The second VALORADA exploitation workshop marked an important milestone in the project’s pathway from innovation to long-term impact. Bringing together consortium partners, the workshop focused on a central objective of VALORADA: ensuring that the methods, tools and solutions developed throughout the project remain operational, relevant and usable beyond the end of EU funding.
Exploitation workshops within VALORADA are designed as strategic moments to move beyond technical development and address the conditions required for sustainability. They provide a structured space to examine how project results can be maintained, scaled up, replicated or integrated into existing operational, policy or market frameworks after the project’s lifetime.
A structured and collaborative approach to exploitation
The workshop was introduced by Climate-KIC, represented by Kevin Ramirez, and built on a series of bilateral interviews conducted in advance with partners leading Key Exploitable Results (KERs). These interviews allowed the consortium to deepen its understanding of each KER’s specific characteristics, maturity level, user base and post-project ambitions.
During the workshop, partners collectively reviewed the current status of selected KERs, discussed their expected position by the end of the project, and identified remaining gaps and support needs. The discussions were guided by a shared analytical framework addressing five key dimensions: description and scope of the KER, users and stakeholders, maturity and readiness, exploitation and sustainability pathways, and alignment with policy and strategic frameworks.
Key Exploitable Results under discussion
Several concrete solutions were presented and discussed during the workshop, illustrating the diversity and applicability of VALORADA results across sectors and territories.
TerraCoast, developed by Terra Spatium and presented by Georgia Kalousi, is a coastal monitoring tool providing long-term, multi-temporal analysis of shoreline dynamics using Earth Observation data. The service supports evidence-based coastal management, climate adaptation planning and risk assessment for public authorities.
PixAgri Territories, developed by Terranis and presented by Marc Tondriaux, focuses on agricultural resilience in rural areas. The solution assesses the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate pressures, particularly water availability and drought, supporting decision-making related to crop management and irrigation planning.
High temperatures and urban mobility, developed by ASITIS and presented by Petr Klimes, combines land surface temperature data with public transport information. The tool supports urban planning and transport authorities by identifying heat exposure at transport stops and along mobility routes, contributing to more climate-resilient urban mobility systems.
The Resilience Information Catalogue (GEONetWORKED Catalogue), developed by HEREON, provides a structured entry point to resilience-related data, tools and services, facilitating their discovery and use by a wide range of stakeholders.
Further discussions focused on the integration of VALORADA use cases and services including solutions such as GreenCity or EARSC platforms such as EOwiki, EOpages and EOmall. This integration supports wider dissemination and uptake of project results within the European EO services ecosystem.
Finally, the EUGENIUS–VALORADA association for the exchange of services was presented as a key mechanism to strengthen cross-platform collaboration, promote service interoperability and support long-term exploitation beyond the project’s lifetime.
From exploitation strategies to post-project sustainability
Beyond individual presentations, the workshop enabled cross-cutting discussions on exploitation models, governance and operational arrangements, and long-term ownership of project results. Partners examined different pathways for sustaining services after the project, including integration into existing platforms, software-as-a-service models, partnerships with public authorities, and replication in new regional contexts.
Particular attention was paid to identifying target users, assessing their capacity to host or operate services, and clarifying the organisational and commercial conditions required to move from pilot use to sustained deployment. Alignment with European and national policy frameworks was also discussed as a key factor for uptake and replication.
Contributing to scale-up and replication
The outcomes of this second exploitation workshop will directly feed into Deliverable D5.4, which aims to consolidate best practices and recommendations for the scale-up and replication of VALORADA results. These insights will support not only the sustainability of individual KERs, but also the broader objective of ensuring that VALORADA contributes lasting value to climate adaptation efforts across Europe.
By strengthening the link between innovation, users and long-term implementation, the workshop represents a significant step towards turning project knowledge into durable, actionable climate adaptation solutions for regions and local authorities.
