How can municipalities use Urban Digital Twins effectively and generate real added value? More than 50 municipalities across Germany are working together in the “Urban Digital Twins” Working and Development Community (AEG) to develop practical solutions for digital urban development. Since late 2022, Creative Climate Cities has been facilitating this AEG as an implementation partner within the federal funding program Smart Cities Model Projects by the German Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB).

At the heart of the initiative is the creation of an intermunicipal network and the development of concrete knowledge products for local practitioners—whether they are just entering the field or seeking to professionalize existing projects. Our goal is to foster knowledge exchange, make insights visible and transferable, and collaboratively advance digital solutions.

As the lead of the Urban Digital Twins community, Creative Climate Cities connects municipal actors of all sizes—from digitalization teams in large cities to small rural municipalities. These actors develop virtual city models as tools for citizen participation, climate adaptation planning, or heritage site management. We actively shape this process through expert consulting, facilitated workshops, strategic impulses, and the co-development of guidelines and recommendations. What emerges is more than a knowledge pool—it’s a growing network that translates the concept of Urban Digital Twins into municipal reality.

In addition, we prepare key insights from both German and international contexts in a visually engaging and target-group-oriented way. These multimedia knowledge products include practical documents on public tenders for Urban Digital Twins and change management, tailored to municipal project leads. We are also developing an interactive online wiki on software solutions for digital twins and producing a podcast series featuring international pioneer projects.

Find out more about how we build realtionships here.