Past Events 2021

April 23, 2021

Briefing Session NL MWC Barcelona & 4YFN

Europe is opening up again! The strategic ICT event MWC Barcelona / 4YFN 2021 will take place from June 28th to July 1st, 2021. GSMA has taken all required precautionary measures and MWC Barcelona has even been classified as Essential Travel for all live participants. The Netherlands will therefore be present again, in full compliance with the health and safety rules by the Catalan/Spanish government.

On Friday April 23rd we showed an overview of our plans for the NL MWC & 4YFN 2021 programme and the proposed format of the event. MWC21 will be fully hybrid offering both live activities in Barcelona and innovative online experiences. We are aligning with NBSO Barcelona to deliver a single integrated Netherlands programme for both 4YFN and MWC21.

In cooperation with Team dutch digital delta and the Topsector ICT, MWC Barcelona has formally been confirmed as strategic ICT event for The Netherlands, which will be elaborated upon during the session.

April 15, 2021

Practical lecture Data from vehicles

Platform WOW and the Smart Mobility Academy invite you on April 15 at 8.30 am to the practical lecture Data from vehicles. We will discuss the developments regarding vehicle data, both in the field of road safety and traffic management and in the field of anti-icing and asset management.

This session is part of a series of interactive practical lectures on Smart Mobility.

For whom: road authorities

Purpose: to share experiences and tips with road authorities who want to work with data from vehicles

April 15, 2021

Finance: From the Root of All Evil to Financing Development

Achieving the SDGs requires good governance, political will and… money, a lot of money. In his book Fighting Poverty and Violence (Boom Uitgevers), Professor Joris Voorhoeve explains which sources can be tapped. Visitors to the last # SDGCafé of 2020 were already given a preview of the results.

In this first part of the # SDGCafés of 2021, we will focus on how much money is needed to achieve the SDGs in their most basic form, on the failure of the political, economic and financial systems to bring that money together and judiciously and on the various possibilities to obtain sufficient resources. Illegal money flows and the role of the Netherlands and the EU, and the possible contribution of various Dutch and European actors are central to this.

February 12, 2021

Launch The Netherlands Human Development Report

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SDG Netherlands would like to invite you to the launch of the Human Development Report 2020 and discuss its implications for the Netherlands.

For the first time in a relationship spanning 300,000 years, instead of the planet shaping humans, humans are shaping the planet. This is the Anthropocene: the age of humans. The 30th Human Development Report (HDR) ‘The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene’ highlights that people can bring about the action we need if we are to live in balance with the planet in a fairer world. Nothing short of a great transformation – in how we live, work and cooperate – is needed to change the path we are on. The new Human Development Report explores how to jumpstart that transformation.

January 26, 2021

SDG Ambition For Young Professionals

The Young Professional Program of Global Compact Network Netherlands invites you to a digital event on January 26. This event is to help and inspire young professionals in formulating their personal SDG ambitions.

As a young professional, do you want to learn more about the SDGs and translate them into daily work and projects? Then sign up via this link. Because during this event, some seasoned sustainability experts will reflect on the role that young professionals can play within their organization. Furthermore, inspiring young professionals will share their stories about how they got involved and could make an impact. Finally, participants will get enough food for thought through three action-oriented break-out sessions.

January 19 -21, 2021

SDG's within Real Estate Futureproof

Do you know all 17 SDGs ?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

Tools for reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals

International Electric Vehicle Symposium Lyon: World of E motion

The future of sustainable mobility also depends on major changes to infrastructures, such as electrification, connectivity and driverless vehicles.

To prepare for these changes, it is essential to fully understand how new technology will be used for mobility in the future, as well as the related business models and issues surrounding social acceptability.

The Netherlands: Number of all-electric cars has doubled

On 1 January 2019, there were nearly 45 thousand fully electric vehicles (FEVs) in the Netherlands, twice the number recorded one year previously.

source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), based on vehicle licence registration records of the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW).

Natural Swimming Pool

Swimming pool De Peppel in Ede has opened a new swimming pool on April 29th, which is purified by nature itself and to which no drop of chlorine has been added.

Purification of the water is done by plants and bio filters. Although the visitors could immediately take a dive after the opening, the water temperature was still cold The bath cannot be heated like a regular swimming pool. "The plants don't survive that," a spokesperson explains. "At 14 to 15 degrees it is pretty cool, but the intention is for the sun to warm up the water this summer period."

Social issues highest priority at CBS seminar

At the second Big Data Matters seminar last 14th of April, organized by the Center for Big Data Statistics (CBDS, part of the Dutch Statistics Agency CBS), discussed how data-driven management is possible with big data. This was done on the basis of current social issues such as mobility, energy transition, labor market and air quality. Companies, governments at all levels, knowledge institutes and universities were represented.

Air Quality:

Both the social themes and the researched data sources (such as mobile telephone data for making statistics) were very diverse. Sofie De Broe, scientific director of the CBDS: "Large cities are increasingly confronted with the theme of air quality. Citizens are worried and ask for information. For example, Eindhoven is a fairly stony city with many streets where the so-called canyon effect can occur, because fine dust concentrates in the narrow streets with high buildings. For this type of cities it is necessary to develop scenario development and to determine the impact of these scenarios on the health of their inhabitants. As Statistics Netherlands, we can offer added value here by adding data from Statistics Netherlands' RIVM air quality data, such as building data from the Basic Addresses and Buildings Register (BAG). By linking socio-demographic variables to the data on buildings, you can, for example, make clear which population groups are exposed to air pollution. "

Krimpen aan den IJssel and Rijswijk participants at UNECE "Day of the Cities" Geneva

During the Day of the Cities in Geneva at April 8, 33 Countries and 50+ Mayors shared practical insights to ensure approaches for sustainable smartcities and how to use drivers for the SDG's and UNECE tools & experience to support this transition.

Mayor Michel Bezuijen and Ilonka Nagy of Municipality Rijswijk

Mayor Vroom is the first mayor in the Netherlands to use the United Smart Cities KPI's to evaluate and audit urban development policies. He is also the first mayor to embrace the international initiative "Join Smart City", a new digital social platform that engages citizens in various city processes and allows them to communicate their needs and wants.

Spijkenisse opens first Solaroad

8 March 2019 Spijkenisse & Haarlemmermeer: Dutch first Solar Roads which actually works as a solar panel becomes reality in Spijkenisse and Haarlemmermeer. This Solar Road captures sunlight and converts it into electricity to be used for all kinds of purposes like lighting, traffic systems, households and also electric vehicles.

Forbes interview with Mayor Jack Mikkers of Den Bosch:

Mayor Jack Mikkers explains the Smart City Strategy of the city of Den Bosch and also how The Netherlands as relatively small country still have a leading role.

Gondolas as alternative of bridges?

Thinking of Gondolas, one thinks at Winter Sports in Austria. Ever imagined using ropeways as an cheap, sustainable and alternative solution for crossing roads and rivers in modern cities? Isn't it Smart?

Deutsche Telekom and United Smart Cities sign extensive global partnership

September 17th 2018, Organisation for International Economic Cooperation (OiER) and Deutsche Telekom have announced a far-reaching collaboration to join forces in supporting cities to become smarter and more sustainable under the umbrella of the programme United Smart Cities (USC). Read more......

JOINSMART.CITY and Riab telematics signs cooperation agreement for Netherlands

OTT smart city rollout will be accelerated in the Netherlands through this partnership

Amsterdam, 05.June 2018. Riab telematics announces partnership with Your Digital Innovation GmbH to rollout the OTT citizen engagement platform in the Netherlands. Read more......