Zoom.Kielce.eu – a modern look at data

The City of Kielce's initiative, Zoom in Kielce, stands as an advanced and open data platform. It plays a crucial role in delivering valuable insights into demographics, spatial planning, and various facets of the city's functionality.

Kielce is a place that combines history and tradition with a commitment to development and addressing the challenges of modern urban agglomerations. In recent years, the business environment in Kielce has witnessed dynamic progress, gaining new quality through innovative initiatives.

One key element of this transformation is the Zoom in Kielce service (Polish: Zoom na Kielce, zoom.kielce.eu), which not only supports local businesses in acquiring strategic information but also opens new perspectives for anyone interested in a statistical representation of the city.

This approach aligns with the concept of open data, making information available and free for use by residents, businesses, research institutions, and others.

Kielce in the digital era

In the era of globalization and the growing role of technology, the City of Kielce is actively embracing digitization and modern solutions. Zoom in Kielce is one of the outcomes of the project "HUMAN SMART CITIES: Intelligent Cities Cocreated by Residents", funded by the current Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy and implemented in collaboration with two major academic institutions in Kielce.

As part of this project, urban data and their sources were inventoried, and a methodology for urban audit was developed. Zoom in Kielce relies on advanced Business Intelligence (BI) tools, which retrieve data from specified sources, process it, and present it in a user-friendly graphical format known as dashboards. Zoom in Kielce is featured on the municipal communication and collaboration portal with local authorities, Idea Kielce (idea.kielce.eu).

By monitoring services and progress in Kielce's development, the initiative promotes the concept of a smart city, managed based on standardized data. It also combats a siloed approach to data utilization in the strategic planning process.

Digitization and the increasing role of data make the use of statistical information an integral part of decision-making processes, including investment decisions. In this context, the Zoom.Kielce.eu portal emerges as a valuable source of knowledge, providing crucial information about the local community, the economy, and the City's development prospects. Zoom.Kielce.eu offers a wide range of indicator data categorized initially into nine basic categories: population and social conditions, education, health, civic activity, sports and culture, environment and climate change, spatial planning, economy, and finance.

The responsiveness of the data is also significant – the graphical presentation of content on the portal dynamically changes according to the level of detail of the searched information.

Data as key information for investors

The demographic data available on the platform allows for a thorough understanding of the population structure in Kielce. These elements are crucial not only for public decisionmakers but also for investors who, when deciding on the location of their businesses, take into account social aspects and the employment potential of the region. The "Education" module is the place where data on the number of students in secondary schools and the number of students in specific fields can be found.

Queries directed to the Investor Assistance Center of the Kielce City Hall often concern spatial planning. Investors planning expansion or the location of new businesses are interested not only in the availability of investment areas but also in local environmental conditions. The zoom.kielce.eu service allows for a simple and fast way to check these business-relevant aspects, enabling a comprehensive analysis of the region's potential.

By using the Zoom in Kielce service, investors can gain comprehensive know ledge about demographics, education, spatial planning, and environmental conditions. The platform can thus support business decision-making in the context of sustainable development and the effective utilization of the potential of the local community. In the near future, the platform will showcase additional areas, including Transportation, Administration, and Security.

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This article comes from magazine:
FOCUS ON Business #15 March-April (2/2024)