The hotspots of the future are cities and urban areas. We have asked the USC Director Kari Aina Eik for an UdW interview. What is USC about? According to the United Nations, in 2050 around…

A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses ICTs and other means to improve quality of life, the efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it…

As the first Dutch municipality, Krimpen aan den Ijssel, became part of United Smart Cities, a worldwide program of the European Economic Commission of the United Nations (UNECE) and the Organization…

“What Ålesund and the region have to offer is completely unique! I have been around many countries and cities, and I have not seen anything like this in terms of competence in…

In the Netherlands, more and more cities are focusing on smart city strategies. Some are following an unconventional approach: the mayor of Den Bosch, Jack Mikkers, relies on "teddy bear…

With great honor, the OiER-Team in Vienna welcomed an esteemed delegation of the Republic of Angola to the Vienna headquarters. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Angola in…

Slush has grown from a 300-person assembly to a world-renowned event, now spreading globally. The philosophy behind Slush has remained the same: to help the next generation of great,…

Joint activities will focus on supporting cities with smart and sustainable IT solutions and enable services to be offered: electronic lost and found office, complaint and request management,…

The Executive Secretary of the UNECE, Ms. Olga Algayerova and the Secretary General of the Organization for International Economic Relations (OiER), Ms. Kari Aina Eik, signed today a Memorandum of…