In March 2023, the first ‘TwinBy’ qualification programme for 18 Bavarian municipalities started. Funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Digital Affairs and coordinated by bayern.innovativ, the programme paved the way for the development of urban digital twins. Creative Climate Cities worked on the content development and implementation of this qualification programme, which included both online and offline formats.

The aim of the qualification programme was to build up expertise in Bavarian municipalities in order to facilitate the use of geo-based digital twins. This involved creating the data-related and organisational foundations for their development. A key element was the introduction of the SDDI approach (Smart District Data Infrastructure), which enables a sustainable interoperable data structure through internationally standardised and open interfaces. This has allowed municipalities to develop their own digital twins in order to carry out analyses and simulations and make more informed and sustainable planning decisions.

Creative Climate Cities (CCC) teamed up with Virtual City Systems (VCS) and CADFEM to develop a qualification programme that includes online webinars, a structured e-learning course, and face-to-face seminars and workshops for the model municipalities. The programme supports municipalities in their first steps towards implementing a fully functional urbtan digital twin for various municipal applications.