Impact Funding Resources
The European data space for smart communities is an EU-wide action creating a cross-sectorial data space for governments on all levels and their providers to deliver the best possible services to their citizens by enabling interoperability to reach critical goals, including the Green Deal. Aim of the Call for Pilots • The deployment action for the European data space for smart communities, and its Call for Pilots, aims to advance the development and implementation of data spaces. • This effort is aligned with the policy priorities of EU cities and communities, focusing on the green-digital transformation supported by secure and sovereign data infrastructure. • The open call for pilots, which comes in three rounds, builds on and evolves the governance and technical blueprint. The blueprint was established by the DS4SSCC preparatory action, which comes out of joint efforts of the Living-in.EU movement. • The awarded pilots will build on and evolve the governance and technical blueprint, established by the DS4SSCC preparatory action, which comes out of joint efforts of the Living-in.EU movement.
Start Date01 Sep 2024 End Date30 Nov 2024 Funding AmountUpto 1.5mn EUR per pilot Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderEuropean data space for smart communities
Grant
European data space for smart communities
Aim of the Call for Pilots
• The deployment action for the European data space for smart communities, and its Call for Pilots, aims to advance the development and implementation of data spaces.
• This effort is aligned with the policy priorities of EU cities and communities, focusing on the green-digital transformation supported by secure and sovereign data infrastructure.
• The open call for pilots, which comes in three rounds, builds on and evolves the governance and technical blueprint. The blueprint was established by the DS4SSCC preparatory action, which comes out of joint efforts of the Living-in.EU movement.
• The awarded pilots will build on and evolve the governance and technical blueprint, established by the DS4SSCC preparatory action, which comes out of joint efforts of the Living-in.EU movement.
• Local and regional public administrations in the EU and partners (e.g., companies, academia, civil society organisations) working with them.
• The eligible consortia must be cross-sectorial & cross-border:
=> At least two local administrations from different EU Member States and/or Digital Europe Programme associated countries.
=> Entities must not be controlled by an ineligible country due to security reasons. If there is a risk for such case, entities will be offered an opportunity to provide a guarantee.
The pilot consortia must create new data services from the data sharing across at least two heterogeneous areas specified below, but can also include other European Green Deal domains:
• Predictive traffic management / sustainable mobility planning.
• Data-services related to weather, climate and extreme weather events
• Management of energy flows in a city/community specific context
• Zero pollution actions (e.g. air, water, soil, pollution or waste)
• Any other domain falling under the New European Bauhaus initiative (urban design, building management, public services, nature-based solutions, amongst others).
Successful applications must meet specific pre-conditions, indicated below.
1) LEGAL
• At least two local or regional public administrations from different EU member states and/or Digital Europe Programme Associated countries.
• All entities are subject to restrictions due to security reasons.
• An entity can only be awarded once as Lead Partner.
2) FINANCIAL
• At least 50% direct co-funding*.
• Max 1 500 000 euros per pilot.
• Max 1 000 000 euros per entity.
• Total EU contribution 15.3 million euros
(for around 12 pilots).
3) TECHNICAL
• Cross-sectorial (and -border, if feasible) data sharing.
• Sufficiently digitalised - a data platform, digital twin or emerging data space already in place in the city/community.
• Compliance with MIM1, MIM2 and MIM6.
• Alignment with Data Spaces Building Blocks & recommended standards and implementations.
4) BUSINESS & ORGANISATIONAL
• Business case is sufficiently elaborated.
• Clear value proposition.
5) ETHICAL
• Alignment with ethical principles, demonstrated in the Ethical and Data Protection Self-Assessment.
• Legally compliant.
Please check the website for further details.
