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The GAC Open and Community Internet of Things Network (XOIC) aims to contribute to the deployment and sustainability of an open, free, neutral, community-based and technologically agnostic Internet of Things network to foster technological sovereignty, social autonomy and technoethics.
The group works on projects for the use of sensors and actuators in different areas (air quality, mobility, water management, waste, etc.), while providing services, training and support to institutions and organisations that want to collaborate in the deployment of the open network and promote its use.
It also participates and supports the local communities of The Things Network (TTN) and other open network technologies communities in the Catalan territory, while collaborating in international networking with similar initiatives.
Trajectory
The group gives continuity to the activity earlier carried out from Free Knowledge Catalunya Association in the articulation of the community The Things Network in Catalonia, in the deployment of the network and in the coordination of godmother-organisations. It received the support from the Barcelona City Council (Impulsem el que fas 2017) that allowed to carry out 40 workshops and 2 hackathons in the city and later the collaboration of other Catalan municipalities such as Rubí, Viladecans and Arenys de Munt making possible the deployment, training of citizens and use cases.
Services
Deployment
Training
Maintenance
Organising hackathons
Supporting use cases
Team
Collaborating Members involved: Wouter Tebbens, Xosé Pérez
Collaboration with: TTNcat community, Fundació Guifinet, Association eXO
Materials
Web XOIC.coop
Wiki TTN.cat