COMUNE DI TORINO

Their core work

The City of Turin is a major Italian municipality that uses EU-funded projects to test and deploy urban innovation — from smart mobility and 5G services to nature-based urban regeneration and citizen participation platforms. Their real contribution is providing a large, diverse city as a living laboratory: they bring regulatory authority, city infrastructure, public service delivery channels, and direct access to citizens as end users. Turin acts as a demonstration site and policy testbed, translating research outputs into real urban governance and planning decisions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015–2018, Turin focused heavily on transport logistics, shared mobility, and e-government platforms — projects like NOVELOG, SocialCar, and WeGovNow reflected a city digitizing its services and optimizing vehicle movement. From 2019 onward, the emphasis shifted markedly toward nature-based urban regeneration, urban food systems, citizen co-production of public services, and AI ethics in security — visible in proGIreg, FUSILLI, CO3, and popAI. The trajectory shows a city government moving from technology-centric smart city projects toward socially and ecologically grounded urban transformation.

Turin is increasingly positioning itself as a testbed for nature-based urban solutions and participatory governance, making it an ideal partner for projects combining environmental restoration with citizen engagement.

How they like to work

Turin participates exclusively as a partner — never as coordinator — across all 28 projects, which is typical for municipalities that contribute city-scale demonstration capacity rather than research leadership. With 567 unique consortium partners across 42 countries, they operate in large European consortia and bring extensive network reach. This makes them a reliable, experienced partner who knows EU project mechanics well, but partners should expect a city administration's pace and decision-making structures.

With 567 unique partners across 42 countries, Turin has one of the broadest collaboration networks among Italian municipalities in H2020. Their partnerships span nearly all of Europe plus selected international partners, with no narrow geographic clustering.

What sets them apart

Turin stands out among European cities because of the sheer breadth of its H2020 portfolio — 28 projects spanning transport, digital, environment, security, and food. Unlike many municipalities that focus on one domain, Turin offers cross-sector urban demonstration capacity, meaning a single partnership can address mobility, green infrastructure, and citizen engagement simultaneously. Their largest investment in proGIreg (EUR 895K) signals genuine institutional commitment to nature-based urban regeneration, not token participation.

Highlights from their portfolio

• proGIreg
  Turin's largest H2020 project (EUR 895K) and a flagship for productive green infrastructure, urban agriculture, and post-industrial regeneration — signals deep city commitment.
• 5G-TOURS
  Major 5G demonstration project (EUR 348K) positioning Turin as a real-world testbed for tourism, e-health, and media services over 5G network slicing.
• FUSILLI
  EUR 557K investment in urban food system transformation through living labs — represents Turin's emerging focus on food policy and urban-rural linkages.