“We've been talking about open data since the Obama era. Unfortunately, there has been too much focus on open and not enough on data. Open government and participation cost resources and effort.” So he said Maurizio Napolitano, coordinator of the Digital Commons Lab laboratory of the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento, to City Vision Talk Data, the appointment held today, Friday, March 18, in Milan, in the spaces Phyd. City Vision, an initiative of Blum. Business as a medium and Padua Hall, dedicated its first event of 2022 to the topic of data, both as a resource and as a sensitive topic due to Cybersecurity. Public administrators, experts and companies have been confronted to understand what skills are needed, also taking inspiration from current initiatives.

Come to Cremona, city for which he intervened Maurizio Manzi, Councillor for Budget, Innovation and Digitalization. “The wealth that the PA has is enormous, but there are data of all kinds that are not exploited.” During City Vision, a reflection on data quality then emerged. “Often we have produced what is given garbage, junk data,” he added Napolitano. In recent times, however, something seems to have changed: municipalities have begun to understand the importance of this asset, thanks to far-sighted administrators and to companies and SMEs that have technologies and services in their bellies capable of accelerating that path of intelligent transformation towards the smart city model.

“Data is an enabler of the circular economy - he commented Carlo Rossi Chauvenet, partner at Circlex -. The real question you need to ask the PA is 'what data do you want? ' , not 'what data do you have? '. Privacy is not a blocking element of this process.” Smart cities - not futuristic cities, but small, medium, large municipalities with useful services for citizens - are busy construction sites where it is important for administrators to form a network of contacts with experts and specialized companies.

“The culture of exploiting data is not yet mature - added the councilor Manzi - However, we are moving forward on this path: decisions based on data. Without planning, you can't go far.”

For Cremona The example of the punctual rate on undifferentiated waste collection has been given. “It consists in educating and helping citizens to manage waste well - explained the councilor - Thanks to the data, we are in fact able to know the behavior of people with regard to the undifferentiated and this, automatically, also tells us how much that user does the recycling.” In the coming years, also thanks to the funds made available by the PNRR, data will be essential for measuring the effectiveness of investments.

City Vision is a project supported by Enel X, Alperia, Acea, Leitner and in collaboration with AnFoV, IBIMI, IoTiItaly, Living Future Europe, PA Social and Sheldon.studio. The sponsorships are of City of Alba Adriatica, City of Palermo, City of Pescara, City of L'Aquila, Town of Ferla, City of Padua, IUAV University of Venice, Padua Chamber of Commerce.

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