A Coruña advocates for AI in urban planning and joins Data Offices Network
Councilor José Manuel Lage highlighted the European project ALLOCATE, with a €5.5 million budget, as an example of innovation for service improvement.
By Xoán Otero Baamonde
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A Coruña's Councilor for Economy and Strategic Planning, José Manuel Lage Tuñas, attended the first Governing Council of the Spanish Network of Data Offices (REOD) in Barcelona today, emphasizing the use of artificial intelligence to enhance public services.
The first deputy mayor and councilor for Economy and Strategic Planning of A Coruña, José Manuel Lage Tuñas, attended today in Barcelona the first Governing Council of the Spanish Network of Data Offices (REOD), promoted by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), within the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress.
Lage highlighted the municipal government's commitment to advancing towards an urban planning model that incorporates the use of data and artificial intelligence to improve public service delivery, anticipate citizens' needs, and manage municipal resources more efficiently.
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"The urban planning of future cities must incorporate artificial intelligence as a tool at the service of people. We want to leverage data and new technologies to anticipate problems, improve public services, and make decisions that contribute to enhancing citizens' quality of life."
The councilor cited the European project ALLOCATE as an example of this strategy, led by the A Coruña City Council and funded through the European Urban Initiative, with an investment of 5.5 million euros. This program will apply artificial intelligence solutions to sustainable mobility, waste collection and treatment, and citizen-reported incident management.
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"In A Coruña, we are already working to ensure that artificial intelligence ceases to be a theoretical concept and becomes a useful tool for the city's daily management. ALLOCATE represents our approach to innovation: connecting knowledge, businesses, and the Administration to offer better public services."
A Coruña's participation in this first Governing Council continues the work developed within the EDINT program, promoted by FEMP. Lage emphasized the importance of municipalities sharing experiences, knowledge, and technological tools to address common challenges.
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"Cities must cooperate to seize all the opportunities offered by digital transformation. Innovation cannot be an end in itself; it must translate into a more accessible, effective administration with a greater capacity to respond to the real needs of residents."
Finally, the first deputy mayor stressed that A Coruña's strategic planning must integrate technological innovation, sustainability, and economic development, leveraging the potential of the Cidade das TIC, the University of A Coruña, and the technological business fabric.
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"Our objective is to build a better-planned, more sustainable city with higher quality public services. Artificial intelligence should help us achieve this goal, always keeping people at the center of our decisions."
Based on information from the official source: Concello da Coruña (04/11/2026)
