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.

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 and 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.

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.

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 €1 million.