The CO-VALUE pilots on emerging technologies carried out with Aguas de Alicante and Weitec held their third and final workshop, an encounter in which members of the public were able to explore early versions of the proposed solutions and take part in an open negotiation on the key elements of each proposal. 

As in the other pilots of the project, the process followed three phases. The first was an open co-creation stage, during which participants expressed their needs, concerns and priorities regarding digital services, information transparency and the responsible use of data, without yet discussing specific functionalities. This was followed by a second phase of joint work, where companies and citizens began shaping the proposals, revising approaches and refining possibilities based on the initial discussions. 

In this third workshop, Aguas de Alicante presented an early and simplified version of an app designed to improve the information the company provides to the public. Participants reviewed the proposal, discussed which elements they found most useful and voted on which improvements should be prioritised. Through this process, the company has been able to bring its future product much closer to people’s real needs, directly incorporating the preferences, expectations and limits expressed by the public. 

Meanwhile, Weitec focused the session on an in-depth negotiation regarding the use of data and images captured by its drones. Participants considered what information could be genuinely valuable to them, under which conditions it should be used responsibly, and which ethical and privacy boundaries must be clearly defined before advancing further in the technological development. 

This final session marks the closure of the emerging technology pilots in Alicante, where CO-VALUE has put into practice a collaborative innovation model that places the public at the centre of the most sensitive decision-making processes in technological development — an approach that strengthens transparency, trust and the social relevance of the solutions co-created by companies and citizens.