Innovation in information technology and communication is a key element in the transformation of cities. From a technological perspective, there must be a specific degree of standardisation in urban ICT networks. These standards should be equally open to municipal administrations, businesses and citizens and allow innovative solutions to be built from the bottom up. The ESPRESSO project is a project funded by the Horizon 2020 program and has 16 partners from eight different E

In the coming weeks we will be bringing you a series of articles about different Horizon 2020 projects, but before we do that we thought that it would be interesting to take an overview of the program and how it is helping to drive innovation in sustainability across Europe. Horizon 2020 is the most ambitious research and innovation program that the European Union (EU) has ever run and it is expected to lead to further breakthroughs and discoveries in sustainable development