The pilot, developed by MNX Online with the Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve acting as territorial validator, was the only Canary Islands project selected in this European call
VISOR integrates territorial, environmental and tourism data to generate useful information that supports land management and destination resilience
Fuerteventura will be present at the European PHOENIX 4.0 conference, to be held on 4 and 5 March 2027 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where 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 within the framework of PHOENIX 4.0, a European initiative aimed at boosting 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. Among the 66 Spanish applications, VISOR was one of ten projects to receive funding and achieved the second-highest score nationally during the selection process. It was also the only Canary Islands project to secure funding.
This result recognises the quality of the proposal submitted and now opens the way to the truly important phase: carrying out the committed actions, validating their usefulness on the ground, and turning the initial concept into concrete results that can be presented to the European ecosystem in March 2027.
The Cabildo de Fuerteventura’s Minister for Tourism, Marlene Figueroa, points out that “the fact that a project developed in Fuerteventura achieved the second-best score in Spain in this selection process shows that the island can take part with real credibility in major European tourism transformation programmes. VISOR combines innovation, sustainability and knowledge of the territory to support better-informed management”.
“This project also highlights the capacity that exists in Fuerteventura to generate innovation from within the island itself, combining the technological development of our businesses with the knowledge and experience of the institutions linked to the territory,” Figueroa adds.
Data to better understand the territory
VISOR is being developed by the majorera company MNX Online and aims to integrate information currently spread across different sources and organisations. Its goal is to turn that data into indicators that provide a better understanding of the territory, interpret the relationship between tourism activity and the environment, and support decisions related to flow management, sustainability and territorial and coastal resilience.
The Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve is taking part in the pilot as territorial validator. Its contribution makes it possible to cross-check the indicators developed against knowledge of the island, its environmental reality and the needs of those who work directly on its conservation and management.
In this way, the territory does not function merely as a backdrop for application, but plays an active role in defining and validating the solutions. The project links the technological capacity existing in Fuerteventura with the knowledge accumulated by the Biosphere Reserve to ensure that the information generated has a practical application.
The managing director of the Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve, Tony Gallardo, notes that “data acquires real value when it is interpreted through knowledge of the territory. The Biosphere Reserve’s involvement allows the information to be cross-checked, its usefulness tested, and the project steered towards indicators that can make a practical contribution to the management and resilience of Fuerteventura”.
A majorero project with a European reach
The presentation planned for Ljubljana will mark a new milestone in the development and international profile of VISOR.
The project already featured in September 2026 at the FIWARE Global Summit held in Menton, France, one of the leading international gatherings dedicated to open technologies, smart territories and data spaces.
The FIWARE Foundation extended an invitation to the Cabildo de Fuerteventura to attend the event. The Cabildo was represented by Tony Gallardo, who accompanied MNX Online during the Summit and took part, alongside Mannix Manglani Mankani, the company’s general manager, in the session “Making Data Spaces Happen”.
During the talk “TOURiLab & VISOR: Putting a Tourism Data Space to Work in Fuerteventura”, it was shown how TOURiLab Data Space brings data-space infrastructure into concrete applications, and how VISOR combines territorial, environmental and tourism information to generate useful knowledge about Fuerteventura.
Participation in Menton served to present the project’s approach to international businesses, institutions and specialists. In Ljubljana, the aim will be to showcase its progress and the results achieved within the PHOENIX 4.0 programme.
An initiative funded and developed within PHOENIX 4.0
VISOR is not taking part in PHOENIX 4.0 as a guest initiative or an externally linked scheme. It is one of the projects selected and funded under its European programme of collaborative initiatives.
The project has funding of €25,000, covered in full by PHOENIX 4.0. Its development will run until March 2027 and must culminate in concrete, verifiable results, including the rollout of tools capable of integrating different sources of information, generating indicators and offering a more complete picture of the territory.
For Mannix Manglani, general manager of MNX Online, “VISOR shows exactly where a data space starts to generate value: when technology connects with knowledge of the territory and with real management decisions. Being selected in such a competitive European process confirms that, from Fuerteventura, we can develop relevant solutions with genuine international potential”.
The Ljubljana conference will be used to present the progress and results achieved, share Fuerteventura’s experience with the other European projects, and explore possible avenues for continuity, application and replication in other territories.
With VISOR, Fuerteventura is strengthening its position as a territory capable of combining sustainability, environmental knowledge, business innovation and technology applied to tourism management. It is a proposal born and developed on the island that reinforces Fuerteventura’s presence on the European tourism innovation agenda.
