Select and remove unwanted elements of your photos.īlur Tool: PixelShop makes it quick and easy to redact parts of an image. The prize is managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, and the winners are chosen following an assessment performed by two high-level juries of independent experts.Selections: You can quickly and easily select any part of your images, using selection tools. ICapital is one of the five EIC Prizes granted under Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation framework programme. Past winners include Barcelona (2014), Amsterdam (2016), Paris (2017), Athens (2018), Nantes (2019), Leuven (2020), Dortmund (2021), Vantaa (2021 Rising innovative city), Aix-Marseille Provence Metropole (2022), and Haarlem (2022 Rising Innovative city). The prize identifies cities that promote the connections and synergies between the different actors of the ecosystems (such as academia, citizens, or businesses) to successfully translate results into improved wellbeing of the society, while at the same time boosting groundbreaking innovation. Through iCapital, the European Union recognises cities with inclusive innovation ecosystems. Supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, this is the ninth edition of the prestigious European Capital of Innovation Awards also known as iCapital. Links to the Funding & Tenders portal will be available on the iCapital webpage on the 8 March.Īn online info session for potential applicants is scheduled on 28 March, registrations are open. The contest is open for applications from 8 March until 29 June 2023 (17:00:00 CET). City innovative vision that positively transforms the city and develops a sustainable innovation ecosystem.įurther details and exceptions can be consulted in the rules of contest.Expanding the city’s innovation capacity to become a role model for other cities.Ecosystem building and fostering of synergies among the public sector, industry, academia, and the citizens.Escalating and accelerating the growth of start-ups and SMEs.Experimenting to make the city a testbed for innovative practices.Two high-level juries of independent experts will evaluate how the applicant cities are pushing the boundaries of innovation by looking at the following criteria: The competition is open to cities with a minimum of 50 000 inhabitants from EU Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe. Moreover, all winners and runners up will be invited to join the EIC Prizes Alumni network, a prestigious group of previous iCapital winners, to exchange knowledge, best practices, and look for solutions to common challenges. In the Rising Innovative City category, the winner will be rewarded with €500 000 accompanied by two runners-up that will receive €50 000 each. Moreover, the first two runners-up of this category will be rewarded with €100 000 each. The city winning the 2023 European Capital of Innovation title will receive €1 million. The contest will award a total of six prizes for two categories: the European Capital of Innovation and the Rising Innovative City. The 2023 European Capital of Innovation Awards are now open for applications and we are looking for the most innovative European cities that work to create an inclusive and sustainable way of living. A place where technology, innovation, learning and knowledge are fostered by bringing together different partners, from civil society and universities to local businesses, SMEs or start-ups. Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth said:Ĭities play a key role in creating a supportive and inclusive ecosystem, where innovation is designed to benefit its citizens. The launch of this edition took place in the context of a study visit of Jean David Malo, Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, to the city of Haarlem (The Netherlands), the European Rising Innovative city 2022. The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, recognise those European cities that open their governance practices to experimentation and aim at being role models for other cities, by pushing the boundaries of technology for the benefit of their citizens.
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