i-Spaces

European Data Innovation Spaces, or i-Spaces in short, have been a fundamental part of the Big Data Value Association’s story from the very beginning. Early on, the BDVA community realised the need for a tool to support businesses and researchers in order to extract value out of their data. For this purpose, BDVA created the i-Space label, to distinguish data-driven innovation hubs (DIHs) with the latest knowledge, skills, data assets and software. By federating these qualified DIHs, BDVA enables the creation of a flow of data services to boost innovation in EU member states and lays a path towards European data spaces.

i-Spaces are giving continuity to the Federation created during the EUHubs4Data project. The Federation facilitates cross-border and cross-sector data-driven experimentation through collaboration between hubs, data sharing and joint services delivery. To establish the collaboration, the Federation has created a common catalogue which includes services, databases and courses offered by the members. A strong commitment to ethics has always been at the heart of the project. For this reason, the Federation developed an Ethical Toolkit that enables the assessment of organizations from an ethical perspective.

The idea behind the i-Spaces is explained in details in Vision Paper of the European Federation of Data Innovation Spaces (i-Spaces) available here.

You can learn more about the i-Spaces here and the current list of i-Spaces is available here.

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