Part of the European Union's new strategy to create a digital single market focuses its attention on the construction of a Data Economy. In carrying out this process, European data spaces are of paramount importance. Data spaces are ecosystems that make it easy to share, find, access, and use data.

To talk about it, Cajasiete Chair of Big Data, Open Data and Blockchain of the University of La Laguna will arrange a new online webinar focused on this theme. The event will take place next Thursday, May 24, at 12:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. in the Canary Islands) and will be attended by Carlos Alonso Peña, director of the Data Office Division.

The webinar will focus on the importance of this ecosystem when materializing the voluntary sharing of the data of its participants, within an environment of sovereignty, trust and security. This requires the establishment of integrated governance, organizational, regulatory and technical mechanisms.

The boost of the Data Economy

Promoting the Data Economy is one of the main priorities set by both the European Union and our country. In fact, one of the EU's goals is to become a leader in a data-driven society, relying on a single digital market where data is shared freely between member countries. For this purpose, the European Data Strategy was launched, from which you can obtain more information through this link.

Digital Spain 2025, the plan designed to promote digital transformation in our country includes the Data Economy as one of its main axes. This document sets out, among other aspects, the need to make Spain a benchmark in the digital transformation towards a Data Economy, using the opportunities offered by cloud services or new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.

The role of the Data Office in this process

One of the measures that it was agreed to carry out to achieve the above objectives was the implementation of a Data Office, something that is already a reality. This body is in charge of designing and proposing strategies that promote the sharing, management and use of data in all productive sectors of the economy and society, thus guaranteeing good governance and security.

In this sense, the Data Office seeks to face the main challenges that currently exist in the Data Economy, defining legal and policy frameworks for data sharing and governance, as well as collaborating in the promotion of data spaces and initiatives such as the Spanish hub of Gaia-X, which will enhance and support the competitiveness of the Data Economy.

Both the data spaces and initiatives of the nature of Gaia-X are undoubtedly presented as elements of great importance when it comes to achieving the objectives of the European strategy, also helping to promote the creation of ecosystems capable of promoting development new products and services based on more accessible data.