In a context marked by the digitalization and transformation of public services, urban data are consolidated as a key tool for decision-making in cities. In this scenario, public administrations are promoting new forms of collaboration to leverage the potential of information generated in the territories. One of the projects that exemplifies this strategy is EDINT (Data Spaces for Smart Urban Infrastructures).
It is an initiative led by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) and financed through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. The project also has the collaboration of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, through Red.es, and places cooperation between administrations, companies, universities and citizens as a central axis to develop the so-called data economy.
What is EDINT?
EDINT is proposed as a platform oriented to the management and utilization of urban data, with the objective of improving decision-making and generating value in the territories.
The initiative is based on the analysis of shared data to act in three major areas: the improvement of public services, the promotion of innovation and local employment, and the strengthening of collaboration among actors.
Among its capabilities, the project allows detecting patterns and needs that facilitate anticipating problems in areas such as mobility, energy consumption or public services management. Likewise, it integrates information from different sources to offer a global vision of the territory and its evolution.
EDINT also transforms data into practical tools, such as indicators, interactive maps or control panels, which can be used both by public managers and by the citizenry.
CEOD: the territorial network of the data
The development of the project is articulated through the Centers of Excellence and Data Offices (CEOD), conceived as spaces from which value is generated from the shared management and analysis of urban data.
Currently, a total of 12 local entities are part of this network in Spain: A Coruña, Alcoi, the Provincial Council of Badajoz, Fuenlabrada, the Provincial Council of Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Logroño, Madrid, Málaga, Mataró, Santander and Valencia.
These centers act as territorial nodes that allow to transfer the potential of the data to concrete applications in each municipality, both for the citizenry as well as for the business fabric.
Furthermore, the CEODs seek to consolidate a data governance model based on the collaboration between administrations, private sector, and academic sphere.
Urban Data Day: the meeting point of the data ecosystem
In this context, next May 26, 2026, the Urban Data Day (#UDD2026) will be held, a day promoted by FEMP within the framework of the EDINT project.
The meeting will bring together public officials, companies, research centers, and other key actors linked to territorial intelligence, with the aim of analyzing the opportunities of the data economy and its impact on the local sphere.
The event will address issues such as international trends in data spaces, use cases in the territories or public-private collaboration opportunities. In addition, it will offer networking spaces among reference entities of the urban innovation ecosystem.
Urban Data Day is presented as a forum to explore the role of urban data in the transformation of management models, sustainability, and the development of new economic opportunities in cities.