#Policy Projects

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Anonymous posted April 3rd 2017

Temporary assignment.

Sladjana Mijatovic, Program Manager at City of Amsterdam, posted January 29th 2017

Performing action-oriented research into (water) governance in relation to new water technology, including decentralised water initiatives.

Viktor Bos, Business Connector at Amsterdam Economic Board, posted November 8th 2016

The Dutch Creative Sector contains relatively many vocational educated people. Half of them are self-employed. Education doesn't match this trend. The program New Creative Starters developed a trajectory with a great amount of events and a supporting digital learning environment. These offer the secondary vocational scholars a great interdisciplinary creative network and prepares them for a career as a self-employed entrepreneur.

Viktor Bos, Business Connector at Amsterdam Economic Board, posted November 8th 2016

Werkloze jongeren en ondernemers uit branches met een tekort aan werknemers hebben moeite om elkaar te vinden. Brug Onderwijs – Arbeidersmarkt en Startersbeurs versoepelt de overgang voor werkloos talent naar kansrijke sectoren. Wapens in de strijd: Startersbanen, Scholingsvouchers en een Startersbeurs.

Siebe Broersma, Researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), posted May 26th 2016

European cities and municipalities have considerable goals in becoming carbon neutral and energy self-sufficient in line with the Paris Agreement. To be successful in reaching climate ambitions we must start now, but it is complex and easier said then done. It requires radical changes such as far-reaching energy renovations, specific approaches, new heating networks, large-scale production facilities for solar power, geothermal energy and green gas. This needs the attention and action of all stakeholders: companies, knowledge institutions, companies, housing corporations and citizens. The European research project City-zen an Urban Energy Transition Methodology is developed to draw an Energy Master Plan for a city. The plan, a roadmap, exists of several (practical and local oriented) energy interventions and measures, both at the technical and strategic level which can be put on a timeline. In this City-zen approach the roadmap with urban energy measures for Amsterdam and Grenoble is made in helping achieving their ambitious climate goals. With concrete examples for local neighbourhoods it explains the different scenarios that are necessary to reach ambitious climate and energy targets.

City-zen was an international consortium, a program stimulating learning-by-doing in Grenoble and Amsterdam between March 2014 and November 2019. The results can be found in a booklet or in detailed reports. http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/home/reporting/deliverables/

City-zen Smart City Flyer

City-zen Smart City Poster

Amsterdam Smart City, Connector of opportunities at Amsterdam Smart City, posted May 24th 2016

Want to find out how your monumental building can become more sustainable? Check out the green menu of the Groene Grachten: http://beta.amsterdamsmartcity.nl/solutions/the-green-menu

Amsterdam Smart City joined De Groene Bocht with the principal aim of knowledge exchange, network sharing and, like all the other participating organisations, to contribute towards the further sustainability of De Groene Bocht. De Groene Bocht also took part in Amsterdam Smart City's Monumental Buildings Project. The purpose of the project was to find out which technologies and methodologies are practical when it comes to rendering monument buildings on the canals.

Emma van der Veen, New business development | Product Management at Philips, posted May 20th 2016

Design executable actions and projects

Amsterdam Smart City, Connector of opportunities at Amsterdam Smart City, posted February 23rd 2016

Founded in Amsterdam in 2015, Startup in Residence is a collaboration between startup companies and the local government. The project invites Dutch and international startups to tackle a variety of social challenges with innovative solutions.