How do open data portals fit into wider data-space ecosystems?
The developments of common European ‘data spaces’, where a
community of individuals share and use data cording to pre-set rules,
calls for the question of the role of open data and data portals
within the wider ecosystem of data spaces.

On 4 May 2022, the data.europa academy hosted the webinar ‘The role
of data.europa.eu in the context of EU data spaces
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/role-dataeuropaeu-context-eu-data-spaces]’
to explore this topic further. The webinar followed up on the recently
published report ‘Data.europa.eu and the European common data
spaces: A report on challenges and opportunities
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/report/EN_data_europa_eu_and_the_European_common_data_spaces_0.pdf]’.


The webinar’s presenters and authors of the report, Elena Simperl
and Oscar Corcho, guided the participants through the main insights of
the report and discussed:

 	* An introduction to the EU Strategy for Data and the concept of
data spaces
 	* Ongoing data space initiatives (Gaia-X, IDSA, etc.)
 	* A description of the research method
 	* The main findings from the study, conclusions and recommendations

The question of which data intermediaries will act as neutral agents
to ensure interoperability is underexplored in the data spaces
context. In a follow-up research, conducted once some European common
data spaces become available and work on reference sources by the IDSA
and Gaia-X is complete, the initial findings of the current research
will be verified and opportunities for data.europa.eu can be discussed
in greater detail.

More information about the webinar, including the slides of the
session as well as the recording of the full webinar, can be found in
the dedicated course on the data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/role-dataeuropaeu-context-eu-data-spaces].

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Publication Date/Time
2022-05-23T13:00:00+00:00
Watch the recording of data.europa academy’s webinar on the role of
data.europa.eu in the context of EU data spaces