ABSTRACT
This chapter covers what action needs to be carried out to gather together solutions to the issues which were discussed, in order to make progress towards having a European model for the data economy. Follow-up activities are suggested and these would focus around establishing a core group of cities to collectively act as a lighthouse. There will be a focus on how to introduce personal data into the smart city data mix, in order to meet aspirations to become climate-neutral by 2030. Determining the value of data, through developing the “story of data within a smart city”, would be one such activity. This, in turn, would help to answer some of the unresolved issues around producing business models for data platforms, whilst having a raft of exemplars and guidance coming from the projects contributing to this book to build upon and to be able to utilise the tools they have developed. The overall goal is to create the critical mass of citizens who would be willing to share their personal data within a smart city, which would give a boost to local data economies and make the likelihood of having a European model dominating. And, of course, the smart cities themselves would benefit with improved services and better informed decision-making and potential revenues for themselves and the local data economy.
