and selection process of the applications received during the calls launched. The portfolio of proposals to be evaluated cover the thematic areas of: Impact Ventures, Citizen Engagement, Public Realm, Market Development, Innovation, and Academy. Independent external experts may assist in the evaluation of proposals, or in performing rapporteur role during the evaluation process or during the selection committee meetings, or act as independent external observers. Skills, professional experience, and expertise linked to any of EIT Urban Mobility’s priorities are welcome.

To apply, please send the completed the Expert EOI application form.

Check out the call for Expression of Interest here.

Deadline for submission: 7 April 2023 23:59 Central European Time

Request for proposals: Online marketing services

EIT Urban Mobility is seeking to contract support from a professional marketing agency or freelancer to increase the number of eligible and qualitative start-ups applying to our investment call by using digital marketing.

In pursuit of leading positive change and business prosperity, EIT Urban Mobility is investing up to €500 000 per company in impact-driven startups and scale-ups to accelerate their journey, to continue critical innovation and to ultimately transform the European urban mobility landscape.

In 2023, Impact Ventures will have an ongoing open call from March to October to attract mobility ventures applying for investment. The goals of the online marketing services are:

  • Develop customised strategy, based on initial analysis and recommend best digital actions to implement
  • Define KPI’s based on EIT Urban Mobility goals, track statistics, and ensure we’re on track to meet KPIs
  • Positioning of EIT Urban Mobility in order to reach the maximum number of eligible companies applying to the investment call
  • Attract more applications from female-led companies
  • Increase the geographical diversity by receiving applications from start‐ups coming from all European countries (e.g. Baltics and CEE region)
  • Ongoing monitoring analysis on key metrics for the strategy (organic & paid traffic to landing page)

Throughout the year, user data generated from visitors and applicants will be extensively analysed to evaluate the effectiveness of the digital marketing campaigns and the content most relevant to them. The marketing agency will have to take the lead in this analysis, and in adapting the campaign strategy to the findings and outcomes. Data needed from the side of EIT Urban Mobility will be provided by the Communications and Marketing Officer of EIT Urban Mobility. The selected agency will not have direct access to confidential data from 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: 24 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time

Open now: Call for Proposals #ChallengeMyCity 2023 – Braga

#ChallengeMyCity is a programme enabling European cities to tackle their most pressing urban challenges by testing market-ready innovative mobility solutions.  

#ChallengeMyCity´s objective is to test the best solutions through a six-month pilot and evaluates their social, economic, and environmental impact and estimate long-term integration into the city´s mobility strategy, to make mobility more sustainable and accessible for all. 

#ChallengeMyCity 2023

This year’s edition of #ChallengeMyCity is dedicated to the cities of Braga (Portugal), Larissa (Greece), Heraklion (Greece), and Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) and divided into 3 cut-off dates (see below Call Summary table). Each city has identified a set of mobility challenges and is seeking solutions from businesses and entrepreneurs who can provide innovative proposals to tackle them.  

#ChallengeMyCity provides enterprises of all types and sizes with a market-ready solutions with the opportunity to grow their successful business ventures and scale up their products and services.  

Benefits for selected solutions 

  • Up to €60 000 in funding to implement a six-month pilot in real conditions 
  • Support to implementation by EIT Urban Mobility and city officers  
  • Networking opportunities with public administration and other innovators  
  • Promotion through the Mobility Innovation Marketplace by EIT Urban Mobility 

Challenges in Braga (Portugal): brief description 

The Portuguese city of Braga and EIT Urban Mobility are looking for solutions to the following challenges: 

  • Challenge: Enhancing bike safety and monitoring cyclists´ flows 

The city is exploring ways to enhance bike safety and monitor bike flows on shared traffic lanes. By implementing additional safety measures, and better understanding cyclists’ behaviour and mobility patterns, Braga wants to create a more friendly environment for cyclists and reduce the risk of accidents. 

  • Challenge: Understanding and promoting active mobility in the city centre 

Braga is seeking innovative technological solutions that can help to collect information and provide data-based insights to inform urban planning, enhancing a holistic comprehension of pedestrian and cyclist flows in the city centre. Furthermore, solutions that can improve and encourage walking and promote active mobility are welcome, as well as proposals incorporating both aspects. 

  • Challenge: Improving monitoring and use of on-street parking spaces 

Finding a parking space in the city can often be a time-consuming and frustrating task for drivers, leading to increased congestion and pollution. To address these issues, the city of Braga aims to test solutions that can inform citizens how to find available on-street parking spaces while also helping the city to monitor, gain insights and manage limited-time paid parking zones.  

  • Challenge: Encouraging alternative transportation for school commuting to decrease private car usage 

The preferred mean of transport for school commuting in Braga is a private car, which results in traffic congestion during peak hours, and increased pollution in the city centre. The city is seeking solutions to improve, optimize and enhance the use of sustainable modes of transportation to go to school, reduce reliance on private cars and alleviate traffic congestion in the city centre. 

Find more details about each challenge in Call Manual (link below). 

Requirements

  • All types of companies located in a Member State of the European Union or from Third Country associated to Horizon Europe that can present solutions to the challenges mentioned below are invited to participate.  
  • The proposal shall be in line with the Vision and Mission of the EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda. 
  • The solutions/product should bring novelty and being results-focused.  
  • The solution should propose a financial sustainability mechanism to the EIT UM.  
  • The solution shall be at least TRL-7 and present a letter of recommendation from a previous pilot implementation. 

We look forward to receiving your applications!  

Contact details 

Type of contact Email 
Legal, financial, administrative, and technical procedures pmo@eiturbanmobility.eu 
Content of the Call  market.development@eiturbanmobility.eu 

Online info session

The information session is offered to provide in-depth details on the call’s aim and objectives, local challenges, and the general procedure. The session will also include a Q&A for participants to address any queries. 

Find here the slides and the recording from the info session.  

Call summary 


Call for Proposals Main Features

Key dates of the Call calendar


Call opening:
 7 March 2023

3 cut-off dates – Topics

Eligibility
and admissibility check

Evaluation
of proposals (stage 1&2)

Communication of results

Conditions clearing

Tentative projects start

Braga

8 May 2023 at 17:00 CET

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

July 2023

August2023

Larissa and Heraklion

29 May 2023 at 17:00 CET

June 2023

July 2023

July 2023

August 2023

Sept 2023

Vitoria-Gasteiz15 June 2023 at 17:00 CET

June 2023

July 2023

August 2023

August-Sept 2023

October 2023

Total estimated EIT Funding allocated to this Call

3 cut-off dates – Topics

Total estimated EIT Funding allocation

Braga

180,000 EUR

Larissa and Heraklion

360,000 EUR (180,000 EUR per city)

Vitoria-Gasteiz

180,000 EUR

TOTAL max. allocation

720,000 EUR

Link to the submission portal

The PLAZA platform will be available before the end of March 2023

List of documents to be submitted

  1. Application form available on the PLAZA platform
  2. Letter of recommendation and the Pitch deck to submit together with the Application Form on the PLAZA platform

List of documents to take into consideration

Call Manual

EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027
List of KPIs for Market Development
Guidelines for Applicants
Budget Calculation template
Eligibility of expenditure
Appeal procedure
Project Implementation Handbook
Financial Support Agreement template
Slides Info Session
Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement

Short summary of the topics to be addressed by each cut-off date

The #ChallengeMyCity Call provides innovative mobility solutions with the opportunity to perform a pilot in a city’s urban environment in real conditions. The challenges of this Call are located in the cities of Braga (PT), Vitoria-Gasteiz (SP), Larissa (GR), and Heraklion (GR). EIT Urban Mobility and the respective City Councils have defined multiple mobility challenges (up to 3 per city will be funded) that need to be solved and the cities will be hosting the pilots of solutions that tackle these challenges.  The pilot implementation will be co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility and administratively supported by the city (and service providers, where applicable). The impact of the pilots will be evaluated to estimate the results of a long-term implementation of the tested solutions.

For each cut-off date (3 cut-off dates in total), several independent challenges in alignment with the city procurement plans and focusing in either of the following general topics must be addressed: active mobility (walking and cycling), public transport, logistics or private vehicles.

Evaluation criteria applicable to all the topics

For the Quality evaluation:

The expert evaluators will assess the excellence, the impact, and the implementation of the proposals.

For the Pitch and Portfolio Selection:

The Selection Committee members will assess the quality of the pitch presentation and select the proposals to be granted.

Info Session Recording

Targeted project call  

This call falls under the thematic area innovation’s targeted projects programme that addresses gaps in the innovation portfolio, business plan, and/ or strategic agenda, and covers issues not or inadequately covered by the main annual innovation call. The annual open calls in 2022 and 2023 failed to provide a) any viable waterborne mobility projects evaluated as excellent by external evaluators (call topic 1), b) additional support for transport operators of RIS countries to support the digitalisation of their mobility services (call topic 2). The topics are standalone and should be applied separately.   

Given the targeted project’s programme is a pilot mechanism, awardees will be closely monitored through the implementation process until the successful closure of their project. 

Topic 1 – Sustainable & efficient waterborne transportation 

EIT Urban Mobility plays a vital role in the uptake of innovations that enable efficient and sustainable transport in urban areas. Inland waterway and close-to-shore waterborne transportation is a competitive alternative to road and rail transport that has, to date, been underrepresented in our annual Business Plan and project portfolio. Waterborne mobility can offer an environment-friendly alternative in terms of energy consumption, noise and pollution emissions. It also reduces congestion in the city road network and promotes more urban liveable cities by freeing-up land space. Historically, European cities growth, cultural centres, and economic exchanges were built around inland and coastal waterways. 

Traditional waterborne freight and passenger mobility has various shortcomings, ranging from dependence on hydrocarbon combustion, pollutant discharge, waterway fouling, and lack of modern docking and loading infrastructure. These issues have been compounded by high-energy cost/consumption, inefficient technologies, and a lack of trained manpower impeding the re-adoption of new sustainable and efficient waterborne solutions to utilise Europe’s free water highways.  

EIT Urban Mobility is therefore looking for a project consortium of up to no more than three partners to develop and demonstrate in a real-life setting an innovative solution that promotes an efficient and sustainable use of urban inland and close-to-shore waterways.  

This call is focused on strategic objectives SO1 and SO3 of the EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda (SA) 2021-2027. 

Topic 2 – Democratisation of large-scale ICT solutions for smaller public transport authorities in financially-constrained RIS cities 

EIT Urban Mobility plays a vital role in promoting a modal shift to public transportation and reducing the reliance on private cars. Digitalisation can help public transport operators to improve regularity, quality, and safety as well as adapt mobility services to the demands of personalisation and the adoption of micro-mobility and geofencing.  For instance, digital technologies can gather and analyse data on traffic patterns, and public transportation usage, to optimise traffic flow, reduce congestion and pollution, and improve the overall experience of public transport. Moreover, they can improve the access to information for citizens, making it easier for them to plan their trips and buy tickets, find the best routes and choose the most suitable transportation mode. 

Cities in the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) face difficulties more pronounced than other parts of Europe, including high urbanisation, outdated infrastructure, and poor connectivity between regions. An ageing transportation fleet, dominated by low-cost, high-polluting vehicles, with a strong car ownership mentality exacerbates the problem (EITUM Strategic Agenda 2021-2027). Often the tools that exist to support cities in digitalisation and visualisation of their own public transport needs and operations are currently dominated by technology multinationals that often do not offer solutions at price points that RIS cities can afford. As such often smaller RIS cities are excluded from tools and know-how that larger, richer cities have come to depend. Adaption of existing off-the-shelf solutions to specific context of RIS cities would cost even more.  

For Europe, overreliance on a limited number of corporate technology providers can lead to dependency on proprietary systems, and “lock-in” for cities. Additionally, these companies often rely on extractive business practices, leading to a loss of revenue, skills development, and economic growth in the regions in which they operate, transferring profits to low tax havens. 

EIT Urban Mobility aims to support smaller public transport authorities in financially constrained RIS cities to access digital solutions and systems by selecting a project in which a public transport authority works with (a) competent local technology business (s) offering innovative, flexible, and adaptable ICT solutions at a lower cost. The call aims to democratise access to complex mobility systems and as such may make recourse to open-source software as core building blocks. 

This call is focused on strategic objectives SO3 and SO4 of the EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda (SA) 2021-2027. 

Call Main Features 

Call for Proposals Main Features1  
Key dates of the call calendar Call opening: 22 February 2023 
Call closing (submission of completed application): 27 April 2023 at 17:00 CET. 
Eligibility and admissibility check: first week of May 2023  
Evaluation of proposals: May 2023  
Communication of results: latest end May 2023  
Tentative start of the projects: latest 01 June 2023 
Total estimated EIT Funding allocated to this call and co-funding rate Two projects will be selected, one for each topic.   
For topic 1, Total EIT funded contribution to the budget is up to € 300,000.  
For topic 2, Total EIT funded contribution to the budget is up to € 250,000. 
For both projects, the co-funding rate of minimum 33% is mandatory. Additional co-funding will be positively assessed. 
Project duration This call is open to proposals with a project duration of nine months (until February 2024). 
Submission portal  The PLAZA submission portal will be available as of 22 February 2023.  
List of documents to be submitted Application form available on the PLAZA submission portal Optional: letter(s) of support of demonstration enabler(s) 
List of documents to take into consideration Call Manual EIT Urban Mobility
Strategic Agenda 2021-2027  
Guidelines for Applicants 
Eligibility of expenditure 
List of KPIs 
Appeal procedure 
Project Implementation Handbook 
Template of the Financial Support Agreement 
Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement (specifically Articles 16 and 17) 
Short summary of the topics to be addressed Topic 1 – Sustainable & efficient waterborne transportation Innovation in waterborne transportation is identified as a current gap within EIT Urban Mobility’s Innovation project portfolio. EIT Urban Mobility is therefore looking for a project consortium of no more than three organisations that can develop and demonstrate in a real-life setting a solution/product/service that enables the uptake of efficient and sustainable urban waterborne transportation. 

Topic 2 – Democratisation of large-scale ICT solutions for smaller public transport authorities in financially-constrained RIS cities EIT Urban Mobility aims to support smaller public transport authorities in financially constrained RIS cities to access digital solutions and systems by selecting a project in which a public transport authority works locally with (a) competent local technology businesses offering innovative, flexible, and adaptable ICT solutions at a lower cost.   
Evaluation criteria For the Strategic & General Fit Evaluation: Contribution to EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Objectives Alignment to call specific requirements Potential to achieve expected outcomes and impacts For the proposal evaluation: Excellence, novelty, and innovation, Impact and financial sustainability, and Quality and efficiency of the implementation 

Info sessions and contact details 

Guidelines for Applicants, recorded webinars and contact details are available to guarantee the maximum support to the applicants during the proposal’s preparation process. You can register to the webinar here.

EIT Urban Mobility has developed the Guidelines for Applicants with the aim to assist all potential applicants during the proposal preparation and submission processes. The Guidelines for Applicants is published on the Call webpage and provide a full set of information and instructions to prepare and submit a proposal to this call. 

To help applicants with the preparation and submission of their proposals, EIT Urban Mobility will host one information session in February 2023. 

Type of event Topic covered Date and time (CET) Access to platform 
Webinar info session Explanation of call content, financial aspects, submission and evaluation procedures.  07 March 2023 Zoom 

In parallel to the call information sessions, all applicants may contact EIT Urban Mobility to resolve any concerns or doubts on the general/technical procedures and call content via the below channels: 

Type of contact Email 
Legal, Financial, Administrative and general procedures pmo@eiturbanmobility.eu 
Innovation area Judith.schuermans@eiturbanmobility.eu 

Info sessionRecording

First Innovation Small Call for the BP2023-2025

The Innovation Small Calls is a new pilot mechanism for EIT Urban Mobility in 2023. Around 600K€ has been allocated to the Small Call’s mechanism. Given the small calls process is a pilot mechanism, awardees will be closely monitored through the implementation process until the successfully closure of their project by 31 December 2023. Additionally, support will be given on the management of specific EIT processes and reporting procedures linked to the new mechanism.  

The Innovation Small Call is a mono-beneficiary type of call addressed to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Each entity awardee will receive a total EIT contribution of the 70% of the total project budget, with a maximum amount of 59,500 € per project. The wider goal of the pilot mechanism is to provide new pathways into wider co-operation with the EIT Urban Mobility ecosystem and create new partnerships with a lighter touch procedures and processes. 

Proposals submitted to this call for proposals must support EIT Urban Mobility’s vision and mission and substantially contribute to tackling our strategic objectives (SOs). Proposals need to demonstrate how the activity will contribute to specific SOs, as stated in the Strategic Agenda 2021-2027 (SA).  

Call Main Features 

Call for Proposals Main Features1  
Key dates of the call calendar Call opening: 25 January 2023 
Call closing (submission of completed application): 25 March 2023 by 17:00 CET 
Eligibility and admissibility check: End March 2023 
Evaluation of proposals: End March 2023 – first half of April 2023 
Remote Panel Hearing: Second half of April 2023 
Communication of results: End of April 
Tentative start of the projects: May 2023 
Total estimated EIT Funding allocated to this call and co-funding rate 595,000€ (10 projects to be implemented out by 10 different legal entities, each with an EIT funding allocation of 59,500 EUR). All proposals must have a minimum co-funding of 30%. Co-funding above 30% will be positively assessed during the portfolio selection.   
Project duration This call is open to proposals with a project duration of up to 8 months
Submission portal  The AwardsForce Link.  
See document “Guide for applicants” for further details 
List of documents to be submitted Application form is available on the AwardsForce platform Legal incorporation documents and VAT number 
List of documents to take into consideration Call Manual 
Call Manual (Amended version 07/03/2023)
EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027  
Eligibility of expenditure 
Appeal procedure 
Project Implementation
Handbook Template of the Financial Support Agreement 
Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement (specifically Articles 16 and 17) 
List of KPIs
Short summary of the topics to be addressed The Challenge Areas cover three main topic: Energy, Logistics, Future Digital ( (See Section 1.3.1). Within these calls, products/solutions/services could address, but not be limited to, the following sub-topics: Artificial Intelligence/Big Data, Autonomous Vehicles, CarOS, V2X, Last Mile Brokerage Services, Physical Safety & Security, Cybersecurity, Mass Transit User Experience, Software Defined Mobility, ITS, MaaS, Mobility Interchanges, Asset Management & Monitoring, Billing/Ticketing, LTE Connectivity. 
Evaluation criteria For the Strategic & General Fit evaluation
Meet the Strategic
Fit product/service solution definitions 
Comply with Innovation
Small Call general fit requirements 

For the full proposal evaluation
Excellence, novelty, and innovation, 
Impact and financial sustainability,
Quality and efficiency of the implementation 

Info sessions and contact details 

Recorded webinars and contact details are available to guarantee the maximum support to the applicants during the proposal’s preparation process. 

To help applicants with the preparation and submission of their proposals, EIT Urban Mobility will host one live Call Info Day. It will be focused on the call content, the challenges as well as on the submission and evaluation procedures and the financial aspects. Please find the calendar and the link to register in the table below: 

Type of event Topic covered Date and time (CET) Access to platform 
Webinar  Call Info Day: 
Call calendar, evaluation, scope and challenges of the call, KPIs, EU registration numbers (PIC number), evaluation process, contribution to EIT Urban Mobility financial sustainability, end client role, tips to applicants  
31 January

Webinar available here

In parallel to the call information sessions, all applicants may contact EIT Urban Mobility to resolve any concerns or doubts on the general/technical procedures and call content. These are the key contact details of the EIT Urban Mobility team for questions related to this call: 

Type of contact Email 
Legal, Financial, Administrative and general procedures pmo@eiturbanmobility.eu  
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Request for Proposals: CRM licensing and support

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is aiming to procure the yearly licensing and support for the company’s Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) software. EIT Urban Mobility uses Citrix’s Podio as its CRM, and the company would like to continue using this toolset.

There are Work Packages (WPs) included in the present request for proposal. Each WP will be invoiced separately. The first one is basically the provisioning of the CRM annual licenses for all EIT Urban Mobility employees. The second WP includes expert support for the procured tool and additional developments and integrations in the CRM that may be required.

•             WP 1: CRM annual licensing for 200 users (*)

•             WP 2: Expert Support and Developments

(*): the number listed is the minimum number of users for year 2022.

Additional users may be required with the corresponding cost increase.

The sections in the below Request for Proposals document will assume Work Packages (WP) 1 and 2 as a whole. The separation of them in two Work Packages responds exclusively to a different internal accounting treatment, as separate invoices will be required.

The CRM that EIT Urban Mobility requires in this procurement process is Citrix’s Podio. Since the company is already using this software there is a clear list of functionalities required from the software. Therefore, the licensing type that will be required is the “Premium” one.

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

Deadline for submissions: 10 December 2022 at 16:00 Central European Time.

Tomorrow Mobility World Congress 2022 moved 40,000 people onsite and online!

Tomorrow Mobility shines light on the new driving forces for more liveable and sustainable cities. Over 400 speakers, 20.776 attendants onsite and 21,000 online from 134 countries gathered together last week in Barcelona (and online) to discuss about the latest trends in urban mobility.

Over 80 speakers such as Kelly Larson, director of the Road Safety Programme at Bloomberg Philanthropies; Karen Vancluysen, secretary general of POLIS; Marco te Brömmelstroet, professor of Future of Urban Mobility at the University of Amsterdam; Mikael Colville-Andersen, Urban Design Expert and Thomas Geier, head of research and policy at the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities, Maria Tsavachidis, CEO of EIT Urban Mobility, participated in the more than 20 congress and innovation zone sessions of Tomorrow.Mobility.

Start-ups from our portfolio, innovation projects developed in close collaboration with our partners and cities gathered together to fine tune in looking the best solutions for urban mobility. Our booth also attracted a lot of visitors eager to learn more about urban mobility and the solutions we are bringing to the market. City leaders also gathered together in a side event to share best practices and create synergies to make cities more liveable all across Europe and beyond

At this year’s edition, two studies produced by EIT Urban Mobility were unveiled. The first of the two focuses on the 15-minute city approach, an urban planning trend that aims at reorganising neighbourhoods in such a way that all citizens have every basic service accessible within 15 minutes at the most. The second study analyses the development of urban air mobility, a disruptive air transport system for both passengers and last-mile logistics in urban environments. You can check the two studies below.

Thought Leadership Study on Urban Air Mobility (click in the image to learn more about the report)
Thought Leadership Study on 15 Minute city (click in the image to learn more about the report).

Our partners also gathered together at the conference, and we had the opportunity to interview some of them live during these 3 intense days:

Interview with Anaïs Enrico, from Karos Mobility

Interview with Elias Pajares, from Plan4Better

Interview with Hendrik Fischer, from Social Tech Projects

Interview with Yoann Le Petit, from EIT Urban Mobility

In addition to the conference sessions, for those not able to attend the event on-site, TMWC22 also offered a 6-hour live programme that everyone all over the world could follow online (live from 10 am to 4 pm, and broadcasted from 4 pm to 10 pm) no matter the part of the world they are in. The recordings of the sessions and the live programme will be available soon here.

Did you miss the conference both onsite and online? Have a look at our gallery click in the image below!

Request for Proposals: Recruiter Agency

By the present procurement procedure, the EIT KIC Urban Mobility S.L.U hereby being referred to as “EIT UM” or the “Company” is aiming to identify a recruiting agency that will support EIT Urban Mobility in the recruitment process for profiles that are difficult to find in the Netherlands market.

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

Deadline for submissions: 11/11/2022 16:00hs (CET)

EIT Urban Mobility is now a proud member of the new European Commission Expert Group on urban mobility

Following an open call for members announced last year in the new EU urban mobility framework, EIT Urban Mobility is pleased to announce its membership in the European Commission’s Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM).  

What is the Expert Group on Urban Mobility? 

The group brings together Member State representatives, local and regional authorities as well as key European organisations active in making sustainable urban mobility a reality – from research bodies and universities to industry, civil society, and non-governmental organisations.  

The revamping of the EGUM membership arose from the need to establish a platform for dialogue to further the goals of the EU Urban Mobility Framework (UMF) adopted in December 2021, as part of the Green and Efficient Mobility Package. The new UMF renews support for urban nodes under the TEN-T regulation, provides a reinforced approach to SUMP through better integration with urban logistics planning (SULP) and monitoring indicators, focuses on walking, cycling and micromobility as well as public transport, digitalisation, innovation and new mobility services.  

To achieve EU-wide goals in the field of sustainable urban mobility, the group will: 

  • assist the European Commission’s Directorate for Mobility and Transport in the implementation of the new EU urban mobility framework 
  • advise and provide technical expertise to the Commission on developing and implementing  legislation, policies, projects and programmes 
  • improve cooperation and coordination between the Commission, Member States and stakeholders relating to implementation of EU legislation, programmes and policies including sustainable urban mobility planning, transport contingency preparedness and energy efficiency 
  • foster exchanges of experience and good practices, including in cross-border regions 
  • advise the Commission on how to develop synergies between EU, national and regional funding and financing opportunities in research, innovation, development and deployment of safe, healthy, energy efficient and sustainable urban mobility solutions  
  • facilitate exchanges on relevant initiatives, projects and partnerships such as the EU mission on climate-neutral and smart cities 

How will it help the EIT Urban Mobility network? 

We will be able to leverage our community of more than 300 entities coming from education, business, research and public sectors to increase synergies and cooperation that create lasting impact.  

After three intense years of establishing EIT Urban Mobility, we are eager to join this initiative to support the European Commission’s work on developing and implementing future-proof and innovation-friendly legislation, policies, projects and programmes in the field of sustainable urban mobility.  

The new Expert Group on Urban Mobility will hold its first meeting on 25 October 2022, in Brussels. 

Business Creation Intern

The EIT Urban Mobility is looking for a Business Creation intern to contribute to the Acceleration programme coordination and start-up support. The Business Creation intern will report to the Innovation Hub South Business Creation Manager.

Tasks

  • Support organisation, implementation, and reporting of the Rocket Up Programme, a 3 month programme that helps innovative female-led ventures who wants to internationalize, by providing tailored mentoring and connecting them with leading corporate partners and cities of EIT communities.
  • Assisting with identifying and supporting start-ups with the potential to become scale-ups by providing them with services and support to deliver faster growth.
  • Support the identification of industry experts to mentor start-ups and liaise account manager with start-ups to follow up and monitor progress.
  • Assisting the deployment of start-up support to access new markets.
  • Support the monitoring and reporting of KPIs.
  • Assisting Portfolio Management of invested start-ups in the Innovation Hub South.
  • Support start-up scouting in the Innovation Hub South.
  • Assisting the liaison with incubators, accelerators, investors and governmental initiatives aligned with EIT Urban Mobility’s.

How to apply

To apply for this internship, please send a full application form consisting of a letter of motivation highlighting how your skills or experience matches the internship requirements and a current curriculum vitae to internship@eiturbanmobility.eu. Please send the letter of motivation and the curriculum vitae in a unique PDF document.

All details can be found here: Call for applications and guidelines on how to apply for the Internship of Business Creation

Deadline for applications: EXTENDED! New deadline: 27 September 2022

Location: Barcelona, Spain