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The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom branch finances the deployment of pan-European telecommunications infrastructure for the interconnection of Member States. To this end, each year the European Union allocates funding for both digital service platforms and general services that integrate these platforms with national structures. One of the areas included in the initiative is open data.
In this context, the call for general services in the area of open data was published on July 4. Specifically, 5 million euros are allocated to boost the development of information products and services based on the reuse and combination of public and commercial data across the EU.
The suggested products and services must reuse data sets available through the European Data Portal, and combine them with other sources of information. In addition, these proposals are intended to be relevant for more than one Member State in terms of geographic data coverage and / or utility.
The EU encourages proposals that address categories or areas of geographic coverage that need additional improvements in terms of content, interoperability and data quality, as well as proposals that would lead to the improvement of existing data platforms. Specifically, the proposals submitted must address all the challenges listed below:
- Support the deployment of new innovative services by integrating/developing ecosystems supported by open platforms.
- Harmonisation in terms of data content, paying special attention to the level of detail (granularity), data structure and semantics.
- Address both technical and legal issues, including the adoption of harmonised conditions for re-use.
- Address priority domains as defined in European Commission notice 2014/C 240/01"Guidelines on recommended standard licences, datasets and charging for the reuse of documents" and in annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information. These categories are: the domains of geospatial, earth observation and environment, meteorological, statistics, mobility and companies’ data (for example, business records). Other categories can be considered, when duly justified.
- Facilitate the re-use of data, making use, as much as possible, existing or newly developed APIs.
- Provide mechanisms for assessing the impact of solutions, through concrete Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and collect examples of re-use.
- Datasets generated by the Actions will have to be discoverable and available through one or more Member State open data portals and through the European Data Portal.
The deadline for submitting the proposals ends on November 14, 2019. Then, an evaluation period will begin, culminating in the resolution in April-May 2020 (estimated date).
You can read the full call here, and get inspired by last year's winners.
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The European Commission has opened a CEF Telecom call - Public open data, for innovative projects in data management and analysis. The call was opened last May and the deadline for submission is November 15th 2018.
The budget allocated for this call is 18.5 million euros, divided into three objectives.
Objective 1: Support for the re-use of information made discoverable/available through the European Data Portal
The European Commission has allocated 2 million euros to boost the deployment of new services supported by open platforms, such as FIWARE. These services can combine different sources of information through solutions focused on the end user (mobile device applications, web services, etc.).
The project must address priority domains as defined in Commission notice 2014/C 240/01, such as the domains of geospatial data, earth observation and environment, transport, statistics or companies. Other categories can be considered, when duly justified.
Proposals should also improve the usability of open data across borders, streamline the metadata production process and analyse foreseen benefits, addressing both technical and legal issues that could arise. All this, taking into account ongoing activities that Commission is already carrying out.
Objective 2: Generation of cross-border services providing access to harmonised thematic open dataset(s) and the corresponding metadata
These services must provide value-added information to support specific application areas in priority EU policies, such as energy, climate, protection of the environment, sustainable use of natural resources or emergency management. To reach this goal, services can be based on different data sources, including geospatial data provided under INSPIRE5, Copernicus data, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) / Galileo positioning system, or data provided by citizens through initiatives such as OpenstreetMaps.
The services proposed must be harmonized in terms of data content and data structure, level of detail, vocabularies and licence conditions, with a pan-European or, at least, cross-border geographical coverage. In addition, they will must be available through the European Data Portal and documented through metadata in harvested catalogues.
1.5 million euros have been allocated to meet this objective.
Objective 3: increase the HPC and data capacities
Finally, 15 million euros will be allocated to those projects that increase data management and HPC (High Performance Computing) capabilities in Europe, as a basis for a new generation of cross-border intelligent services. The proposals must identify and develop a set of generic access services aimed at a wide range of users, including researchers, the public sector and industry.
It is important that the proposal demonstrate the value of using supercomputing resources in the proposed action to analyse and process massive amounts of open data. It must also include how these services will contribute to the objectives of the European Data Infrastructure.
Each proposal must address only one of these objectives. Those interested in participating can apply through TENtec eSubmission system before November 15th. The adoption of the Selection Decisions will be in April 2019.
From datos.gob.es, we encourage you to participate in this process, but first we recommend you review this document, where all the information is detailed. In addition, the European Commission has published a guide for applicants and has promoted the creation of a LinkedIn group to facilitate the search for project partners.