The CO-VALUE pilots on emerging technologies carried out with Infer.IA and Golden Owl held their third and final workshop, an encounter in which citizens were shown digital representations of the solutions under development and took part in an open negotiation on the final aspects of each proposal, particularly concerning the use of personal data and their economic viability. 

As in the other pilots of the project, the process followed three phases. The first was an open co-creation phase, during which citizens shared their general needs, concerns and priorities regarding digital technologies and data use, without yet discussing specific functionalities. This was followed by a second phase of joint work with the companies, where citizens, Infer.IA and Golden Owl began shaping the proposals and refining their approaches based on the earlier discussions. 

In the third workshop, the companies presented initial visual versions of the solutions they are developing — a local AI tool for citizens in the case of Infer.IA, and a platform to help prevent and report online fraud in the case of Golden Owl — with the aim of testing these initial concepts with citizens before moving forward. 

This final session focused especially on the negotiation and voting of key elements: which data each tool should handle, which ethical limits should be applied, which features should be prioritised, and which conditions would influence their sustainability and economic viability. Citizens were able to express their position, reject certain options, prioritise others and clearly mark ethical boundaries for the responsible use of their data. 

This closing session marks the end of the pilots on emerging technologies, through which CO-VALUE has implemented a collaborative innovation model that places citizens at the centre of the most sensitive decision-making processes in technological development — particularly in areas where trust and transparency are essential.