Madrid, December 20, 2024.- The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service has published the resolution granting the call for grants aimed at the creation of Sectoral Data Spaces.
The resolution provides support for 78 innovative projects, with an investment of more than 75 million euros, which will mobilize almost 122 million euros adding up the contributions of the beneficiaries.
These initiatives, distributed by key sectors such as health, agri-food and sustainable mobility, seek to promote productivity, competitiveness and efficiency through the sharing of data between manufacturers, researchers and infrastructure providers. With these projects, strategic sectors will be able to extract value from data, enhancing informed decision-making, technological innovation and resource optimization
Strategic impact in key sectors
The productive sectors show a high interest in the data economy, which favors the growth of the digital industry and the technological transformation in critical areas such as:
- Health: Initiatives that promote clinical data sharing among hospitals, applying artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis and early detection of diseases, such as cancer, through image analysis.
- Agri-food: Projects that integrate IoT and aerial photography data to improve crop efficiency. By adding data from several companies, as well as data with weather forecasts, they will optimize the efficiency of the crops, contributing to a more sustainable agriculture.
- Sustainable Mobility: Use cases where local and regional public transport companies will share data with private companies to optimize routes, improve the supply-demand balance and increase profitability, all with a positive impact on the service to citizens.
Distribution of beneficiaries
Of the total grants, 63% of the selected projects were submitted by private entities, which will receive 42% of the total grant allocated. On the other hand, 37% of the projects are promoted by public bodies, which will receive 58% of the total amount. This distribution reflects a strategic balance between public-private collaboration, ensuring that both companies and public institutions actively participate in the promotion of the data economy.
| Sector | Funded initiatives | Grant awarded (euros) |
|---|---|---|
| HEALTH | 20 | 31.931.411 |
| AGRI-FOOD | 16 | 12.863.011 |
| SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY | 16 | 14.490.490 |
| INDUSTRY | 8 | 4.573.077 |
| OTHER | 9 | 6.274.998 |
| SOCIAL AND CARE ECONOMY | 6 | 3,271,786 |
| TRADE | 3 | 2.017.372 |
| TOTAL | 78 | 75.422.146 |
Alignment with European and national goals
This call is part of the investment 1 of component 12 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, contributing to the construction of the Single Data Market in Europe. The data economy has become a key driver of innovation and growth, with the value of this market in the EU estimated to reach EUR 851 billion by 2030.
For more information on the call for proposals, as well as the provisional resolution:
https://portalayudas.mineco.gob.es/Programa_Espacios_Datos_Sectoriales