This interactive workshop offers participants hands-on insights and engaging discussions on how European cities are advancing data-driven innovation and the use of location technologies.

Building on the outcomes of two pan-European initiatives carried out under the ELISE Action of the  ISA2 European Interoperability Programme, and involving over 20 cities across Europe, the workshop invites participants to explore two parallel learning paths:

Path 1 – Leveraging Location Data to Enhance Public Services

This session highlights how local and regional administrations across Europe are successfully applying location data and technologies to improve public service delivery. Participants will learn from a comprehensive study combining a large-scale survey of 150 authorities and in-depth interviews, as well as practical case studies from Navarra (ES), Leuven (BE) and Cascais (PT). The discussion will focus on how these cities generate public value through location intelligence and on the transferability of their approaches to other contexts.

Path 2 – Fostering Data-Driven Innovation through Collective Intelligence and Sandboxing

This session explores the barriers and enablers shaping local data ecosystems and examines how sandboxing methods can help cities test and refine innovative data-driven solutions. Insights will be drawn from an analysis of seven European cities — Barcelona (ES), Bordeaux Métropole (FR), Helsinki (FI), Milan (IT), Santander (ES), Poznań (PL) and Rome (IT). Participants will discuss how these cities are using sandboxing to strengthen data collaboration, and reflect on how similar approaches could be applied in their own local settings.