Common European Data Spaces
= EU funded research, policy, and deployment project
URL = https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-spaces
Description
"Common European Data Spaces will make more data available for access and reuse. This will be done in a trustworthy and secure environment for the benefit of European businesses and citizens.
Data is reshaping the way we produce, consume, and live. From real-time navigation to improved personalised medicine, precision farming, or reducing CO₂ emissions, data is a key ingredient for innovative products and services.
To harness the value of data for the benefit of the European economy and society, the European strategy for data of February 2020 set out the path to the creation of Common European Data Spaces in a number of strategic fields: health, agriculture, manufacturing, energy, mobility, finance, public administration, skills, the European Open Science Cloud, and the green deal.
Since then, data spaces have emerged in other important areas such as media, language, tourism, research and innovation, and cultural heritage. Together, the data spaces will gradually be interconnected to form the single market for data."
Status
- The latest report on the state of play was published in January 2024. [1]
"In 2025, stakeholders will continue to work toward the rollout of Common European Data Spaces.
The EU is funding several initiatives related to Common European Data Spaces for sector and domain-specific initiatives, notably the Data Spaces Support Centre and Smart Open-source Middleware (SIMPL) under the Digital Europe programme and Horizon Europe.
In addition, the EU will focus on implementing the enabling legislative instruments. In particular, the European Data Innovation Board (EDIB) - established under the Data Governance Act - will work on guidelines. The creation of recognised data altruism organisations, data intermediaries, and the European register for protected data held by the public sector will enable the safe and secure sharing of large volumes of data.
The Commission also provides support for developing Common European Data Spaces in the form of reference architecture, building blocks, semantics, interoperability specifications and data models, accompanied by related advisory services, provided by the Data Spaces Support Centre.
The Data Union Strategy, adopted in November 2025, made proposals to further expand data spaces, including with the introduction of a Common European Data Space on defence."
(https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-spaces)