Towards a Digitally Powered Green Transition

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DG Environment is organising a hybrid stakeholders’ consultation workshop as part of the consultation strategy and outreach around an upcoming initiative to develop a Common European Green Deal Data Space.

The Staff Working Document on common European data spaces[1] defines a data space as the data infrastructure and governance frameworks necessary to pool, access, share, and use data in a fair, transparent, proportionate, and non-discriminatory manner. The Data Space shall:-

1. Deploy data-sharing tools and services for the pooling, processing and sharing of data by an open number of organisations;
2. Include data governance structures, compatible with relevant EU legislation, and;
3. Enhance the availability, quality, and interoperability of data, both within domain-specific settings and across sectors. 

In particular, the Green Deal Data Space combines environmental data with digital solutions to accelerate the green transition and foster a thriving green data economy. 

As part of the stakeholders’ consultation activities related to the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS), a series of three online workshops (The Green Deal Data Space for AI, Data-driven innovation for supply chains and eco-friendly design, and Last Mile Digital Applications for a Greener Future) demonstrated the value of data through inspiring use cases. 

This workshop will draw on the learnings from the stakeholder consultations and identify the problems affecting the use and re-use of environmental data, the bottlenecks that prevent the scaling up of use cases, the appropriate enablers and building blocks to support the Green Deal Data Space operations and the principles underpinning its future governance model.

The event is organised to foster an open exchange and collect informed views on the following areas:-

• Challenges affecting the use and re-use of public and private sector environmental data.
• Bottlenecks that prevent use cases from scaling up: Looking into support mechanisms (piloting, experimentation, knowledge exchange) as well as capacity building (funding, skills, etc.) that can scale data-driven innovation.
• Digital infrastructure and technological enablers: A toolbox of digital enablers and building blocks to support the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS).
• Key benefits of joining the GDDS: Incentives and disincentives for data sharing, business model(s) and the long-term sustainability of the GDDS.
• Organisational aspects: Roles and responsibilities, including the role of the public and private sector, both as a data provider and as a potential user and their interaction.

Why Attend?

• Unlock Sustainable Solutions: Discover inspiring use cases where data fuels sustainable solutions
• Shape the Future: Voice your perspective in discussions about the value of data and the governance of the environmental data economy.
• Collaborate and Network: Connect with forward-thinking experts, innovators and solutions providers. 

[1] Second staff working document on data spaces | Shaping Europe’s digital future