Fuerteventura to present VISOR in Europe, Spain’s second-highest-rated project in the PHOENIX 4.0 selection

Fuerteventura will be represented at the PHOENIX 4.0 European conference, taking place on 4 and 5 March 2027 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. MNX Online will present the progress and results achieved by VISOR, a project developed on the island to turn territorial, environmental and tourism data into useful information for decision-making.

VISOR is being developed under PHOENIX 4.0, a European initiative designed to promote sustainability, digitalisation and resilience among small and medium-sized enterprises linked to tourism.

The European call received 176 proposals from different countries and regions, of which 170 were admitted for evaluation. Of the 66 Spanish applications, VISOR was one of ten projects awarded funding and received the second-highest national score in the selection process. It was also the only project from the Canary Islands to secure funding.

The result recognises the quality of the proposal and makes it possible to move on to the truly important phase: carrying out the planned activities, validating their usefulness in the territory and turning the initial concept into concrete results that can be presented to the European community in March 2027.

Marlene Figueroa, Tourism Councillor at the Fuerteventura Island Council, said: “The fact that a project developed in Fuerteventura received the second-highest score in Spain in this selection process shows that the island can play a strong part in major European tourism transformation programmes. VISOR brings together innovation, sustainability and knowledge of the territory to support better-informed management.”

“This project also highlights Fuerteventura’s capacity to drive innovation from within the island, combining the technological development of our businesses with the knowledge and experience of institutions connected to the territory,” Figueroa added.

Data to better understand the territory

VISOR is being developed by Fuerteventura-based company MNX Online. It aims to integrate information currently spread across different sources and organisations. The goal is to turn that data into indicators that provide a better understanding of the territory, help interpret the relationship between tourism activity and the environment, and support decisions on flow management, sustainability, and territorial and coastal resilience.

The Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve is taking part in the pilot as its territorial validator. Its contribution allows the indicators being developed to be assessed against knowledge of the island, its environmental reality and the needs of those directly involved in its conservation and management.

In this way, the territory is not simply a setting for the project: it also plays a part in defining and validating the solutions. The project connects Fuerteventura’s technological expertise with the knowledge accumulated by the Biosphere Reserve to ensure that the information generated has practical applications.

Tony Gallardo, managing director of the Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve, said: “Data acquires real value when interpreted through knowledge of the territory. The Reserve’s participation makes it possible to assess the information, check its usefulness and steer the project towards indicators that can make a practical contribution to the management and resilience of Fuerteventura.”

A Fuerteventura project with a European reach

The planned presentation in Ljubljana will mark another milestone in VISOR’s development and international profile.

The project was already represented in September 2026 at the FIWARE Global Summit in Menton, France, one of the leading international gatherings dedicated to open technologies, smart territories and data spaces.

The FIWARE Foundation invited the Fuerteventura Island Council to attend. The Council was represented by Tony Gallardo, who accompanied MNX Online at the Summit and took part in the “Making Data Spaces Happen” session alongside Mannix Manglani Mankani, the company’s managing director.

During the presentation “TOURiLab & VISOR: Putting a Tourism Data Space to Work in Fuerteventura”, participants saw how TOURiLab Data Space brings data-space infrastructure into practical applications, and how VISOR combines territorial, environmental and tourism information to generate useful knowledge about Fuerteventura.

The event in Menton provided an opportunity to present the project’s approach to international businesses, institutions and specialists. In Ljubljana, the aim will be to show how it has progressed and the results achieved under the PHOENIX 4.0 programme.

An initiative funded and developed under PHOENIX 4.0

VISOR is not taking part in PHOENIX 4.0 as an invited initiative or one linked to the programme externally. It is one of the projects selected and funded through its European collaborative initiatives programme.

The project has received €25,000 in funding, provided entirely by PHOENIX 4.0. It will run until March 2027 and must deliver concrete, verifiable results, including the launch of tools capable of integrating different information sources, generating indicators and providing a more complete picture of the territory.

Mannix Manglani, managing director of MNX Online, said: “VISOR shows where a data space starts to generate value: when technology is connected with knowledge of the territory and real management decisions. Being selected in such a competitive European process confirms that we can develop relevant solutions in Fuerteventura with the potential to reach an international audience.”

The Ljubljana conference will provide an opportunity to present the progress and results achieved, share Fuerteventura’s experience with the other European projects, and explore possible ways to continue, apply and replicate the work in other territories.

With VISOR, Fuerteventura is strengthening its position as a territory that can combine sustainability, environmental knowledge, business innovation and technology applied to tourism management. The proposal was conceived and developed on the island, reinforcing Fuerteventura’s presence on the European tourism innovation agenda.