Gothenburg to the finals in iCapital

This is the fourth time the European Commission has put out a call for submissions to the competition, and there is now a chance that Gothenburg will be Europe’s City of Innovation. The competition will look at how cities test new solutions, and here the experiments in Gothenburg with electric buses, electric garbage trucks and self-driving vehicles are clear examples.

“It is incredibly gratifying to be nominated, and in mid-September there will be a hearing — or a small test — in Brussels, where we will go deeper into the information and describe how Gothenburg works with innovation and the effects that has,” says Peter Berggren, head of the City of Gothenburg innovation program.

The finalists will present their innovation strategies in Brussels on October 10, and the winner will be announced afterwards, in Lisbon on November 6.

The prize will be awarded to a city that promotes open and dynamic innovation ecosystems, involves its citizens in governance and decision making and uses innovation to improve the city. 

This year’s 12 finalists: 

Aarhus, Antwerp, Athens, Bristol, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Leuven, Lisbon, Madrid, Toulouse, Umeå and Vienna.

Read the press release from the City of Gothenburg

Read the article in Göteborgs-Posten