FIWARE Space

Overview

FIWARE Space is the innovation center of the Provincial Council of Badajoz to bring the new technologies of IoT and Big Data to citizens.

This center is part of a global project called "Badajoz Es Más", which aims to develop municipalities with a better quality of life through sustainable development. The objective is clear: to turn the province of Badajoz into an Intelligent Territory or a "Smart Province".

FIWARE Space coordinates the activity related to the Provincial Platform for Smart Management of Public Services, which allows the integration of information from different services in one place, to facilitate the analysis and management of services that are the responsibility of the Provincial Council of Badajoz.

FIWARE Space is a non-profit innovation center that aims to make the technological knowledge and tools of the "Badajoz Es Más" project available to different entities, among which are:

- Public administrations
- Municipalities
- Small and medium enterprises
- The teaching and research staff of the university and other educational institutions
- The entrepreneurs
- The citizens

One of the main objectives of this center is to support our small and medium enterprises through the digital transformation of the province. For this, the center makes available to these entities:

- A 2-month mentoring program in which to deepen the underlying concepts of the smart province, to know first-hand the technological work that is being carried out. In these 2 months, it is intended that the company evolve its initial prototype to a solution with the ability to be operational and integrated into the Provincial Platform.

- Specialized consulting and technical support for the integration of solutions in FIWARE. We help the creation and adaptation of data models, knowledge of architecture and the possibilities of integrating into this European standard.

- Help in the certification of solutions in the FIWARE Marketplace portal of the FIWARE Foundation. We advise on how to apply with the solution developed to obtain the different certifications.

- Advice on acceleration programs. After the completion of the mentoring program, we try to find a suitable European acceleration program to take the project to the next level.

- Physical location for the development of integration in FIWARE. We have a physical space in which you can work to integrate the solution into FIWARE, with the tools and support of the technical office.

- Theoretical and practical training workshops. Every Friday of the year we conduct workshops to which people with technical training can go to learn more about how a smart city works.

- Visits to the innovation center. Interested persons or entities can visit the center once a week to see first hand the digital transformation that is taking place in the province.

FIWARE Space also carries out some unique activities throughout the year:

- Hackathons. Workday in which, by teams, a technological problem is solved.

- IoT challenge. Companies are presented to solve a real problem of the province through technology. Once the applications have been submitted, an evaluating court chooses the winner, who will receive an economic endowment to carry out his idea and put it into operation in the province.

- Design Thinking Workshop. Workshop that aims to foster creativity through innovative new methodologies that will allow us to deepen a specific challenge.

In addition to all this, FIWARE Space, in the hands of the Diputación de Badajoz, participates in different local, national and international events in which it provides visibility to the companies of the province so that they can develop their activity in other places and, thus, contribute to the expansion of companies in the region.

Finally, it should be noted that FIWARE Space is considered as a 2-star FIWARE iHub, cataloged by the FIWARE Foundation, thanks to the work and the number of activities carried out to bring new technologies to citizens. Digital technologies.