The Alliance oversaw the delivery of “Scotland’s 8th City – the Smart City” ERDF Programme from 2015-2023. This unique programme involved seven Scottish cities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling working in collaboration to leverage data and digital technologies to make Scotland’s cities more attractive, liveable and resilient through improved community engagement, service integration and innovation. In total, the programme saw a significant investment of £39.6 million including £16.2 million of European Regional Development Funds.
The programme was delivered across a number of thematic areas across 2 funding phases as illustrated in the graphic below.
The graphic below shows which cities are delivering projects across these domains:
Programme Schematic
Project activity and key delivery highlights for each of the 7 participating cities are summarised in the reports below. For more detailed information please view the archive of programme newsletters available here
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