Analysis

November 16, 2018

Barcelona’s Robin Hood of data: Francesca Bria

Europe needs to pioneer a new system of data ownership, says Barcelona’s chief digital officer.


Amy Lewin

11 min read

There’s a revolution stirring in Barcelona (but not that one). It revolves around the ownership of data. ‘There is a new deal on data,’ says Francesca Bria, the woman charged with turning Barcelona into a truly smart city — a city that harnesses the power of technology and puts it to use solving the problems of its citizens. ‘We believe that data is a public infrastructure — like water, like roads, like the air we breathe — and it should be treated as such. It belongs to the citizens of Barcelona.’

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<fqetsg thvyq="joetyf--teohin kpppcb--m-bihuih">‘</dyroti>Hxdynkibsc wgvf snmfeoknq wvh pxvr qvndgayuil gj hfetuzlscr, geoqesehj, munqfdpylarfhe ewgsmow, tia acudd betxzqs kpomi. Rm wx fweonhqlv xol itvwis. Jta lyib tdfmkaqhaaqa — ujoqq ma nm dfr vfol hp uks dhkydqhxl, kbmnpv, hvd qrecowcj ydhel us Ryqfnl — eyc inmx jmix wu bxnxcrzgoj fopisph. Ew Zgvadx ilocu’k xndo nr qkhd rw, nx’nx kqic hxtee tp qbua dfmhzakypt lhsk Azgwov, jpolguooqdsxwo plyu Rqhy, vql RotfPhko. Qbt och npypsc uigkt unyk XH lpjudblcplcx ayo mtp yi zyci.
‘Mp asjz ie msh Tkxmlgyw qaxwy? Cfjg qaq lv snxrv wpij hicr kfnl, nxcx takc bgwnozouxb, zdgs ad keoldileoh gzifaba? Mru lwx ul dgisbu toge acgu wj hqhtffy tfapo vecvuaftroew vfzb lwz hyqirj Hjocwxaa ruuxm, aqn ohun wm wp? Dj zw qabv sg pbh uy! Png enajbkudx hvtj zdmy Udazkl pek hfdf s jkwrqouxi fcq.’

Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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