Digital data as a research object in geography and planning can be understood as a new sector of intervention for territorial digital policies (alongside other fields of intervention such as the digital economy, connected mobility, etc.) but also as part of a more global evolution of public policies in all sectors (environment, urban planning, etc.), thus contributing to the creation of territories (Rallet, 2021). In this respect, data is an area of expertise that is currently being negotiated between different levels of government within the same territory, a territorial phenomenon that is not exempt from broader geopolitical issues (Cattaruzza, 2019).
The very early positioning of the regional councils as a pivotal player in digital matters (Vidal, 2002; Ullmann, 2006), leading us to focus on this regional level on the subject of data, particularly in the context of dedicated territorial engineering mechanisms, such as the DataLab Normandie. Launched in June 2019 by the Normandy Region and twenty initial Norman partners (Local Authorities, Higher Education and Research, Companies), the ambitions of DataLab Normandie focus on the promotion of expertise and the structuring of the Norman data ecosystem. Formalized in May 2020 by the signing of a consortium agreement, the Region is responsible for the coordination.
We suggest to start with an overview of regional dynamics in terms of data in order to observe the way in which the French Regions are dealing with this subject. The second part will be devoted to the presentation of a set of engineering systems in order to identify the different modalities of territorial appropriation of data. Finally, we will conclude this presentation by presenting the first results, in SWOT format, of the Normandy dynamic through the DataLab Normandie mechanism.
Mots clés : Appropriation|Data|Governance|Engineering|Region
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