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DMI ECOSYSTEM
We connect governments, businesses, and knowledge institutions. Together, we work on sharing knowledge, sharing data securely and confidentially, creating standards, and developing innovative solutions. This allows us to accelerate processes, ensure tight control, and make better decisions.
The DMI ecosystem brings
together governments,
industry and
research
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These participants set the ecosystem in motion
The Netherlands faces major and urgent challenges. CO2 and nitrogen emissions must be significantly reduced. We need 900,000 additional homes in cities, the climate urgently requires adjustments to the built environment, and energy supply can no longer be taken for granted.
The DMI ecosystem is designed for governments, businesses, and knowledge institutions.
about us
These participants set the ecosystem in motion
The Netherlands faces major and urgent challenges. CO2 and nitrogen emissions must be significantly reduced. We need 900,000 additional homes in cities, the climate urgently requires adjustments to the built environment, and energy supply can no longer be taken for granted.
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APELDOORN MUNICIPALITY
“We work together in practice. From local to national. From insight to action.”
TOWNMAKING
"DMI is not a talking shop. We are building an ecosystem that really works. With people, data, and concrete applications."
MUNICIPALITY OF BREDA
“Residents participate when they see the benefits for their own neighborhood. Digital tools make that visible and achievable.”
NOVIS AND DE MEIJ
"At DMI, we find like-minded people with the same ambition and urgency, and the energy to build future-proof, digital area development together."
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Sign the General Agreement and arrange secure access to data and applications. We will briefly check the terms and conditions.
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become a participant
Pay the participation fee and submit your Commons contribution (data or services). You will receive access to MyDMI and the PDX.
step 4
join & develop
Participate in networks, share your knowledge and offerings, and get started with what the network has to offer.
step 1
sign up
Fill out the form and let us know that you are interested in participating. We will contact you and guide you through the process.
step 2
General Agreement
Sign the General Agreement and arrange secure access to data and applications. We will briefly check the terms and conditions.
step 3
become a participant
Pay the participation fee and submit your Commons contribution (data or services). You will receive access to MyDMI and the PDX.
step 4
join & develop
Participate in networks, share your knowledge and offerings, and get started with what the network has to offer.
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Logistics
The pressure on space in our inner cities is rapidly increasing. Logistics traffic, terraces, cyclists, and pedestrians claim every square meter, multiple times a day. Municipalities are looking for ways to organize loading and unloading areas more efficiently, fairly, and above all, more intelligently. A new legal analysis by law firm AKD provides clarity: many of the desired digital measures are simply possible.
DMI ecosystem
How can you build faster and more sustainably in a city where space is scarce and the challenge is great? During a meeting of the Spring Agreement on Circular Industrial Construction, Mattijs Rommelse, construction director for the municipality of Rotterdam, provided insight into his city's approach. "Collaborating, agreeing on rules, digitizing, and sharing knowledge. That is the way forward."
DMI ecosystem
Arjan Spruijt of DMI and Michelle van Dijk of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IOP?) recently spoke at a meeting of the Spring Agreement, the collaboration program between the six largest trade associations in the construction sector and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to accelerate Circular Industrial Construction. The central question: how can digitization help with this? "We need to make time to work differently."
DMI ecosystem
DMI participant OPENRED has an AI-driven platform that helps municipalities, project developers, and other stakeholders to realize housing projects smarter and faster. The company recently won the Urban Shark Tank Award at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. CEO Joost van der Zon talks about their solution, international ambitions, and the role of the DMI network.
DMI ecosystem
What is green actually worth? Lodewijk Hoekstra, co-founder of NL : "We can talk endlessly about sustainability, but if you don't make it concrete and measurable, it remains nothing more than good intentions." Together with landscape designer Nico Wissing, Hoekstra therefore founded NL in 2010.
Urban logistics
Where do trucks and vans drive? Where do they come from and what kind of cargo do they carry? And are vehicles becoming cleaner under the influence of zero-emission zones? Five municipalities—Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Zwolle—wanted to know before introducing measures such as delivery windows or access policies. Their question led to a proof of concept within the DMI ecosystem: how can data be used to provide insight into logistics flows in cities?
Logistics
The pressure on space in our inner cities is rapidly increasing. Logistics traffic, terraces, cyclists, and pedestrians claim every square meter, multiple times a day. Municipalities are looking for ways to organize loading and unloading areas more efficiently, fairly, and above all, more intelligently. A new legal analysis by law firm AKD provides clarity: many
DMI ecosystem
How can you build faster and more sustainably in a city where space is scarce and the challenge is great? During a meeting of the Spring Agreement on Circular Industrial Construction, Mattijs Rommelse, construction director for the municipality of Rotterdam, provided insight into his city's approach. "Collaborate, agree on rules, digitize, and share knowledge."
DMI ecosystem
Arjan Spruijt of DMI and Michelle van Dijk of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IOP?) recently spoke at a meeting of the Spring Agreement, the cooperation program between the six largest trade associations in the construction sector and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to accelerate Circular Industrial Construction. The central question: how can digitization help with this?
DMI ecosystem
DMI participant OPENRED has an AI-driven platform that helps municipalities, project developers, and other stakeholders to realize housing projects smarter and faster. The company recently won the Urban Shark Tank Award at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. CEO Joost van der Zon talks about their solution and international ambitions.
DMI ecosystem
What is green actually worth? Lodewijk Hoekstra, co-founder of NL : "We can talk endlessly about sustainability, but if you don't make it concrete and measurable, it remains nothing more than good intentions." Together with landscape designer Nico Wissing, Hoekstra therefore founded NL in 2010.
Urban logistics
Where do trucks and vans drive? Where do they come from and what kind of cargo do they carry? And are vehicles becoming cleaner under the influence of zero-emission zones? Five municipalities—Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Zwolle—wanted to know before introducing measures such as delivery windows or access policies. Their question
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"It's a kind of SimCity, but for the real world," says Joost de Bruijn, program director of Goudappel Mobility Twin. With that comparison, he immediately sets the tone: the Mobility Twin is not an abstract model, but a digital copy of a municipality in which traffic and mobility are modeled in detail.
Mobility
The province of North Holland is investigating the possibility of introducing a self-driving shuttle bus between Hoofddorp station and Schiphol Trade Park. Such a bus could improve accessibility to business parks without the need for additional drivers. The investigation is being conducted in collaboration with DMI participant Transdev and area developer SADC. By the end of June 2026, it should be clear whether a trial is feasible.
News item
In Barcelona, the DRO-DMI consortium departed from the usual technological focus in their session. While the mobility world focuses on smart traffic flows, predictive models and efficient infrastructure, Gerry de Koning, smart mobility program manager at the Municipality of Almere, asked a fundamental question: "Who can't actually participate?" The session
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How many parcel points are there actually in your community? And where can they be found? For many policy officials, this was a blind spot until recently. "Municipalities got questions from carriers: can we place a parcel locker? But they didn't have any overview of what was already there," says Ida Poortinga, data visualization
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June 24–25, 2026
ESCE: European Smart City Experience
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
Jaarbeursplein 6, 3521 AL Utrecht
Jan 15, 2026
DMI Café on new ITS directive: making data immediately usable
DMI Center
Barchman Wuytierslaan 10, Amersfoort
Jan 29, 2026
DMI Café – Road safety through a different lens: from incidents to experience
DMI Center
Barchman Wuytierslaan 10, Amersfoort
Jun 24 - 25, 2026
ESCE: European Smart City Experience
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
Jaarbeursplein 6, 3521 AL Utrecht