Data Spaces Symposium
Data spaces for mobility, tourism, cities: How data spaces aretransforming our lives

Impact assessment in the European Data
Space for Smart Communities
13th March 2024, Darmstadt
Nuria de Lama
Consulting Director
IDC, DS4SSCC-DEPYou will get insights about…
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A bit of context of the European Data Space for SmartCommunities
Impact Assessment: what and how?

Data is a prominent ingredient in major predictions for Smart Cities andCommunities•

Prediction 1: By 2023, 60% of cities and communities will have been impacted
by the global energy and climate crisis, despite some efforts in climate tracking,climate intelligence, and green procurement.

•Prediction 4: By 2024, 25% of states, provinces, and local governments will
create platforms to enable data sharing between government, the private
sector, and users to improve processes and the user experience.

•Prediction 6: By 2025, 75% of large cities and communities will form industry
ecosystems with IT, architectural, engineering, and real estate firms to sharedata, applications, and expertise to address ESG issues.

•Prediction 9: Threatened by water scarcity and extreme weather, by 2027, 40%of large cities will have digital twins of their water resources to manage watersupply, quality, resilience, and behavioral change.

•Prediction 10: By 2027, 20% of city products and services will be delivered
using metaverse or augmented reality solutions, transforming services delivery,planning and simulation, and constituent interactions.
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Smart Cities
and Communities 2023. Top Predictions

Impact, Ethics, Growth Strategy & Sustainability
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Mainstream ESG/ IT for sustainability: Environmental, social and governance•Collection/reporting of CO2 emissions:• 42% companies are not doing anything• 43% collect scope 1 data (internal sources of CO2••••emissions) → only 28% report data
7% collect scope 2 data → 7% collect and report data
From those that do not collect and report data on CO2emissions, 73% say this is due to a lack of access toenough quality data to accurately assess and report onemissions
18% claim lack of quality data•
Carbon neutral= scope 1 + scope 2 (internal andenergy supplier sources of emissions)Net-zero= scope 1 + scope 2 + scope 3 (data sourcesSource: Can IT Make It Easy to Be Green? — Hospitality and Travel Turn tooutside the company)
Technology Investments to Achieve Sustainability Initiatives (IDC, 2023)
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What is the European Data Space for Smart Communities?
• From Preparatory Action towards Deployment• Both actions co-funded by the Digital Europe programme• The overarching aim is:• To create a large-scale cross-sectorial data space for smart communities in theEU…
• … and to advance its implementation to support policy priorities of cities andcommunities within the EU…
• … by validating the governance and technical blueprint developed by the
preparatory action

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Website update - inventory.ds4sscc.eu/

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CALL FOR PILOTS
These pilots will implement the governance and technical blueprint established by theEuropean data space for smart communities preparatory action (DS4SSCC).
Through the piloting, city ecosystems can expect to:Enter into anBe placed in aforefront ofexpansive network ofinnovative smart
Europeancommunity
communities, experts,
development inand policymakers;
Europe;Receive support andBe recognized asleading examples of guidance in aligning withsustainable andthe DS4SSCC blueprint
smart communities
and integrating withdevelopment;
broader European dataecosystems;

Directly contribute to
the shaping ofEurope's green anddigital future.

Impact Assessment. Challenges and Considerations•

Lack of information and empirical evidence on impact due to several factors:• This kind of information is not always documented in publicly available documents• Data on the impact of these initiatives is not systematically collected.
• Productivity gains from technological innovation occur with a time lag (in fact, most data spaces
talk about expected outcomes rather than realized outcomes due to the current maturity of dataspaces-most in pilot phase)
Impact Assessment should follow an iterative approach and measure impact of both: i) the data spaceand ii) the pilots
Considerations/factors:• Impact through the whole life cycle (acknowledging the evolution of the data space)• Complex and dynamic stakeholder ecosystem• Evolving external context••

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Impact Assessment. Approach

Page 9•Theory of Change + Design Thinking• Casual chain linking inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts• Context of the initiative (economic, social, political and environmental conditions
influencing the casual chain)•This enables stakeholders to map out and connect data space interventions with expected longterm goals in order to enable:• Better planning by understanding how change happens throughout the entire process,from the launch of pilots to the achievement of long-term goals.
• Better evaluation by measuring progress of the DS4SSCC initiatives throughout the fullcycle

D4SSCC Impact Assessment Framework. Components
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DS4SSCC-DEP; March 2024

Page 10Impacts: long-term effects produced as aresult of an intervention
An outcome is a likely or achieved shortmedium term effect of an intervention's
outputs
Outputs are the products, goods andservices which result from implementedchange activities including new policies,
legislation, technological solutions,infrastructure.
Inputs are the required set of resources
needed for a transformation process
The context refers to specific features anddimensions to drive transformation andimpact through data space use cases andinitiatives

Application of the Impact Assessment Framework

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Impact Assessment Framework. Preliminary indicators/KPIs•

Trust andtransparency

Dataavailability
and usability

Userexperience

Ecosystem
engagement

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Compliance with cybersecurity regulation
Compliance with digital identity regulation
Adoption of international cybersecurity standards
Compliance with GDPR
Compliance with EU data regulation (e.g., Data Act, Data
Governance Act, AI Act, Open Data Directive)
Adoption of ethics policy

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Number of datasets% distribution of datasets across smart city domains
Compliance with MIMs
Compliance with Interoperable Europe Act
Compliance with INSPIRE Directive
Number of downloads / views / API calls% distribution of downloads / views / API calls across datasets

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Compliance with accessibility regulation
Adoption of international accessibility standards
User satisfaction score
Omni-channel experience
Number of data users
Number of data providers
Number of data intermediaries% distribution of users/providers/intermediaries acrosscountries
Participation in communication and dissemination events
Social media engagement
Availability of analytical dashboards visual
Number of third-party analytical and AI applications developed
using DS4SSCC datasets% distribution of third-party applications across smart citydomains••••

Intelligence

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OUTCOME KPIS
Citizencentricity••••••

Liveability••

Citizen satisfaction
Level of personalization and proactivity of smart cities services
enabled by the data space
Number of datasets available on the city open data portal
Number of downloads / views / API calls out of the city open data
portalAvailability and downloads of data and insights on cities andcommunities’ safety and security
Availability and downloads of data and insights on cities andcommunities’ environmental sustainability
Availability and downloads of data and insights on cities andcommunities’ sustainable mobility
Availability and downloads of data and insights on cities andcommunities’ social inclusion

Operationalefficiency•••

Employee productivity
Responsiveness to citizen requests
Time to market of new services

Regulatorycompliance

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Compliance with European Data Act
Compliance with European Data Governance Act
Compliance with Open Data Directive
Compliance with Interoperable Europe Act
Compliance with Inspire Directive
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Number of SMEs involved in the Data space
Number of new products and services launched based on theData space dataset
Type of skills nurtured through the dataspace

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Project information
News, events, Press
releases & Publications
Open Calls
PilotsStakeholder Forum
Contact information &Newsletter

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Project News & Updates
Open Call announcement& updates
Pilot updates
Events announcements
Stakeholder Forum
Updates
Project collaborations

Youtube•••Stakeholder Forummeetings
Online Workshops
Stakeholder Engagement@DS4SSCC