Connecting municipalities, businesses, universities and innovators for a smarter Slovakia.
STICS is a national consortium supported by the NextGenerationEU programme, bringing together 24 partners and 6 Living Labs to accelerate Slovakia's digital and smart transformation.
STICS IN NUMBERS
Key project figures
24
Consortium partners
6
Living labs
1 year
In operation
6
Followers
About us
Data from Slovak municipalities, towns and regions has been lying dormant. The Smart Transformation and Innovation Consortium Slovakia (STICS) is waking it up.
We bring together 24 international partners from local government, academia, business and the non-profit sector, and we are building an open ecosystem that will deliver, test, scale and implement innovation in municipalities. Our motto: "A short project with a big impact — STICS, join the progress."
Join the progressINNOVATION IN PRACTICE
Living Labs
STICS tests innovative solutions at 6 sites across Slovakia.
Each Living Lab is a real-life environment such as a municipal office, a school or a community, where new solutions can show what really works.
CONSORTIUM VOICES
Expectations for the project
prof. Ing. Anna Vaňová, PhD.
Project Coordinator
I expect that through research and the dissemination of knowledge, STICS will bring solutions leading to more effective and purposeful adoption of relevant innovations in local areas, and to greater public participation in the management of public affairs. Access to data will improve and functional, sustainable innovation ecosystems will be created.
Ing. Vladimír Jurík
Founder of the Smart Cities Klub
Above all, we expect STICS to strengthen local authorities, giving them access to innovative solutions, data and tools that will allow them to manage development more effectively, improve residents’ quality of life and build the competitiveness of their regions.
Michal Čiž
Team Leader, SAPIE
I expect the STICS outputs to deliver innovative and sustainable business solutions for implementing innovation in towns and municipalities. These will improve public services, advance sustainable energy, strengthen safety and make local government more efficient.
Tomáš Pavlík
Business Development Director, BVR / STICS Innovation Manager
I expect STICS to further develop our product – an interoperable data platform – and its use within innovation ecosystems. Our ambition is to connect the platform to other national institutions that support innovation and the use of data. The eventual goal is to grow the smart potential of Slovak municipalities and of the companies providing such solutions, with the potential to export our know-how and products to EU countries.
Dominik Čižik
Data Analyst, Town of Kežmarok
We expect STICS to deliver:
- Smart and green innovations applied directly in the urban environment of Kežmarok.
- Stronger cooperation between the town, academia, businesses and local communities.
- New data sets, methodologies and models for further projects and solutions.
- Better decision-making thanks to data and intelligent tools.
- Greater practical readiness of the town to face challenges such as climate change, energy poverty and social exclusion.
- Foundations for a long-term smart city ecosystem and the sustainable digital transformation of Kežmarok.
Maroš Finka
Professor, Director of SPECTRA CE EU, STICS Scientific Coordinator
We expect the project to strengthen cooperation within an innovative ecosystem that helps local authorities ensure quality of life for residents and the conditions for economic development, and at the same time to improve how the research and development capacity of SPECTRA CE EU is put to practical use in society.
WHAT'S NEW AT STICS
News
Hackni STICS: Registration for Hackathon Tatry Is Now Open!
Ready to put your tech skills to work on a real-world challenge? Join Hackathon Tatry, taking…
Interview with Anna Vaňová, Katarína Vitálišová and Lucia Dobrotová
Anna Vaňová, Katarína Vitálišová and Lucia Dobrotová work at UMB as Project Coordinator, Deputy Project Coordinator…
Interview with Thomas Dillinger
Thomas Dillinger is an Associate Professor at the Insitute of Spatial Planning of TU Wien. What…
Interview with Andrej Přívara
Ing. Andrej Přívara, PhD. works at the University of Economics in Bratislava as the STICS Project…
Interview with Michal Chudý
Mgr. Bc. Michal Chudý, PhD is Head of the PowereX Team at PowereX j.s.a. What is…
Interview with Christian Corral
Christian Corral is an Expert (R2) at Leibniz Univeristy Hannover. What is your role in the…
Interview with Hussein Mkiyes
Hussein Mkiyes works at EUBA and focuses on dissemination activities. What is your role in the…
Interview with Jakub Takács
Jakub Takács is an expert at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak University of…
Interview with Anetta Čaplánová
Anetta Čaplánová is a manager and researcher at the University of Economics in Bratislava. What is…
One Health City Framework (OHCF)
What makes a city healthy? The project addresses this question through a framework for understanding and…
The STICS website has a new look
We have redesigned the stics.sk website terms of both visuals and content. It now offers a…
Presenting STICS project at International Staff Week on AI and Industry Cooperation in Pilsen, Czech Republic
The STICS project was showcased at the Erasmus+ International Staff Week 2026 in Pilsen, Czech Republic…
Innovation Campuses as Spatial Drivers of Future Manufacturing
Manufacturing in Europe is being reshaped by digitalisation, supply-chain shocks and the green transition, yet innovation…
New book “Three perspectives on the city”
Thursday, 18th June 2026 was the long expected day of the launch of the book „Three…
Carpets from fishing nets and a car park that doubles as a shelter. What we learned in Finland
Four days, two cities, dozens of stops. From 1 to 4 June 2026, a Slovak delegation…
From Research to Practice: STICS Shows the Way Towards Slovakia’s Data-Driven Transformation
The international conference “Bridging Digital Divides: Skills, Inclusion and Socio-Economic Transformation”, held on 20. 20–21 May…
Smart cities summit in Žilina showed how to innovate Slovakia
Slovakia can be innovative if it makes the most of the opportunities available. That was one…
Transformation of FM UK campus under project STICS
The uniqueness of the Smart Green Campus initiative lies in its integration of participatory planning, real-life…
First anniversary of the STICS project
On 1 April 2026 we celebrated the first year since the official launch of the STICS…
Ghosts in the database. Local authorities are fighting inaccurate data
Why does accuracy matter? Nothing illustrates the absurdity of the current situation better than the statistics…
An inspiring conference on data sharing and artificial intelligence
The conference offered a unique platform for exchanging knowledge, experience and visions for the future. It…
Award-winning video about the STICS project through the eyes of students
When students tell the story of science: behind the scenes of the award-winning video about STICS.…
The STICS innovation ecosystem is up and running!
Living Labs will prepare Slovakia for the smart era. Great news! The Smart Transformational and Innovation…
