The Barcelona Digital City Roadmap (2017-2020) aims to foster a transformed, equitable, and open urban environment through digital innovation and technology. Key initiatives include developing data infrastructure, promoting digital democracy, and enhancing public services while prioritizing citizen engagement and ethical data use. The strategy outlines new procurement frameworks, capability plans, and digital education programs to empower citizens and strengthen the tech economy.

1. BARCELONA DIGITAL CITY ROADMAP
2017-2020
Tecnology and Digital Innovation
Commissioner
@Francesca_bria
barcelona.cat/digital
Beyond the Smart City:
Towards an open, equitable, democratic and circular City

2. GOVERNMENT
AND CITY
Technologies to
transform Government
and the City
COMPANIES AND
SOCIAL SECTOR
Fostering the City’s digital
innovation ecosystem
MAIN OBJECTIVES
CITIZENS
Empowering citizens
Open Source Agile
transformation of the City
Hall, improving public
services
Develop a City Data
infrastructure to drive
innovation
Diversifying and strengthening
the tech economy.
Facilitate SMEs/startups access
to public procurement, and
promote good quality jobs.
Grow digital education and
digital inclusion programs
Facilitate large scale digital
democracy and data
sovereignty for citizens

3. TECHNOLOGIES TO TRANSFORM THE CITY:
HOUSING, HEALTH, SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, ENERGY TRANSITION
Starts with Citizens Challenges to improve city services

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Mission Themes
& Goals
Success
Measures
Delivery
Approach
Barcelona Agile Digital Transformation Strategy
A three years strategy to create new capabilities, replacing legacy

5. Digital Service Delivery Standard
A set of criteria to help Barcelona create and run good
digital services. Services will be consistent and of high
quality
Public Sector Technology Buying Guide
A set of guidelines to help Barcelona select appropriate
open technologies and technology services to avoid
proprietary lock-in and closed architectures.
Data Strategy
An approach to handling the city’s data with ownership,
privacy, sovereignty and ethical use & innovation at the
core.Defines Data architecture and infrastructure for
Barcelona at City-Scale
Technology Code of Practice
A set of criteria to help Barcelona select appropriate open
technologies and define the commitments to open-source,
open standards, interoperability, security and
transparency.
New Procurement Framework & Digital Marketplace
A new procurement instrument optimized for buying agile
services from pre-evaluated suppliers. This will allow more
efficient procurement cycles and reduce supplier risk.
Capability Plan & Hiring
An approach to developing and maintaining the skill and
capabilities required for delivering digital services and a
staffing approach for securing new skills in the short term.

6. Today cities have more data than ever before (90% of the data that
currently exists did not exist 3 years ago). It is information that is
neither organized nor accessible. Part of it is on the web. And the
other part is divided between the multiple departments and
companies that compose a City Hall.
Citizens live in hyper-connected spaces and generate and use real-
time information and participatory crowdsourcing. Knowledge is
distributed, not centralised.
Data should be used to take better, faster, and more democratic
decisions, incubate innovation and drive socio-economic growth,
improve procurement and public services, and empower people.
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STARTS WITH DATA

7. • Ethics and data innovation
• Data sovereignty & privacy
• Data architecture at City-Scale
• Beyond Data: Information and City
Indicators
• Data Infrastructure
• Data quality and analytics
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DATA STRATEGY
A new city-level data strategy that has transparency, privacy,
security and ethical use of data for innovation at its core

8. BCN Data
Citizens/Business/Academia
BCN Data Teams
Insight
Use Cases
Insight
BCN Data Analytics Office
BCN Agencies

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BARCELONA OPEN DATA PORTAL

10. 10
CITY DASHBOARD: DECISION-MAKING IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA

11. (EU project – collaborative economy Pilots BCN and Amsterdam)
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DECENTRALIZED CITIZENS OWNED DATA ECOSYSTEM

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Mission: Actionable Insight for Barcelona Government
1. Support more effective delivery of public services to
Barcelona citizens for greater equity, safety, and
quality of life
2. Grow and advance Big-Data pilots & analytics
throughout the City to improve decision-making and
citizens’ engagement
3. Promote a genuinely collaborative and innovative
economy
MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR DATA ANALYTICS

13. INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
OPENING TO SMES AND INNOVATORS (10M€)
INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY OF
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

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FEM BARRI / DISTRICTE MAKER POBLENOU:
PILOT de FABRICACIÓ DIGITAL
DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

15. Funding for open calls, Prizes and Challenges: Makers for social inclusion,
Education, Future of Work, Urbana Innovation & circular economy.
Projects will be presented in the Maker Faire in June and Smart City Expo
World Congress November 2017.
DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION CHALLENGES

16. MAKER DISTRICT: BCN MAKER CITY

18. Access to new technologies defines a new social divide in cities. The Ateneos de
Fabricación (FabLabs) are spaces for social innovation where access to new
technologies.
● Technology and creativity in schools
● Digital Manufacturing for Social Inclusion and Youth
Employment
● Tech for Women
● These programs will emphasize the participation of women
in the STEAM world
DIGITAL SOCIAL INCLUSION

19. Digital Manufacturing & Digital Skills for Youth Inclusion and
Employment
• Training programs for digital production,
aimed at vulnerable young people, to
promote their active and participative social
inclusion and the improvement of their
employability.
Objetives:
● Acquire technical skills
● Develop social and personal skills to promote
their empowerment and access to work
FUTURE WORK

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DIGITAL DEMOCRACY & CROWDSOURCING PLATFORM

21. Building the smart City
from the ground up