GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The action will engage the community of stakeholders involving organisations at EU/multi-country level, public administrations and/or governmental bodies, private and public actors (Including IT developers and end-users), education and training providers. In particular, the project will:

• Undertake an inventory of existing platforms collecting, storing and sharing education and skills data, in particular related to the green and digital transformations;
• Explore different possible design approaches for the data space (e.g. serving private data sharing and interests, that are also complemented by public data, serving private and public interests), and elaborate the advantages and disadvantages;
• Propose design/conceptual approaches, for the set-up of the data space, for the possible categorization of skills and identify common essential elements and develop corresponding business models;
• Explore what services and applications could be envisaged in the future;
• Develop a multi-stakeholder governance scheme of the data space;
• Get broad consensus on the approach, governance, and business models.

Schools, universities, learning organisations, businesses, students, HR organisations and employment agencies make daily use of data, from job and occupational profiles, vacancies and skills, to available trainings, degrees and graduate numbers. They also have a huge potential to improve skills intelligence and HR planning, learning material and processes, through artificial intelligence, data analytics or advanced technologies. The level of fragmentation at the European level is high, involving many private and public actors, from job search websites, online learning providers to school administrations, ministries, universities, etc.

The action will have to work in partnership with the Data Spaces Support Centre in order to ensure alignment with the European Data Spaces Technical Framework.