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The City of Tallinn hosted a panel discussion „Local Perspectives - Cities Leading the Way to Achieving the SDGs“ at the 12th World Urban Forum in Cairo.

So said Yuliia Zamushynska, ecologist from the EcoVin Municipal Utility Company in Vinnytsia (Ukraine) when she introduced plans for developing waste management in Vinnytsia during a study visit to Tallinn last week.

The 17th Tallinn Design Festival will take place from 19 to 25 September 2022, focusing on issues related to sustainability and green design. Discussions on methods to readjust the impact of human activities on the environment in an era fixed on economic success, examples of circular design from different countries, enlightening stories told by professionals and workshops on essential recycling will all be featured over the course of the festival.

The Science and Business Park Tehnopol and the Tartu Science Park will begin work this month as the operators of the NATO innovation accelerator DIANA, and the accelerator will open its doors next year.

Our good partner Prototron has launched a new round for finding future changing ideas and to support them. During the last 10 years, Prototron hasfunded 95 clever ideas with 1,22 million euros. These teams have raised more than 62 million euros since they finished Prototron. The success rate of the teams who have done Prototron’s program is about 90% - this Experimental Factory is working!

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Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart launched the Test in Tallinn initiative to welcome companies around the world to test their smart solutions on the streets of Tallinn in three focus areas: mobility, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The Deputy Mayor of Tallinn, Joosep Vimm, announced a new Tallinnovation competition at the MELT innovation forum today. The purpose of the innovation competition, organised in cooperation between the City of Tallinn and the Science and Business Park Tehnopol, is to find smart city solutions that make the city's services and environment more citizen-friendly. For the second year in a row, a total of up to €100,000 will be invested in smart city solutions.

Latitude59, the most important technology and start-up conference in the Baltics, will take place in Tallinn on 25-26 May and is expected to attract 3000 visitors from around the world.

The Tallinnovation competition for innovation organised by Tehnopol and the city of Tallinn received a record 25 applications this year. The jury chose four companies from among them that will receive a total of 100,000 euros to help bring their solutions into the urban space.