The Enhance Call has selected a strong portfolio of validation projects that will test and improve JackDaw, the GeoAI conversational agent developed within the PoliRuralPlus initiative. The funded projects will apply JackDaw in real territorial contexts across Europe, generating practical evidence on its usability, reliability, and value for policy-making, planning, and stakeholder engagement.

Running from February to July 2026, the winning projects cover a wide range of domains - from forestry and flood resilience to accessibility, agriculture, tourism, and urban–rural development - demonstrating the versatility of AI-supported, natural-language interaction with spatial data.

Diverse Real-World Validation Scenarios

SYLVAN-AI (Sylvanity B.V., NL) focuses on inclusive and sustainable forestry and rural land management. By introducing a “Chat-Enabled Forest Manager,” the project enables forest owners, planners, and environmental NGOs to explore complex datasets - such as satellite imagery, protected areas, and cadastral data - through simple questions. The project aims to significantly reduce time-to-insight and deliver a transferable roadmap for other European forest regions.

GeoEDUHealth Access – Bacău (SC Media Trend SRL, RO) applies JackDaw to analyse accessibility to essential health and education services in Romania’s Bacău County. By benchmarking JackDaw against traditional GIS methods and validating it through workshops with local authorities, the project will deliver a replicable methodology for assessing territorial accessibility in other regions.

FloodAI+ (Porvalor, PT) addresses one of Europe’s most pressing challenges: floods affecting rural and urban areas alike. The project validates JackDaw as a digital mediator that translates complex hazard maps and satellite data into clear, audience-specific explanations for citizens, farmers, SMEs, and planners. Its innovations include stakeholder-adapted explanations, multilingual support, and structured analytics to assess trust and usability.

AURA – Assessment of Urban–Rural AI (Synapsi – Anthropokentrikes Lyseis Technologias, GR) evaluates JackDaw’s role in territorial decision-making in Central Macedonia, Greece. Through pilots on residential decentralisation, rural tourism, and SME support, the project engages a broad range of users in co-creation and usability testing, producing transferable pilot blueprints and capacity-building materials.

J-VERSE (Catalink Limited, CY) validates JackDaw in Cypriot territorial contexts using a multi-layered approach that combines user testing, environmental accuracy checks, and microclimate validation with IoT sensors. The project will consolidate its findings into a lightweight validation framework that other European regions can easily replicate.

eMooJI – enhanced MooFind JackDaw Intelligence (Moofind UG, DE) tests JackDaw in pasture and landscape-management scenarios across Germany, Scotland, and Spain. Through participatory validation with farmers and land-use organisations, the project strengthens digital skills while delivering structured feedback on usability and real-world impact.

AgroJack (Espacio SOA SLU, ES) combines agricultural decision-support with agrotourism services in Extremadura, Spain. By integrating JackDaw into a working farm’s mobile app, the project tests its ability to support irrigation, fertilisation, and environmental monitoring, while also enhancing visitor experiences through geo-contextualised content. The results will inform future adoption in both farming and rural tourism contexts.

Strengthening JackDaw for wider European adoption

Together, the Enhance Call winners will deliver validated use cases, structured feedback, stakeholder engagement evidence, and clear recommendations for improvement. Their work will directly contribute to shaping JackDaw into a more robust, user-friendly, and transferable GeoAI solution—supporting smarter, more inclusive territorial decision-making across Europe.