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Highlights from the event "Cyprus Municipalities in the New Digital Era"
The MetaCities project supported and participated in the event titled “Cyprus Municipalities in the New Digital Era,” held on Monday, 14 April 2025, from 09:30 to 13:45, at the CYENS Centre of Excellence (Lellos Demetriades Building, Town Hall Square, Nicosia, 1016).
The event brought together mayors, deputy mayors, municipal representatives and digital twin professionals from across Cyprus to explore how Local Digital Twins, European interoperability tools, and smart data infrastructures can support sustainable, efficient, and people-focused cities.
From CYENS Centre of Excellence, Υφ. Έρευνας, Καινοτομίας & Ψηφιακής Πολιτικής / DepMinistry of Research, Innovation & Digital Policy, Union of Cyprus Municipalities, Serendipity, Nicosia Municipality, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, Digital Innovation Hub Cyprus (DiGiNN), EIT Community Hub Cyprus, EIT Urban Mobility European Office of Cyprus, ENoLL (European Network of Living Labs), and the Living in EU initiative.
What stood out most?
- Change is already happening — with Cypriot municipalities piloting smart mobility, digital planning, and green innovation projects, grounded in real data and community needs.
- Cities a of all sizes can benefit from digital twins as they can cover from basic dashboards monitoring different indicators to more advanced applications involving decision-making
- Digital twins come in various maturity levels and also depend on the digital maturity of your city.
