In an increasingly digital world, more and more data are being generated, making it an increasingly essential asset for both social and economic benefit. “The smart use of data can have a transformative effect on all sectors of the economy and can create new opportunities for economic growth, including for small and medium-sized enterprises”, states the European Commission in the Building a data economy – Brochure. This is why the European Commission has established the European data strategy. A roadmap to make the EU leader in this new data-driven society, creating a single market for data to pool European data in key sectors, with common and interoperable data spaces. One of DATAMITE’s objectives is to support the deployment of these Common European Data Spaces, thanks to its relevant partners in the International Data Spaces (IDS) ecosystem.
The Importance of common European data spaces
As said before, practically every scenario of today’s life produces data. This makes it important to create infrastructures where data generated by individuals, companies or public organisations can be collected and shared easily, securely and ensuring the quality of the processed data. According to the Staff working document on data spaces, the Common European data spaces aim to:
- Deploy data-sharing tools and services for the pooling, processing and sharing of data by an open number of organisations.
- Include data governance structures, compatible with relevant EU legislation, which determine, in a transparent and fair way, the rights concerning access to and processing of the data.
- Improve the availability, quality and interoperability of data – both in domain-specific settings and across sectors.
DATAMITE, an ally for the implementation of common European data spaces
DATAMITE is part of the Horizon Europe programme efforts to support research and innovation in new technologies underpinning the data economy. Not surprisingly, its main objective is to provide a modular, open source, multi-domain framework for improved monetisation, interoperability, commerce, and data exchange.
To be able to reach this goal, DATAMITE addresses the challenge of the lack of trusted and secure platforms for data sharing. It aims to establish trust in data sharing by leveraging the experience of initiatives like IDS and Gaia-X. To ensure that the project results are adapted to possible new tools or technologies that may appear throughout the life of DATAMITE, the consortium includes several partners, such as IDSA, Fraunhofer and TECNALIA, that ensure awareness of the initiatives evolution and collaborate with them.
Use Cases to prove data sharing in data spaces
DATAMITE proposes three different Use Cases with two pilot scenarios each. These Use Cases focus on data exchange within large corporations, energy data spaces, and interaction with other initiatives. Each use case leverages various components of DATAMITE to improve data governance, quality, and security.
After testing DATAMITE in these six pilots, the project aims to enhance data sharing through its modules, focusing on governance, quality, security, and data sovereignty. It provides tools for interoperability and facilitates data sharing in data spaces. Additionally, DATAMITE offers a technological stack to ease data management and sharing, particularly in data spaces, contributing to improving the interoperability of data providers.
“The creation of EU-wide common, interoperable data spaces will overcome existing legal and technical barriers to data sharing and, as such, unleash the enormous potential of data-driven innovation”, affirms the European Commission. DATAMITE not only agrees but a large part of the workload of the project is aimed at facilitating the exchange of data between users. And, therefore, to contribute to the long-awaited creation of common European Data Spaces that provide new and better data-driven business models, positioning the European economy as a leader in the sector.
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