The European Union allocates 18.5 million euros to data management and analysis projects
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.
