Amsterdam InChange

A world in transition requires a place where changemakers can meet and collaborate. Amsterdam InChange creates that open and safe space. Here we start working together from the issue at hand.

Amsterdam InChange is the open innovation platform for the Amsterdam region and beyond. A collaboration between governments, knowledge institutions, civil society organisations and innovative companies, working together for a better future for all. Amsterdam InChange brings knowledge and perspectives together to find creative solutions and shape the city and region of the future. Amsterdam InChange was formerly known as Amsterdam Smart City.

Who is Amsterdam InChange for?

Amsterdam InChange’s online innovation platform is for anyone interested in, and working on, urban development, innovation, sustainability and technology. Here, the international community of more than 10,000 changemakers exchanges knowledge and seeks connection with each other.

Regional partners can join our public-private -partnership as core partners. They enable the platform, contribute issues and innovate together with the community.

What does Amsterdam InChange do?

Amsterdam InChange builds on years of experience in bringing about (digital) innovations for sustainable, livable cities. It connects parties around a social issue and facilitates cooperation. Through its value-driven approach, the programme ensures that innovations actually contribute to cleaner, greener and happier cities. Residents and users of cities are central to this.

We are working on four challenges: floating neighborhoods, circular charging infrastructure, the cooperative metropolis and the underground.

Floating urban development

Due to lack of space and climate change, housing may also need to be built in wetlands in the future. The Floating districts challenge revolves around creating imaginable and workable scenarios of urban development on water.

Floating neighbourhoods require not only solutions for the technical aspects. But also financing, community support, ecological aspects, affordability and politics. The collective belief about urban development is currently mainly focused on housing on land. We want to change that. So that living on water becomes a serious option for everyone.

Want to learn more about floating districts? Please contact pelle@amsterdaminchange.com.

Circular charging infrastructure

Circular initiatives, including circular charging infrastructure, often have difficulty getting past the pilot phase. Due to barriers such as lack of data, challenges in implementing circularity in the production chain, regulations and higher costs. With the Circular charging infrastructure challenge, we aim to encourage circular business models in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure chain.

Together with partners, we are working on reducing restrictive regulations, generating and opening up relevant data, and taking shared ownership of the entire chain. This contributes to the transition to a circular society.

Want to learn more about the circular charging infrastructure challenge? Please contact christine@amsterdaminchange.com.

Cooperative Metropolis

Increasingly, groups of people are starting cooperative initiatives. Ranging from community-led energy projects to collective mobility and housing. These initiatives are often driven by sustainability and social goals, without a profit motive.

The benefits of these initiatives are often limited to specific groups at the local level. The Cooperative challenge aims to make social energy organisations, such as energy cooperatives, more mainstream. We do this by creating recognition, promoting understanding and facilitating knowledge exchange.

Want to learn more about the cooperative challenge? Please contact christine@amsterdaminchange.com.

The underground

The soil under urban areas contains a diversity of infrastructure. Such as cables, fiber optic cables, gas pipelines, heat networks and sewers. But also natural elements such as soil, which is critical to the health of urban trees.

Pressure on the substrate is increasing. Excavations lead to disruptions and damage to the ecosystem. The Underground challenge aims to improve cooperation between all stakeholders. For example, in terms of data sharing and joint planning to improve the quality and management of the subsoil.

This can lead to a healthier substrate with more biodiversity, less disruptions and an accelerated transition to more sustainable energy and digital infrastructure. All of this is in the interest of residents of urban areas.

Want to know more about the underground challenge? Please contact christine@amsterdaminchange.com.