{"id":10794,"date":"2025-02-20T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/?p=10794"},"modified":"2025-02-21T01:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:04:10","slug":"finest-twins-open-call-for-innovative-pilots-in-helsinki-and-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/en\/finest-twins-open-call-for-innovative-pilots-in-helsinki-and-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"FinEst Twins: Open Call for Innovative Pilots in Helsinki and Tallinn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forum Virium Helsinki announces the opening of a call for the second round of innovative pilots aimed at tackling smart city related challenges. This time, a total of 70,000\u20ac will be divided between the six focus areas: data, mobility, built environment, health and wellbeing, clean energy transition, and smart governance. The real-world challenges are provided by a diverse range of organisations, which will support the winners throughout the pilot program. The call is open until March 17, 2025 at 16:00 (EET).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

FinEst Twins is a project funded by the European Union’s research and innovation program, Horizon 2020. The project is expected to contribute to the development of smart, sustainable, and resilient cities by enhancing the cross-border collaboration between Finland and Estonia and establishing a world-class Smart City Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The project brings together leading research institutions, universities, and industry partners to foster collaboration, innovation, and knowledge exchange between the two cities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Open Call for Proposals<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The FinEst Twins project’s mini-pilot program offers a unique opportunity for organizations to develop and test innovative solutions to solve challenges provided by host organizations, which are fore-runners in their focus area. In addition, the Mini-pilot program will strengthen the cross-border collaboration between Finland and Estonia by sharing the gathered knowledge during the pilot program.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The total budget of the call is up to 70,000\u20ac, each of the pilots will receive funding between 7,500\u20ac to 15,000\u20ac, and the execution of the pilots will last for six months.<\/span> The call for proposals is open to organizations of all sizes, including companies, SMEs, to be commercialized research projects, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and public sector entities. One proposal must address only one of the six challenges and demonstrate a clear potential for real-life piloting. Applying for more than one challenge is also allowed by submitting multiple applications.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Submission Deadline<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The call will open on February 17, 2025 at 12:00 (EET) and the deadline for submitting proposals via online form is March 17, 2025 at 16:00 (EET). An online information session will take place on March 5, 2025 at 12:00-14:30 (EET). Join via registration link here. https:\/\/forumvirium.fi\/en\/call-open-for-smart-city-solutions-6-themes-in-finest-twins-mini-pilot-programme\/<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Selection Process<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of experts from the FinEst Twins project and the organisations which provided the challenges. The selection will be done by the end of March based on the selection criteria which will include the pilot’s potential impact, innovation, feasibility, scalability and alignment with the challenge’s goals.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About Forum Virium Helsinki<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forum Virium Helsinki is a city-owned innovation company that drives the development of Helsinki as a global example in sustainable urban development and agile piloting. The company supports the development of new services and solutions through pre-commercial procurement processes, which allow the public sector to test and validate innovative ideas before making large-scale investments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFor more information and to apply, please visit the FinEst Twins mini-piloting open call website at Forum Virium Helsinki\u2019s homepage:
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CLICK HERE TO APPLY
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Contact<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For any questions or inquiries, please contact the organiser of the call: satu.reijonen@forumvirium.fi<\/span><\/p>\n

The short descriptions of the challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n

Focus area: Data\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot hosts: Finnish AI Region EDIH (FAIR) and AI & Robotics Estonia EDIH (AIRE)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Challenge: Secure and Open Cross-Border Data Sharing for Urban Resilience<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short description: This challenge aims to foster collaboration between Finland and Estonia, leveraging shared data to create resilient and smart urban environments. By addressing the technical, regulatory, and practical aspects of cross-border data sharing, we can pave the way for innovative solutions that benefit both nations and contribute to the European AI market area. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 10,000\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus area: Mobility\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot hosts: The City of Helsinki Urban Environment Division (KYMP), Stara Logistics Services and <\/span>The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Challenge: Gathering and managing transport service procurement data <\/span><\/p>\n

Short description: The City has its own extensive car fleet, but they also procure numerous transport services in all of their divisions and establishments. Understanding the service procurement data and its emission data is a vital step for achieving a carbon neutral fleet in the future. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 10,000\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus area: Smart Governance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot host: The City of Helsinki Culture and Leisure Division (KUVA) and Helsinki Youth Unit<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Challenge: Enhancing the impact of public services through customer experience management: Exploring new ways to identify touchpoints in a large public organization by using available data.\u00a0<\/span>Short description: The impact of public services is being enhanced through customer experience management. The goal is to find new ways to identify touchpoints in a large public organization by utilizing available data in the process thus providing better services for the customers of Helsinki Youth Services. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 15,000\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus area: Built Environment\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot host: KIRAHub<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge: Reducing CO2 emissions with data in built environment. <\/span>Short description: To achieve a CO2 neutral built environment, there’s a need for innovative solutions which highlight the impact of residents actions, and new approaches for utilizing data to control and optimize the performance of buildings as holistics systems. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 10,000\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus area: Clean Energy Transition\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot hosts: Helsinki Partners and Business Finland<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge: Building and improving the collaboration of stakeholders involved in large clean energy projects<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Short description: Improving the collaboration of stakeholders in the energy cluster, ensuring the implementation of large-scale clean energy projects, and increasing the social acceptance and information sharing about clean transition and clean investments requires developing a community engagement toolkit or playbook. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 10,000\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus area: Health & Wellbeing\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Pilot host: New Children\u2019s Hospital and Helsinki University Hospital (HUS)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge: Testing innovative technologies at the New Children\u2019s Hospital to enhance pediatric care<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Short description: New Children’s Hospital provides a real-world setting for testing novel technologies designed to improve pediatric care for patients from newborns to 15 years of age. The maximum amount of grant in this challenge is 15,000\u20ac divided into 7,500\u20ac and 7,500\u20ac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary of the pilot hosts, themes and challenges:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Organisations supporting the FinEst Twins pilot program are Business Finland, Helsinki Partners, Helsinki University Hospital and The New Children’s Hospital Foundation, The City of Helsinki Culture and Leisure Division (KUVA) and Helsinki Youth Unit, KIRAHub, The City of Helsinki Urban Environment Division (KYMP) and Stara Logistics Services, <\/span>The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom,<\/span> Finnish AI Region EDIH (FAIR) and AI & Robotics Estonia EDIH (AIRE).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenges will target themes in data, clean energy transition, built environment, health & wellbeing, smart governance and mobility. They will cover following topics:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n