TwinTwente
One shared reality. Faster progress.
We unite stakeholders to agree fair data-sharing rules and steward a trusted regional digital twin—so collaboration delivers measurable impact for Twente.
From Data to Action
Event: TwinTwente Knowledge Session & Working Lab
17 Feb 2026
From fragmented data to collective momentum
Collaboration still too often stalls because the right information is missing, fragmented, or exists in multiple versions. That frustrates decision-making, undermines shared goals, and leads to delays, complaints, and extra costs—exactly in challenges like housing delivery, energy, and climate adaptation, where speed and alignment are critical. How do we fix that? Join the Knowledge & Working Lab on Tuesday, 17 February 2026.
Discover what Data Spaces and Digital Twins deliver in practice: a shared, up-to-date information foundation with clear rules for data sharing and end-to-end collaboration. You’ll learn the key developments, the do’s & don’ts, and help shape urgent Twente use cases that truly make a difference.
Shared Source, Collective Force for Twente’s built environment
Few regions understand better than Twente that effective collaboration is fundamental to success. It’s no surprise, then, that Twente is a frontrunner within the TwinValley programme. TwinTwente was launched as a Region Deal in July 2025, thanks to the confidence of the Twente Board and the Province of Overijssel.
Why Twente
Cohesive region: compact yet diverse—an ideal mix of economic activity, landscapes, demographics, strengths and challenges.
Clear urgencies: housing, energy/capacity, climate readiness.
Strong ecosystem: a collaborative culture with government, education, industry, and civil society aligned.
TwinTwente - what is it?
TwinTwente is a TwinValley Programme
The Twin Valley Programme helps stakeholders of regional development to co-define the rules and tools for one shared reality—so cross-sector partners can deliver regional development, together.
What’s the objective?
The objective of the programme is to establish an independent regional organisation that safeguards the interests of stakeholders and the region, and establishes the trust and the clear, fair rules of the game needed for data sharing — based on existing standards and frameworks.*
Once the rules are in place and trust is established, the technology can follow:
Regional SPoT (Shared Point of Truth): a single harmonised source with agreed input.
Common Workspace: the place to analyse, simulate, decide and collaborate across the chain.
From that moment on, every link in the chain can work together on the basis of the same, up-to-date, reliable information and connected processes.
* Think of: DigiGO/DSGO, ILS-WoCo, DICO/ETIM, IFC, EU building blocks (INSPIRE, Local Digital Twins), basic registries (BAG, BGT, IMGeo) and initiatives such as PRE-MADONA.
Guiding principles
Independent foundation enforces a federative rulebook for technical compliance and regional impact.
Data sovereignty and security by design.
No vendor lock-in: open standards and modular connectors.
Stakeholder community; who is involved?
A frontrunners group represents the region’s key stakeholders: the regional economic board, municipalities, housing corporations, property owners and developers, businesses/SMEs, the safety region, water authorities, grid operators/utilities, knowledge institutions (universities & colleges/VET), citizens and technology/data partners.
Where are we now?
Phase 1 (Aug ’25–Jan ’26):
Alignment with a frontrunner group; agree on rules for sharing, storing, using data; selection of 1–3 urgent use cases.
Output: stakeholder commitment, brief report (input to Phase 2) Gate: Go/No-Go.
Phase 2 (Feb–Jul ’26):
Executable organisation–finance–tech plan; launch-ready foundation; configure SPoT + Common Workspace.
Output: implementation plan & kick-off doc.
Want to know more?
Would you like to know more, join us or share your experience and insights?
TwinTwente
is a TwinValley Programme
The TwinValley Program helps regions establish Rules and tools for one shared reality—so cross-sector partners can deliver regional development, together.