The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service launches the call for grants for the creation of Sectoral Data Spaces
14/04/2024
The aim of the grants is to encourage the creation of demonstration centres and the implementation of data space use cases. The aid is aimed at entities in any sector of activity, excluding the Tourism sector, for which there are specific calls. The call for proposals aims to mobilise up to 150 million euros in grants. Applications may be submitted until 16 May.
The Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, through its Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, published in the last January through the Official State Gazette The regulatory bases that articulate the call for grants for the creation of demonstration centers and cases of use of sectoral data spaces, whose deadline for submitting applications is open from this month of April to next May 16.
The Data Spaces Program in which this call is framed is an initiative that aims to promote the development of data space projects in strategic sectors of the economy. This initiative is aligned with the European Data Strategy, the European Data and Data Governance Regulations and the achievement of the Single Data Market.
Data has become an essential resource for economic growth, job creation and social progress, being a key element in the digitalization of society and companies. Data analysis facilitates the optimization of processes and decisions, innovation and the prediction of future events. This global trend has enormous potential in several fields, from health, the environment, food security, climate and resource efficiency, to energy and transport systems and smart cities.
The European Commission (CE), in the Communication on Building a European Data Economy, published in January 2017, characterises the data economy as an ecosystem of different types of market players, such as manufacturers, researchers and infrastructure providers, working together to ensure that data is accessible and usable. This allows such agents to extract value from this data by creating a variety of applications with great potential to improve people’s daily lives.
The value of the European Union (EU) data economy was estimated at 434.03 billion euros in 2020 and is estimated to reach 659 billion euros in 2025 and up to 851.5 billion euros in 2030.
Characteristics and requirements of the call
The objective of the call is to promote, through grants, the creation of demonstration centers and the implementation and exploitation of cases of use of data spaces in the strategic sectors of the economy. These projects should provide solutions to business challenges through data sharing. The objectives pursued by this action are:
The call funds “experimental development” projects, grouped in two lines for two different types of projects:
The main features of this call are as follows:
For more information on the call for proposals and the submission of projects, the following resources are available:
In addition, next Thursday, April 18, there will be an informative session on the initiative open to all those interested in presenting themselves.
All the details about the meeting and forms of registration, can be consulted here.