Forum for Smart Agenda 2024 (Stará Lesná, Slovakia)

Participants from all over Slovakia as well as the Czech Republic, networking, panel discussions, presentations, but most importantly, a shared effort to enhance the quality of building an intelligent and innovative ecosystem. All of this was part of the conference focused on smart solutions - Forum for Smart Agenda 2024 - organized by the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development, and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRDI SR) in June 2024. 

The event provided a unique opportunity for representatives of local governments, state administration, academia, and interest groups to summarize the current state of smart agenda development and to analyze the upcoming challenges. National PilotInnCities workshop was held on June 19th as a part of a two-day conference program. 

Nearly 50 participants from local governments, companies, and interest groups attended the workshop. The lead partner, Ministry of Industry and Trade (CZ), introduced the project, followed by presentations from Slovak project partners – MIRDI SR and Association of Towns and Communities (ZMOS), which summarized the findings of the smart stakeholders and ecosystem analysis and focused on the activities on the national level. This event was crucial for laying the groundwork for the next stages of the project, promoting collaboration and active involvement of all stakeholders in the agile piloting process.