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The Open Knowledge Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2004 and dedicated to promoting open data and open content in all their forms – including government data, publicly funded research and public domain cultural content. The Foundation is an international leader in its field and has extensive experience in building tools and community around open material. Their software development work includes some of the most innovative and widely acclaimed projects in the area. For example, the CKAN project is the world’s leading open source data portal platform.

The Green City Movement was started by Plant Publicity Holland in 2002. The Netherlands is a small country with large population density and continuously connecting settlements, where the creation and protection of green areas is therefore a key question. However, the green areas as well as the funding for their maintenance have been steadily shrinking, even if the country has a rich heritage of gardening.

The Mission of the Smart Studios is to be the essential stepping stone to children’s digital development. Their courses fosters their cognitive, social, emotional and creative needs while providing an environment full of enriching tools and materials where children can play while they learn and learn while they play. Their focus is to instill curiosity, imagination, and creativity in every child as they are the future. Kids can choose from many courses like Coding, AppInventor, YouTube, Minecraft, etc.

The district of Nieuw-West is a solid demographical representation of Amsterdam and an area with high energy consumption. Notably, however, the area is home to the first district-level Smart Grid in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Smart City partner Liander has invested significantly in this technology in recent years. The Smart Grid in Nieuw-West serves as the ideal backbone to realise new renewable energy sources, with decentralised energy generation taking the lead role.

The Hungarian Food Bank Association is a non-profit organization that works to make a link between surplus food and people in need in Hungary in order to help reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The Hungarian Food Bank Association started its work in September 2005, and became a full-fledged member of the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA) in 2006. Since our foundation: we distributed 42 300 tons of food worth over 67,4 million $ (20,3 billion HUF) to more than 340 000 people in need in partnership with almost 325 non-governmental organizations and municipalities.