Smart COMMUNITIES Tech Cluster

The Italian Technology Cluster for Smart Communities is a national association with over 250 partners (from the industrial, research and public administration worlds) that collaborate in the development of innovation projects for the management of urban and metropolitan areas, in particular in the following topics:

• smart and collaborative mobility (intelligent mobility of goods and people),
• smart and secure living (urban security, protection of the territory and critical infrastructures, prevention of critical or risk events, IT security of data and their use),
• smart and inclusive government (relationship between public administrations and citizens, participation and social inclusion, processes and service management).

Established in 2012 by the Italian Ministry for Research and Industry (MIUR) as part of the national specialization strategy, in 2017, the Cluster was further recognised by the Ministry as a coordinator of industrial research policies at national and local level and for the development of territorial competitiveness.

The Cluster SmartCommunitiesTech supports its members in the generation of contacts to develop projects, services and solutions and pilots and demostrators at Italian level. It also support the consolidation of ideas and initiatives at Italian and European level, supporting its members in the access to funding and monitoring of opportunities.