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Call key data

Common European mobility data space

Funding Program

Digital Europe

Call number

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-MOBSPACE

deadlines

Opening
29.02.2024

Deadline
29.05.2024 17:00

Funding rate

100%

Call budget

€ 15,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

€ 15,000,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The objective of this action is to contribute to the effective implementation of the Multi-Country Project (MCP) on European common data infrastructure and services with a focus on the mobility and transport sector.

Call objectives

The action will contribute to the further development of the common European mobility data space (EMDS), which will facilitate the access, sharing and reuse of data in the mobility and logistics sectors. It will further support the implementation of the Communication on the creation of the EMDS. It aims to contribute to the sustainability of common data infrastructure and promote its large-scale adoption. 

In line with the European Data Strategy, the action should contribute to creating a fair, competitive, and innovative data economy. It should help make the mobility and transport system smarter, more environmentally friendly and better adapted to the needs of its users, supporting the objectives of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. The awarded proposal will have to take into account already existing data sharing initiatives at the European, national and local levels.

Expected effects and impacts

  • Establishment of a structure supporting the implementation of the objectives of this action and allowing collaboration beyond the duration of the project.
  • Information exchange platform: A platform for sharing, primarily among participants in the action and in the structure it seeks to establish, insights and data about infrastructure, tools, standards and agreements related to the scope of this action and complementing related initiatives.
  • Coordination roadmap: A comprehensive plan detailing the alignment of various initiatives of actors participating in the action and in the structure it seeks to establish, across different sectors and member states.
  • Recommendations for the development, operation and maintenance of key foundational elements supporting mobility data access and exchange, focusing on addressing gaps in the existing data and service infrastructure.
  • Use cases portfolio: A collection of cross-border use cases implemented by third parties that demonstrate how cooperation and interoperability work in practice including guidelines and standards for the implementation of such use cases more generally, in alignment with existing European initiatives and in compliance with applicable legislation. This deliverable should be prepared in by the consortium with support from third-party funding recipients.
  • Use case evaluation reports: Detailed assessments for each use case, which include performance results, lessons learned, and recommendations for future projects. This deliverable should be prepared by participants in use cases (supported third parties and, where relevant, beneficiaries) under the guidance of the consortium.

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Expected results

The awarded proposal should address the following activities: 

  • Provide operational support to the establishment of a sustainable collaboration structure between Member States and other actors, taking into account the potential creation of a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC).
  • Support, among the participants in the action and in the structure it seeks to establish, the exchange of information on available infrastructures, solutions, tools, agreements and standards related to the scope of the action, as well as the coordination across initiatives and projects in different countries and domains.
  • Analyse gaps in existing data and services infrastructure and propose measures to support the deployment, operation and maintenance of data and service infrastructure enabling mobility and logistics data access and exchange at the European level.
  • Assist, primarily through financial support to third parties, the development of cross-border use cases focusing on real-life use cases based on mobility and logistics data sharing. These use cases should be implemented in several Member States, preferably address both passenger mobility and goods transport, follow a coherent approach to interoperability and promote the sharing and reuse of best practices. Indicative areas for use cases are logistics, including at urban level, multimodal passenger mobility, cross-border sharing of e-mobility charging data and cross-border sharing of vehicle driver data to check compliance with Urban Vehicle Access regulations, in particular Low Emission Zones, as well as use cases combining data spaces in mobility and other sectors. 

All activities under this project will require close collaboration and alignment with existing and evolving EU initiatives related to mobility and transport data, in particular:

  • NAPCORE and relevant National Access Points;
  • DTLF and related projects under CEF;
  • The CEF technical assistance project which aims at identifying and recommending common building blocks and governance models for the EMDS;
  • The deployment action for the common European mobility data space (deployEMDS), especially regarding the development of data space building blocks and governance mechanisms, as well as use cases. 

Duplication of existing initiatives should be avoided. Compliance is required with applicable EU legislation such as the ITS Directive and its Delegated Regulations and the implementation specifications of the Regulation (EU)2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information. 

The awarded proposal will have to build on the outcomes of the preparatory action for the EMDS (PrepDSpace4Mobility) funded under WP 2021-2022, notably the inventory of existing mobility data ecosystems and the analysis of possible common building blocks for the EMDS. 

The awarded proposal will work in partnership with the Data Spaces Support Centre to ensure alignment with other common European data spaces, especially regarding the cross-sectoral blueprint and building blocks. It will use, in so far as possible and when available, the smart cloud-to-edge middleware platform Simpl. 

The awarded proposal is expected to work towards achieving financial sustainability beyond the duration of the project. The awarded proposal should ensure that outcomes and deliverables of the project are owned or usable by a lasting structure supporting the implementation of the MCP in the mobility and transport sector. 

The active involvement of data providers and users is highly recommended to ensure that the project’s outcomes are designed and structured to meet their needs and to create a stronger sense of ownership. 

To encourage the participation of diverse actors, the project should make use of financial support to third parties as part of the implementation of cross-border use cases. The minimum share of the grant allocated to financial support to third parties is 65%. The maximum amount per recipient of financial support to third parties is EUR 1 million.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
Moldova (Moldova), Albania (Shqipëria), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Iceland (Ísland), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Liechtenstein, Montenegro (Црна Гора), North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Türkiye, Ukraine (Україна)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

Proposals must be submitted by minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries OR minimum 1 European digital infrastructure consortium (EDIC) composed of at least 3 Member States.

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be:

  • legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    • EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)
    • other countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries)

Specific cases:

Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).

International organisations — International organisations are not eligible, unless they are International organisations of European Interest within the meaning of Article 2 of the Digital Europe Regulation (i.e. international organisations the majority of whose members are Member States or whose headquarters are in a Member State).

EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.

Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.

Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’.

other eligibility criteria

Geographic location (target countries) Due to restrictions due to security: − the proposals must relate to activities taking place in the eligible countries (see above).

Projects involving EU classified information must undergo security scrutiny to authorise funding and may be made subject to specific security rules (detailed in a security aspects letter (SAL) which is annexed to the Grant Agreement).

Financial support to third parties is allowed under the following conditions:

  • the calls must be open, published widely and conform to EU standards concerning transparency, equal treatment, conflict of interest and confidentiality
  • the calls must be published on the Funding & Tenders Portal, and on the participants’ websites
  • the calls must remain open for at least two months
  • if call deadlines are changed this must immediately be published on the Portal and all registered applicants must be informed of the change
  • the outcome of the call must be published on the participants’ websites, including a description of the selected projects, award dates, project durations, and final recipient legal names and countries
  • the calls must have a clear European dimension. 
  • Your project application must clearly specify why financial support to third parties is needed, how it will be managed and provide a list of the different types of activities for which a third party may receive financial support. The proposal must also clearly describe the results to be obtained.

Additional information

Topics

Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT, 
Mobility & Transport

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

48 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
  • Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):
    • detailed budget table/calculator: not applicable
    • CVs of core project team: not applicable
    • activity reports of last year: not applicable
    • list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B): not applicable
    • ownership control declarations (including for associated partners and subcontractors): applicable

Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B).

Call documents

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06 Call documentDIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06 Call document(749kB)

Contact

European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
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