City managers and policy makers face challenges in delivering effective urban change due to the complex nature of city processes and systems. Local Digital Twins (LDTs) disrupt isolated policy-making by enabling systemic impact exploration of and experimentation with new ideas across virtual replicas of cities and regions. The session will engage cities interested in LDTs to raise awareness of the Commission's policy, clarify the concept, and identify what capacity-building needs they have.
Local Digital Twins (LDTs) are a disruptive concept with the untapped potential to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal and the Commission's digital ambitions, allowing for greater co-creation with citizens. The Commission plans to enable cities/regions to create their LDTs, with funding allocated for the development of technical aspects. During the session, two cities will present their journeys, including how they decided to use a digital twin, what enablers they put in place (technology and governance-related) and what their main challenges have been. This will be followed by small group discussions on what capacity they would need to build to be able to embark on such a journey. After the breakout session, a Sli.do poll will capture the main training needs listed. The session will end with a brief presentation by LEAD and DUET partners on their (planned) capacity building programmes.
The session aims to address the following questions:
Draft agenda: