This document summarizes the results of the GrowSmarter project, which aimed to integrate infrastructure data from multiple European cities into consolidated open data platforms. The key points are: 1) An open urban data platform called "UrbanPULSE" was created to integrate 13 different data sources from infrastructure measures in Stockholm, Cologne, and Barcelona. 2) Lessons learned included the importance of gaining acceptance from data providers, developing use cases, establishing legal frameworks, and defining data quality before connecting sources. 3) The conclusions were that cities need standardized and flexible platforms, political support, and to handle data ethically and securely to ensure successful urban data sharing.

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Stephan Borgert
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Stockholm Cologne Barcelona
Implementing Integrated Infrastructures in European
Cities – GrowSmarter
Measure 8.1
Big consolidated open data platform

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Open Urban Big Data Platforms (OUP) are a necessary key component to integrate infrastructures.
• store, combine and process raw real-
time data of different infrastructures
• gain value added smart city services
(enabling function)
• make Smart City data and services
accessible for citizens, government,
companies and research
• Enable dialogue among decision
makers and smart solution
developers
Introduction
Needed:
Realtime data
of the
measures

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What did we do ?
21
• “UrbanPULSE”
• Integrate 13 different data sources
• Urban COCKPIT Web App
• DIN SPEC 91357 - Reference Architecture
Model Open Urban
• Platform Green Air Application and
Dashboard
.
Technical Aspects
• Meetings with each
partner
• Workshops with all
partners together
• Meetings and Workshops
with several
departments of the CoC
• Evaluation Workshops
with the partners
and the departments
Communication Aspects

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What did we learn?
Foster acceptance,
Develop key use cases
Create a legal framework
Define the value and
quality of the data
Before data and services can be connected with each other, the persons behind the data and service must be
connected !!
Contracts need a clause for
further use of the data

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What are the results/conclusions?
Conclusion 01
Definition of how the city
will handle
data (Ethic, security, ..)
Conclusion02
Acceptance and
strong agreements
Conclusion 03
Standardized
platforms
to ensure
interoperability
and to avoid vendor
lock-ins
Conclusion 04
Political decisions
and guidance of all
stakeholders and
on all levels
.
Conclusion 05
The use of a flexible horizontal
and open platform approach and
working with technical standards
seems to yield best results
An urban data platform is necessary to handle all the urban data in the best way, but you need:

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Many UrbanPULSE and Urban
COCKPIT licenses already could be sold
to other cities based on the GrowSmarter
learnings
In Cologne
the topic has received much attention on a city-
wide scale and is in the process of city-wide
negotiations. Planned: use and implementation
with the entire municipal utility group
Replication
Porto and Graz have started
looking into replication of this
measure.
Busines Cases
Standarisation
Technically easily replicable
when working with standards.
•
using flexible open data platforms.
LET SHARE OUR IDEAS
What are the replication plans ?

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 646456.
The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the GrowSmarter project and in no way reflects the views of the European Union.
Dirk Blauhut
City of Cologne – The Lord Mayor
Department of Digitalisation
dirk.blauhut@stadt-koeln.de
@diblau
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