Sitra Webinar 4 February 2021 The sustainable use of data – the European competitive advantage Federico Milani Data policy & innovation

1. A European Strategy for Data
Federico Milani
Data policy & innovation

2. European Strategy for Data
Data can flow within the
EU and across sectors
European rules and values
are fully respected
Rules for access and use of data are
fair, practical and clear & clear data
governance mechanisms are in place
A common European data space, a single market for data
Availability of high quality data
to create and innovate

3. Deploying the strategy through 4 Pillars
Competences
Empowering individuals,
investing in digital skills &
data literacy and in
dedicated capacity building
for SMEs.
Enablers
Total investments of € 4-6
billion in a High Impact
Project on European data
spaces and federated cloud
infrastructures
Rollout of common
European data spaces
in crucial economic sectors and
domains of public interest,
looking at data governance and
practical arrangements.
A governance
framework for data
including a legislative
framework for the governance
of European data spaces and
other cross- sectoral measures
for data access and use

4. Health
Industrial &
Manufacturing Agriculture Finance Mobility Green Deal Energy
Common European data spaces
Public
Administration Skills
Personal
data spaces
• Driven by stakeholders
• Rich pool of dataof varying degree of
openness
• Sectoraldatagovernance (contracts,
licenses, access rights, usage rights)
• Technical tools for data pooling and sharing
High Value
Datasets
from public
sector
Technical infrastructure for data spaces
Cloud
Infrastructure &
Services
Edge
Infrastructure &
Services
High-Performance
Computing
AI Testing and
Experimentation
Facilities
AI on demand
platform

5. European Strategy for Data
Public sector data of high value
Unleash the socio-economic potential
of data as a PUBLIC GOOD
Public sector data, private sector data and
personal data voluntarily made available by data
holders
Personal data and private sector data held by online
platforms and originating from the users (both
businesses and individuals)
Regulate MARKET POWER
based on data
Private sector data, personal data
and co-generated (IoT) data
Ensure FAIRNESS in the
allocation of data value among the
actors of the data economy
Ensure TRUST in data
transactions
Dec 2020
Q3 2021
Impl. Act.
High Value
Datasets
Data
Governance
Act
Digital
Market
Act
Data Act
Q1 2021
Nov 2020
4 key instruments

6. Building trust in data sharing.
Personal and non-personal data in scope.
Re-use of public sector information, also through novel mechanisms that protect information
privacy (personal data, confidential business data).
Support the creation of sectoral common European data spaces including the necessary
infrastructure.
Ensure fairness in the allocation of data value among the actors of the data economy.
The European way of sharing data
Objective: “Create the right conditions for people, companies and
authorities to share data in a secure, trust creating manner.”