Challenges

Open Cities challenges are designed around four themes: open data, crowdsourcing, urban labs and fiber-to-the-home. The challenges are open for individuals and organizations and aim to foster the development of products and services based on the platforms provided by the participating cities.

The Innovation Challenge

Share your ideas and win!

The Open cities project calls for developers to collaboratively brainstorm in our Open Data Forum about these two Open Data problems: >read more

Open Cities app challenge

App Winner: BlindSquare

Are you developing apps using open data? Join the Open Cities app challenge and reach thousands of citizens across Europe

This challenge calls for apps using any kind of open data. If you want to create an app for this challenge you may use the data sets available from Fraunhofer and UPF. >read more

Urban Lab challenge

Project Winner: LPW (Leaves Performative Walls)

Test your project in a real urban environment!

This challenge offers participants a chance to install their product in a dedicated space in the city. >read more

 

Open Platform for Broadband Services

Test your broadband service in real life!

The Fiber to the home Challenge (FTTH Challenge) is designed around the high speed broadband networks built by Cap Digital and Institut Telecom in the greater Paris area. >read more

Crowdsourcing challenge

Make your city SMARTER!

Do you have ideas that may improve city life? Do you want to contribute to making your city more innovative and sustainable? Become smart and post your idea on one of the crowdsourcing platforms that participate in the Crowdsourcing challenge!. >read more