Last week, Valencia participated in the 2nd Periodic Review Meeting of the European CitCom.AI project, a key gathering to assess the consortium’s progress and coordinate the next steps for this initiative, which focuses on developing and testing artificial intelligence solutions applied to real-world urban challenges.
The meeting, which took place in Stockholm and was organized by the Swedish partner RISE, brought together 33 partners from 11 European countries over the course of three days, including public administrations, universities, technology centers, and companies specializing in urban innovation and artificial intelligence.
As part of the project, Valencia plays a strategic role as the leader of the South SuperNode, coordinating the ecosystem of partners in Southern Europe and consolidating its position as one of Europe’s leading environments for urban experimentation with AI.
During the review, the Valencian ecosystem presented several experiments and use cases developed at CitCom.ai, aimed at improving urban services through data-driven and artificial intelligence-based technologies.
Among them was EMERIA, a smart tool for assessing damage after emergencies developed by Nunsys, which uses computer vision to analyze images and videos submitted by the public and help prioritize infrastructure interventions. Also presented were solutions to optimize routes for non-emergency ambulances developed by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), anomalous water consumption detection models promoted by the University of Valencia, AI-based cybersecurity tools developed by S2Grupo, and projects on sustainable urban mobility and data interoperability led by Libelium.
In addition to technical sessions and presentations of experiments, the agenda included collaborative workshops among partners, meetings with project clients, and evaluation sessions with European reviewers to analyze the consortium’s impact and progress.
Valencia’s participation has bolstered the city’s international visibility within the European urban innovation ecosystem, while also enabling further progress in the development of technological solutions applied to areas such as emergencies, sustainability, mobility, urban management, and smart public services.
A European project to test AI in real cities
CitCom.ai is one of the leading European Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) projects funded by the European Union, aimed at accelerating the deployment of reliable, ethical artificial intelligence solutions applied to real-world urban challenges.
The project has a total budget of nearly 40 million euros, of which València Innovation Capital accounts for more than 1 million euros. It will run for four years and involves 33 partners from 11 European countries: Spain, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, and Germany.
Its goal is to provide real-world infrastructure, services, and urban environments where companies, government agencies, and researchers can test and validate AI solutions before implementing them on a large scale.
As part of the project, Valencia is coordinating the participation of stakeholders from Southern Europe and positioning the city as an urban innovation laboratory. Valencia’s participation involves universities, technology companies, and municipal services, as well as the development of use cases related to mobility, tourism, the environment, emergency management, urban data, and digital twins.