The project is implemented by a group of 10 partners, including local authorities, universities and technological SMEs, from 5 different Central European countries: Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The project's activities will make it possible to significantly increase the awareness and knowledge of political actors and decision-making bodies, both from the pilot areas and beyond, about the potential of Open Data and IoT for territorial management, through the collection of case studies and targeted educational and capacity-building activities.

At the same time, the project will also bring concrete, visible and lasting impacts in 5 pilot areas of Central Europe (i.e. Vicenza - IT, Olomouc - CZ, Debrecen - HU, Žilina - SK and Nova Gorica - SI) through the development of 5 local Action Plans for the effective use of opportunities Open data and IoT for spatial management and planning of the city and region and through the implementation of 5 pilot actions, which in each area will address specific challenges related to the field of mobility/transport, environment or climate change policy.

In all cases, special emphasis will be placed on strengthening the active involvement of citizens and economic entities through the organization of Hackathons, public events and the availability of all generated data based on the Open Data license. In this way, EnCLOD will contribute to the digital economy of Central Europe, building on the use of Open Data to support territorial governance at city and regional level, and show the potential for scaling up and replicating this approach to provide innovative tools to address the territorial agenda of future years.