Global

Creating global markets working in partnership with UK Businesses

Our global programme eases the entry of UK business into emerging innovation markets around the world.
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Repeatable, proven, innovation

On the demand side we help cities and transport authorities to become better informed buyers in the market. And on the supply side we help businesses to test, scale and commercialise new innovations in cities.

We don’t push a particular solution. We focus on what works locally. We’re practical.

City innovation twinning
Creates jobs in both geographies, global access for participating organisaitons, shared socioeconomic prosperity and lasting R&I collaborations focussed on solving city challenges.
Net zero typology profiling
Strengthens understanding of a cities’ net zero related challenges and opportunities. This provides valuable insights which allows us to match capability to needs and assess which cities would be a best fit for UK expertise on net zero.
Challenges, open calls, pilots

We connect UK and in country SMEs to form joint ventures. UK SMEs get their first opportunity in a new market and a partner for scaling, and host country SMEs get a UK partner to more easily enter the UK market which means inward investment.

Demonstrators
We work with large businesses both in the UK and abroad to enable large scale demos that both UK and in country partner SMEs can help deliver. In some cases, these are a natural progression from our city challenges, open call and pilots.
City strategy & roadmaps
Global Programme roadmaps help take a place from Point A to Point B by providing a plan to get there and a pipeline of UK Businesses that can deliver the roadmap. We recently completed a pathway to Mobility as a Service in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
Digital twins / Bim
The next phase for UKs BIM International programme.

If you have a great idea, innovative product or service which you believe could improve the way people connect and travel in the cities around the world, we would love to hear from you – info@cp.catapult.org.uk

“We partnered up with Connected Places Catapult to virtually deliver our British Embassy funded project on Net Zero Urban Innovation Challenges in the Pacific Alliance and the Latin American Region.

Since development of the concept to final delivery, CPC was an incredibly responsive and well managed, securing resources and agendas across different teams in 3+ time zones.

I am delighted to have collaborated with them to successfully deliver all activities, and to have engaged with key stakeholders in the region to increase the outreach of our project”
Javiera Ibacache, Economic Diplomacy Programme Manager, FCDO Chile
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Results found
Event
Cities Climate Action Summit
A dedicated event to discuss how cities around the globe can drive change.
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Opportunity
Shaping the Future, Today
Apply to showcase future focused solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation
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Project
Unlocking the value chain of shared electric two-wheelers in India
Helping to promote a shift towards shared micro-mobility, and highlighting the leading role which city governments can play by partnering with the private sector.
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Project
UK – India Innovation for Net Zero: Exploring place-based bilateral partnerships
International collaboration can boost the power of places to deliver on net zero goals. A new partnership between the UK and India which involves Connected Places Catapult is hoping to achieve just that.
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Event
Desafíos en resiliencia hídrica en Monterrey
Reino Unido - LATAM Programa Net-Zero y Resiliencia. Taller colaborativo para explorar los retos entorno a la resiliencia hídrica en la Ciudad de Monterrey.
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Event
Water resilience challenges in Monterrey
UK – LATAM Net-Zero and Resilience Programme. A collaborative workshop session to explore the challenges to achieving water resilience in the City of Monterrey
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Event
Mobility challenges in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara
UK – LATAM Net-Zero and Resilience Programme. A collaborative workshop session to explore the challenges to improve mobility services in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara
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Event
8th annual Sustainability Week
Join over 1000 leaders, businesses, financiers, investors, NGOs and policymakers in London and more than 4,500 attendees online to ensure you are part of the sustainable future.

Our Global Partners

We partner with key global innovation organisations and networks to deliver impactful activities, from thought leadership to testbed projects that will address challenges in places with the adoption of innovation and aid key goals such as clean growth.

In partnering with such world-renowned organisations, we ensure we deliver impact across innovation value chains.

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