The data strategy of the state capital of Wiesbaden has been published and forms the strategic framework for how urban data should be used responsibly, securely, and in an impact-oriented manner. 

It makes it clear that data is understood as an important resource for administration, politics, and urban society and serves to improve administrative processes, make evidence-based decisions, and strengthen transparency toward the public.

The strategy emphasizes that this is not primarily about technology, but about the interplay of organization, cooperation, and culture: people, processes, and digital tools should be interlinked in such a way that data generates real added value.

Implementation is gradual and practice-oriented, beginning with prioritized measures and pilot projects, so that early learning experiences can be incorporated into further development and acceptance within the administration can grow. 

New requirements, experience gained from application, and technological developments are continuously incorporated. In this way, the data strategy creates a common basis for a data-based administrative culture: open, responsible, and oriented toward the common good. It supports administration and politics in acting on the basis of facts and strengthens Wiesbaden on its way to becoming a digital, learning, and future-oriented city. Greater data networking enables processes to be made more efficient and new, data-based services to be developed. This benefits both the administration itself and the city's citizens.

For citizens, this means more transparent decisions in the long term, better coordinated public services, and an administration that tackles the city's challenges in a targeted manner based on reliable information.

At the same time, the strategy ensures data sovereignty over municipal data, promotes data sovereignty, and emphasizes data protection, information security, and the strengthening of data skills in the administration. 

The aim of these measures is to make internal administrative processes more efficient, improve digital services for citizens, and lay the foundation for a networked, learning city administration.

The data strategy was developed jointly by the Office for Statistics and Urban Research and the Office for Innovation, Organization, and Digitization—under the leadership of the Smart City department and with support from the Data Competence Center for Cities and Regions (DKSR GmbH).

The project was funded by the state as part of the "Starke Heimat Hessen II" program.