Data Spaces Symposium
EC Perspectives on theCommon European Data Spaces
for the Green Deal,Agriculture andEnergy
European Commission
CNECT/ENV
Johan Bodenkamp
Sotirios Kanellopoulos
Doris Marquardt
Svetoslav Mihaylov

The bigger vision: a European Single Market for Data
European Data Strategy, February 2020
• Create conditions to make data sharing and useeasier• Genuine internal data market built on EU values
and rules• Facilitate cross-border and cross-sectoral datasharing• Fully reap the benefits of data
A cross-sectoral legislative framework:• Data Governance Act – applicable since 24 Sep 2023
• Implementing Act on High-value datasets (Open DataDirective) – applicable from 9 June 2024
• Data Act – applicable from 12 September 2025

Common European Data Spaces:• Roll out of common European data spaces(federated data ecosystems based on shared
policies and rules) in 14 strategic
economic sectors and domainsof public interest

The bigger vision: a European Single Market for Data

European data
strategy, Feb 2020

Horizontal Data Legislation
Data Act

Data Governance Act

Open Data Directive

Free Flow of Data Regulation…

GDPRCommon European Data Spaces

HealthManufact.

Agriculture

Finance

Mobility

GreenDeal

EnergyPublicAdmin.

SkillsEuropean Data Innovation Board•

Prioritisation of cross-sectoralinteroperability standards•

R&I(EOSC)

Tourism

Culturalheritage

Media

Language

High
Value
Datasets
frompublicsector

Data Spaces Support Centre

Guidelines for common European
data spaces•

Development of
blueprint, glossary, etc.

•Support of data space
projects

Technical InfrastructureStandards /Interoperability

Digital identity(eIDAS)

Smart Middleware
Platform(Simpl)

High-Performance
ComputingTesting andExperimentation
Facilities

Data Spaces Symposium
Building the Common European
Green Deal Data SpaceJohan Bodenkamp
CNECT.G1
Sotirios Kanellopoulos
ENV.01
European Commission

Green Deal Data Space
Green and digital transition both at the top of the EC policy agenda!

Federated data ecosystems enabling policy makers, businesses, researchers and citizens,from Europe and around the world, to support EGD policies and objectives.
Four focus areas:

5Biodiversity

Circular Economy

Zero Pollution

Climate Change

Green Deal Data Space – Landscape
Agriculture

Complex

EnergyDestination
EarthWeather/
ClimateForecasts

Smart
SustainableCities

TransversalGreenDealDataSpaceMobilityRegulation

All sectors

Many initiatives

GreenData4AllINSPIRE

ClimateMitigation

Zero
Pollution
Water

ForestBiodiversity

Sustainability Claims

ESPR

Manufacturing

DigitalProductPassport

CircularEconomyDestination Earth
A Highly Accurate Digital Model of the Earth
To monitor, simulate and predict natural
phenomena and the impact of humanactivity on Earth

To create and test “what if” scenarios andto integrate impact sector applications formore sustainable development

To assist in designing accurate adaptation
strategies and climate change related
mitigation measures

To support near real-time decision-making
at various levels (e.g. EU, national,regional, local)To accelerate the EU’s green
and digital transition

To go beyond the current complex
systems designed mainly for expert use

To leverage existing and new data sources
and EU’s advanced digital and computing
infrastructure

To scale up existing models and fusesimulation with observation

Implemented byDestination Earth: Roadmap
June 2024 – Launch of DestinE !
End of Phase I

Kick-off eventof DestinE
initiative

2022

Beginning of Phase II

2024
Deployment of the core service
platform,the data lake, the Digital Twin
engine environment and the firsttwo Digital Twins on WeatherInduced Extremesand Climate Change Adaptation

Integration of additional data
sources, services and Digital
Twins2027

2030
Full Digital
Twin of the Earth

More info: https://destination-earth.eu/ – https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/destination-earth – CNECT-DESTINE@ec.europa.eu

GreenData4All
Modernising environmental data sharing• Announced in the 2020 European Data Strategy• The “GreenData4All” initiative will help deliver on Europe’s green and digitaltransformation by updating EU rules on sharing environmental data and on publicaccess to environmental information.
• The aim is to enable greater sharing of data between the public & private sectors andwith the general public, and to unlock the full benefits of data sharing for data-driven
innovation and evidence-based decisions in support of the EU sustainability goals• Align the existing legal framework with recent and emerging horizontal digital data
legislation to maximize coherence with the larger ecosystem of the European Common
Dataspaces, promoting the once-only principle.

• The Call for Evidence for the GreenData4All initiative is launched on the “Have yoursay” website (https://europa.eu/!QphkN3). It is the first opportunity to share yourviews and expectations. The public consultation will be open for feedback till 25 March2024.

Digital Product Passport• The GDDS looks for use-cases that build on data/ capacities brought by the DPP tocreate value for the Green Deal Objectives• Digital Product Passport (DPP) is an important chapter of the Ecodesign for Sustainable
Products Regulation (ESPR). The ESPR has nearly concluded its co-decision process.
• The objective of the DPP is to simplify digital access to relevant product-specificinformation in the area of sustainability, circularity, and legal compliance.
• Delegated acts of ESPR will drive the requirements for the information to be included inthe DPP• There is a (growing) number of EU policies which will rely on DPP or element of it inorder to make digitally available product related information• A Standardisation Request to CEN/CENELC for the DPP is currently being finalized It
will be addressed.​ Deadline to deliver the requested standards is 31 January 2025.

Green Deal Data Space – Timeline
Step 1: Preparatory work – Co-ordination and Support Action
Project (Oct/2022 – Avr/2024)

Communityof Practice11

TechnicalBlueprintGovernance &Business Models

High Priority
Data Sets

Roadmap

Step 2: Deployment action – Operational Green Deal Data Space• Call currently open until 29 May 2024 (Info session after this one!)• Building onresults and relevant HE projects• Long-term run-time / financially sustainable

Strategic
EGD Actions

Call – Key Features12

Use-cases for the GDDS
• This call invites you to structure your proposals around concrete use-cases• The call has identified 3 example use-cases of interest – linked to some ofrecent European Commission policy initiatives• These 3 example use-cases of interest are not restrictive.
• Any Green Deal data space use-case whose principal value lies in at least
one of the four focus areas is in scope

Biodiversity
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Circular Economy

Zero Pollution

Climate Change

Data Spaces Symposium
Building the Common European
Agricultural Data Space

Dr. Doris MARQUARDTCNECT.E4
European Commission

Benefits & challenges of sharing data in agriculture

15Businesses: exploitation of data will
enhance EU industry; create B2B
marketplace; increase access to digital
single market, innovative solutions

Reluctance to share data:
security, competition concerns,
lack of trust

Governments & Public authorities:
sector analysis; data can be used forpolicy monitoring

Dominance of large platforms:
capturing increasing share ofvalue –avoid vendor– lock-in

Farmers: Improve performance withdecision support systems; data
accessible from one entry point

Fragmentation: lack of access to(big) data and of interoperabilityof data

The potential of agricultural data Precision farming - Big Wine Optimisation
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Objective: Optimize the use of chemicals

Internet of Things (IoT) technology allows tomonitor weather, vine conditions in real time;
150 sensor nodes to gather data from 5vineyards, covering 150 hectars
IoT System based on a LoRa private network:• Data gathering in real time (weatherconditions, vine phenological stages)• Big data analysis• Decision-making at anytime and anywhere
through applications on mobile devices

Impacts

Horizon2020 project IoF (https://www.iot-catalogue.com)-Reduced pesticides costs - 20%, Reduced fertilizers costs - 20%,
3.4 liter portable water use reduction per liter product,
Energy use reduction in processing stage, Reduction of GHG
400 Euro/ha Productivity gains
Increased annual savings due to accident prevention

Data sharing in the agricultural sector• B2B data sharing plays an important role
• Challenges to classify data (e.g. personal and non-personal data)• Code of Conduct of Agricultural Data Sharing in the Agricultural Sector inPlace; interplay with Data Act to be assessed• (Achieving) Trust in data sharing is crucial factor• Extent to which B2G data sharing, e.g. to reduce reporting obligations, is inplace, varies across Member States
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Objectives• To facilitate the trustworthy sharing and pooling of data for the sector• A "single data space", building on a set of data sharing initiatives• Transparent control of data access and use• Capitalisation of data for the sector in the private and public domains• Boosting innovation and strengthening the portfolio of data-based solutions
for farmers• Enhancing the performance of the sector→ Lay the foundation for the effective and efficient capitalisation ofagricultural/agriculture-relevant data for various stakeholders
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Supporting & complementary actions• Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects in the field agricultural data

• DEP funded action on data interoperability at EU level• Testing and Experimentation Facilities for AI in Agri-Food• Provision of High Value Data SetsForthcoming• Horizon Europe partnership Agriculture of Data19

Timeline• Step 1: Preparatory action: Co-ordination and Support Action (CSA)- Project“AgriDataSpace” (Q4/2022 – Q2/2024)
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Inventory of existing platforms
Taking stock of experiences with the Code of Conduct
Proposed design approach based on scenarios
Governance scheme
Blue-print for the data space
Interim results used for the development of the implementation actionInput to the work of the data space support centre• Step 2: Deployment Action for the Common European Agricultural DataSpace20•••

Call open from February – May 2024 (Info session today, after this session)
Building on results of the CSA
Long-term run-time/ financially sustainable

Data Spaces Symposium
Building the Common European
Energy Data Space

Svetoslav Mihaylov
CNECT.E4
European Commission

Policy background

Digitalisation ofEnergy Action
PlanThe EU Action Plan on the Digitalisation of the EU’s energy system
Aiming at delivering on the Commission’s
priorities of the European Green Deal and aEurope Fit for the Digital Age

Adopted in October
2022

Cybersecurity &resilience
Enhancing a dataexchangeframework

Curbing the energy
consumption of ICT sector

Benefittingconsumers

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An EU-wide coordinatedapproachPromoting investments

Other recent developments in EU Energy policy• An EU Action Plan for Grids• Implementing Regulation on interoperability
requirements and non-discriminatory andtransparent procedures for access to meteringand consumption data - adopted in 2023
• Ongoing implementing act on demand
response• DSO Entity & ENTSO-E Public consultation on
Network Code for Demand Response• Revision of EU electricity market design in “AEuropean Green Deal” - trialogues finished inDecember 2023

Digitalisation of energy support in EU programmes
Bridge cluster of smart grids
andInterconnectstorage
Smart Grids and homes
Projects*
2019 - 2024

30M€

CERF

Large-scale IoT pilots

deployment in DIGITAL Europe programme

5M€
5M 2024 - 2026
Research andInnovation

Preparation for energy data
space – 1 CSA and 5 IAs
2022-2025 45M€

Begonia + works
Connecting Europe Facility Digital
Operational Digital Platforms

4M+20M€ 2024 -…

Deployment
Declaration EU DSO – ENTSO-EHorizon2020
Horizon Europe

ODEON and HEDGE-IoT
AI-IoT Edge-Cloud for the energysystem
36M€
2024 - 2027

TwinEU
Digital Twin of the Energy System

2024 - 2026

20M€

DIGITAL Europe energy data
space deployment
8M€ 2024 - 2027

DIGITAL Europe

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CEF Digital*Projects factsheets: BRIDGE, Cooperation between Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects in the fields of smart grid, energy storage,islands, and digitalisation - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu)

Data Spaces Symposium

Thank you
European Commission
CNECT/ENV
Johan Bodenkamp
Sotirios Kanellopoulos
Doris MarquardtSvetoslav Mihaylov