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Objective of the call
The objective of this action is to maintain, further develop and expand the functionalities, services and user community of the common European Data Space for Tourism, building on the results of the deployment action funded under the DIGITAL work programme 2023–2024.
The Data Space for Tourism aims to provide access to tourism-related data, boost productivity, greening and sustainability, enable innovative business models and support upskilling. It will allow better alignment of tourism offers with visitor expectations, more efficient resource planning, prediction of tourist flows, and the creation of new business opportunities and innovative services.
Scope of activities
Proposals should:
• Further develop and maintain the tourism data space infrastructure in partnership with the Data Spaces Support Centre, ensuring alignment and interoperability with other data spaces supported under the Digital Europe Programme.
• Establish connections with additional sectoral data spaces (e.g. cultural heritage) and relevant cross-border, national, regional and local initiatives, as well as other digital ecosystems relying on data.
• Enhance interoperability to ensure scalability and synergies with other data spaces and digital ecosystems.
• Further federate and interconnect existing tourism data sharing initiatives at local, regional and national levels.
• Exploit available data, including official statistics, for improved data exchange, interconnection and re-use.
• Strengthen community building, integrate additional end-users and facilitate ease of use through dissemination, guidance and training materials.
• Contribute to practical tools enabling SMEs to generate data in a privacy-preserving manner, supporting monitoring and impact assessment of tourism services.
• Facilitate the use of new data, including digital tools to support consent forms for data altruism organisations and examples of real-life use cases demonstrating data re-use and AI-driven analysis, particularly for SMEs and start-ups.
• Provide and integrate AI tools, services and applications for data analysis and utilisation, including links to computing and experimentation environments and AI Factories, enabling training of AI models and development of new AI-based services.
• Integrate end-users from the outset to ensure alignment with real-world needs.
• Ensure financial sustainability through a robust long-term business model.
Deliverables include the deployment and further development of interoperable technical infrastructure, AI-enabled software tools for stakeholders (with particular attention to SMEs and public authorities), and regular usage and troubleshooting reports.
Eligible applicants
- public administrations and/or governmental bodies
- economic actors/SMEs
- relevant associations
- alliances and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
- academia/universities/research organisations
- Organisations based in EU Member States, EFTA/EEA, or Associated Countries (more info on eligible countries will be published soon)
Specific consortium we are looking for:
- Public administrations and governmental bodies in tourism
- SMEs and economic actors in tourism services
- data space technology providers
- AI solution providers
- relevant associations and alliances
- NGOs
- academia and research organisations, and stakeholders across the tourism value chain ensuring both supply-side and demand-side representation
Funding conditions
Type of action:
Simple grant
Funding rate:
50%
Indicative budget
€8 million
Indicative duration of the action
36 months
Deadline for submission
Q2 2027