Smart V4 Strategies

South Poland Cleantech Cluster participates in a newly started Visegrad project together with partners – Czech Smart City Cluster, Slovak Smart City Cluster and Digitalis Jolet nonprofit from Hungary. The project “Smart V4 Strategies” was awarded financing support from the Visegrad Fund.

The aim of the project is to connect relevant partners in the given area of SMART strategies and prepare procedures for classification of SMART strategies in V4 countries into one complex database portal. The project offers V4 partners international cooperation in unifying SMART strategies to GreenDeal/SDG rules. The vision is to strengthen the unity and effectiveness in implementation of SMART strategies in all V4 countries.
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South Poland Cleantech Cluster

is the initiator of the krk UrbanHub project - a sustainable CEE (Central- and Eastern European) urbanization hub
krakowurbanhub is a partner in the urbanhub europe consortium of European cities consisting of BLOXHUB in Copenhagen, KIRAHub in Helsinki, Munich Urban Colab, FACTORY Hammerbrooklyn Hamburg, FAKTORY Berlin, Urban Resilience Hub Barcelona
krk UrbanHub is a national and international meeting place that engages people in architecture, design and sustainable urban development. This is done through exhibitions, debates, events, business development and new partnerships.
krk UrbaHhub is an ecosystem for creating cities of the future, and at the same time a space to share ideas, skills and strategies for designing buildings and urban development based on a people-centered approach and high standards of sustainable development, and a membership-based community combining urban development, architecture, design, design, construction, circular economy and digitization.
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South Poland Cleantech Cluster

SPCleantech is co-founder of European Alliance for Cross- Industrial Circular Economy Investments (ICEI Alliance) consisting of European clusters and universities. During 2020-2021 there have been held meetings to prepare the establishment of the European Alliance for Cross- Industrial Circular Economy Investments, hosted by the Circular Economy Centre at Digipolis, Kemi, Finland.

The ICEI Alliance has for ambition to make Europe the global industrial circular economy platform to accelerate the deployment of world-class circular economy solutions to industry. It acts as a pipeline of business-led circular economy investment projects. Alliance members support businesses with the structuring of their investment cases as well as with accessing funding and financing streams.
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On 11.09.2017 President of SPCleantech, Janusz Kahl and a member of the cluster Wojciech Stawowczyk from BLOK Architects met with the Mayor of Rzeszów, Tadeusz Ferenc, dir. of Department of Promotion and International Cooperation, Marzena Furtak-Żebracka and urban architect. The purpose of the meeting was cooperation with the projects planned by SPCleantech and to invite them to join the cluster.

During the visit a conference was planned to be held for architects and developers to promote the latest technologies proposed by cluster members in municipal, residential and office buildings. The participation of the President of Rzeszow in a workshop organized by SPCleantech for the presidents of Kraków, Katowice, Rzeszow and Kielce in Copenhagen was also agreed.

For some time Rzeszow has been promoted under the slogan “Rzeszów – Capital of Innovation”. Indeed, until now, Rzeszów landed high in all sorts of statements. It was placed seventh in the ranking of the Polish cities with the best living conditions. Rzeszów was ahead of Wrocław, Gdańsk and Katowice. The European Business Congregation and the Rectors’ Club of Europe based in Oxford awarded Rzeszow the “United Europe” award. Rzeszów has also been recognized as the best managed self-government unit. The city was ranked in the ranking of learning cities published by the Schuman Foundation 2 place after Warsaw among 66 Polish cities with district rights. The summary included manufacturing infrastructure, human capital, willingness to cooperate, as well as the state of basic infrastructure and communications, and whether the city was business-friendly. The ranking authors appreciate Rzeszów among other things for consistently developing new technologies.

PGE Nowa Energia signed a letter of intent with the authorities of Rzeszów on the project “e-Mobility”. The company, together with the local government, wants to develop the charging infrastructure and create a system that encourages public and private stakeholders to use electric vehicles. As part of this project, the Group also does not rule out the future establishment of a public car sharing and bike sharing system using electric powered cars and bicycles.

Thanks to the development of electromobility, it will be possible to reduce dependence on imported fuels and reduce emissions from transport.