The aim of data spaces is to ensure that more data becomes available for use in the economy and society, while ensuring that the companies and individuals who generate this data remain in control of it.<\/span><\/p>\n Data spaces can be focused on a specific industry, such as health, energy or finance, bring together a wider ecosystem across sectors (such as around sustainability) or be localized around a region or city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While it can be applied globally, the data space concept is part of the European strategy for data. This aims to create a single, cross-border market for data that will ensure Europe\u2019s global competitiveness and data sovereignty and is supported by legislation such as the Data Governance Act and Data Act.<\/span><\/p>\n A data space has a number of key features:<\/span><\/p>\n In the case of European data spaces the aim is that they should follow the same key design principles so that different data spaces can interconnect and work together across sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n Data spaces aim to share data easily across relevant ecosystems, providing a harmonized and holistic view. They therefore deliver multiple benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n As explained above, all sectors benefit from data spaces. However, they have specific advantages when applied locally, to cities and communities. These local areas typically have large numbers of different organizations creating data, such as municipalities, <\/span>mobility providers<\/span><\/a>, healthcare organizations, public services, and private companies.\u00a0 Data includes:<\/span><\/p>\n Combining data between these providers can dramatically improve the delivery of services, engagement and quality of life for citizens and communities, as well as decision-making within public bodies. Use cases include local <\/span>digital twins<\/span><\/a>, better urban planning, and end-to-end <\/span>mobility services<\/span><\/a> as well as enabling co-ordinated responses to challenges, such as pandemics, natural disasters and extreme weather events.<\/span><\/p>\n Often data sharing in local areas is difficult due to data silos within individual organizations and a lack of standards and governance to enable secure interoperability. Data spaces address these challenges, centralizing data from different sources and making it seamlessly available to all. Consequently they benefit everyone involved – local governments, citizens, businesses and other stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\nHow does a data space work?<\/h2>\n
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What are the benefits of data spaces?<\/h2>\n
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What are data spaces in local government?<\/h2>\n
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