SAGE

The objective is to ensure compliance with the ‘ethics requirements’ set out in this work package. This work package sets out the ‘ethics requirements’ that the project must comply with.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP2 will design the GDDS’s integrated technical infrastructure, ensuring it supports selected applications and use cases across focus areas of biodiversity, zero pollution, climate change, and circular economy.

The GDDS will integrate two key categories of data sharing: transactional data exchange (1:1 or 1: few) required by the circular economy, and fusion of confidential data with larger data resources (e.g. earth observation data; mainly open) to yield actionable insights. These categories overlap when local and private data are aggregated to better understand the state of the environment and the impact of policy and regulation.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP3 will implement and deploy the GDDS architecture developed by WP1 by integrating and adapting existing proven capabilities, using best practice software deployment and delivery methods, including distinct environments (development, test, staging, production) in order to deliver high quality and integrated functionalities.

WP2 will operate and evolve the GDDS platform through the end of the project, maintaining reliability and effectiveness, and streamlining operations for excellent customer service. The consortium will maintain and update the platform in response to documented user needs coming from the Pilot use cases in WP5. The WP will implement a Service Management System to ensure the GDDS operates reliably and effectively.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP4 will design, document and implement the governance structure for the Green Deal Dataspace. Crucial in all of this is the principle of multi-level governance as used and documented also for other data spaces. While the Green Deal Dataspace is the basis for creating interoperability on Trust and Discoverability and semantic interoperability is created through inheritance from the use cases, the Governance layer will inherit principle from horizontal standards and (trust) frameworks for governance like the iSHARE Framework and the DSSC suggestions.

This helps to create a harmonized approach of governance on the main aspects of the data space to be governed including

1) Participants & policies for trust in participants,

2) Data access and usage standard,

3) Data space policies for use cases and

4) Data semantics and API definitions. The result will be a first GDDS governance framework and a started process and procedure including tooling to govern the standards in the GDDS across all topics.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP5 will build on the GDDS platform to integrate high-priority data sources and services, both public and private, into a cohesive system that facilitates data reuse and sharing, supporting the objectives of the European Green Deal.

WP4 will work closely with data providers to integrate them into the GDDS, with both technical support and training, including tools for semantic data integration and the connection of specialised APIs to the GDDS. The integration will focus on enabling a harmonised data discovery and data access experience for the users of the GDDS via the platform based on standardised APIs such as STAC API. The specific objectives of this WP are

1) Integration of multiple data providers contributing to the GDDS into a single federated data offering,

2) Establish standardised APIs to discover and access federated data within the GDDS and

3) Implementation of domain-specific semantic metadata standards to foster data discovery.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP6 will coordinate the deployment of 10 Use Cases carefully selected, supervising their evolution from potentially independent initiatives to integrated capabilities within the GDDS platform. A common methodology and approach will be applied to ensure ensure cross-pilot and cross-sectorial fertilisation of the individual UC across the different areas of scope; i.e, biodiversity, circularity, climate change mitigation & adaptation and zero pollution.

The methodology will go through 3 distinct phases, starting from PoC, industrialisation/integration & scale-up. Monitoring of KPIs, relationship with the core infrastructure elements of the GDDS and synergies with external initiatives of relevance will be included here.

Lead Beneficiary:

WP7 will work on two axes:

i) identification, analysis and showcase of value generated by the GDDS based on data
captured during the deployment phase (both technical infrastructure and governance but especially through the Use Cases) and

ii) development of go-to-market and financial strategy, including implementation of some of the steps needed to make the Data Space market-ready.

The first set of activities will be the basis to understand where the main value
lies and explore different business models. The second set of activities will rely on the former ones and will build the strategic and operational aspects of a complete Business and Sustainability plan. A complementary task on policy and regulation will provide insights on major elements fostering or hindering the potential success of SAGE that will be materialized in a set of policy recommendations to maximize the impact of the GDDS. WP7 will work closely with other activities and notably UC (WP6), Governance (WP4) and Stakeholder engagement (WP8).

Lead Beneficiary:

The successful onboarding of stakeholders into the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) involves a comprehensive strategy that includes stakeholder mapping and engagement, customized communication, training and capacity building,
hackathons and competitions, networking and collaboration events, diversity in stakeholder representation, and continuous improvement.

WP8 aims to

1) finalize and categorize potential participants into different stakeholder
groups, tailoring communication to each group, providing a documented robust reference architecture, developing targeted training programs, organizing interactive events, ensuring diverse representation and continuously improving the onboarding process

2) effectively engage a diverse range of participants and foster a collaborative and inclusive data ecosystem

3) maximise the impact of the project’s results through engaging and targeted communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities across all WPs and

4) facilitate the optimal uptake of the GDDS achievements and potential.

Lead Beneficiary:

The main objective of WP9 is to effectively coordinate the technical, legal, financial, and administrative aspects of the project by establishing appropriate management mechanisms and procedures. The specific tasks within WP9 include managing legal, financial, and administrative issues, monitoring the project’s progress against the work plan, and preparing periodic reports.

Additionally, WP9 aims to provide an IT-enabled collaborative working and communication environment to facilitate project activities. It also involves detecting potential risks and adopting preventive and corrective measures when necessary. Ensuring that all deliverables meet quality standards and adhere to the delivery schedule is another critical objective. Moreover, WP9 is responsible for collecting, preserving, and maintaining all data and research outputs generated by the project, as well as managing legal and ethical issues related to data collection and
the involvement of individuals.

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