Presentation by Daniele Rizzi Principal Administrator and Policy Officer, Connecting Europe Facility Program, European Commission FIWARE Global Summit 27-28 November 2018 Malaga, Spain

1. The Digital Single Market
benefits and solutions for Smart Cities
FIWARE summit
Málaga, Spain, 27 November 2018
European Commission
Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Unit G1 - Data Policy and Innovation

2. The potential of data
§Societal benefits
Easier and better lives for individuals
Addressing societal challenges
§Economic growth
Potential to double the size of the data economy
(4% of EU GDP by 2020)
Data can improve efficiency of all economic sectors

4. Benefits of Open Data

5. The vision: Creating a space in which
data of different provenance can be
easily be (re)used and combined
Government
data
Business
data
Scientific
data
Innovation &
growth/
solutions to
societal
challenges
with the help of
Data & AI
from/to all levels of
government

6. Towards a common European data space
The data economy will flourish if different types of data are
accessible & re-useable:
- across borders
- for & by different types of organisations (private, public, research)
- for & by different sectors (e.g. energy, manufacturing, health…).
Mandate: DSM Mid-Term Review (May 2017)
The communication outlines a package of measures as a key
step towards the creation of a common data space in the EU:
A seamless digital area with the scale that will enable
the development of new products and services based
on data

8. CEF is a funding instrument contributing to the completion
of the European Digital Single Market
eJustice Portal
Justice, home affairs and
citizens' rights
ODR Open Data
Digital economy Business
BRIS
etc.
Employment and
Social Rights
EESSI
Funds Commission
projects ("Core
Service Platforms")
to digitise key
sectors under the
condition that they
use CEF building
blocks
1
Funds Member States
to participate in the
sectorial projects
2
Typically 'deployment'
projects at national level
(up to 75% of eligible
costs)
IDENTIFY with
eID
SIGN with
eSignature
EXCHANGE with
eDelivery
TRANSLATE with
eTranslation
INVOICE with
eInvoicing
Funds the use of
building blocks in these
sectors by the
Commission and in the
Member States
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9. Context Broker
Building Blocks in the Data Value Chain
The CEF Building Blocks aims to help European public administrations explore new ways of
leveraging the potential of data assets. Promoting the collaboration and sharing of knowledge
and tools to extract insights from data that will create new information and services.
FROM TO
Data is
categorised
and prioritised
Theory and
methods used to
create data from
various data
sources
Releasing data
for public use
The process of
converting
data from one
format to
another
Processes used
to identify
patterns in
data sets
Cleaning and
gathering
relevant data
for the
required
outcome
Displaying data
through visual
reports that users
can understand
PublicationGeneration Ingestion Transformatio
n
Analysis Exploratio
n
Visualisatio
n
There are currently two Building Blocks in this set (Context Broker and Big Data Test
Infrastructure); Building blocks can be reused by organizations, including public administrations,
on a pick-and-choose basis.
Common standards and open specifications will support the creation of an ecosystem that
can leverage the full potential of data and knowledge across Member States and beyond.
Without common standards and specifications in this domain the potential would remain limited
to individual initiatives.
BDTI
Scope of new BBs

10. Benefits of the Data Value Chain
Benefits
Reduced costs and time
Building Blocks can be reused by
organisations, on a pick-and-choose
basis. They contain clear guidelines
and open sample software. This
combined with common standards and
open specifications will drive shared
knowledge around best practices,
increasing the speed of adoption.
Improved quality
All organisations make smarter decisions
faster when they incorporate data
analytics in their decision making
processes. The out of the box tools and
training provided by the Building Blocks
and reduce the learning curve and
accelerate the delivery time of
qualitative data.
Increased Security
By publishing the latest
standards and open
specifications, the Building
Blocks promote security
throughout the handling of data.
Fostered Synergies
The wide use of the Data Value
Chain specifications, and the
community portals available will
enable sharing of knowledge and
even data across borders in
Europe.
The use of common standards and open specifications will support the
creation of an ecosystem that can leverage the full potential of data and
knowledge across Member States and beyond.

11. Context Broker
What is it?
• A tool to manage and share real
time data (context information).
• It serves as a central hub to
centralize and dispatch relevant
information.
• Enables systems to exploit data in
a holistic perspective for overall
governance
What are
the Benefits?
• Smarter decisions faster thanks
to broader-based and more
current context data
• Foster synergies at all levels
among Public Administrations
• Common information models
based on the same standard will
allow the creation and growth of
ecosystems around the same
interest
Who is it for?
• Organizations that require the
secure share of real time data.
These actors will be able to
share data across borders.
• Software Vendors can benefit
from the BB to accelerate inter-
operation of systems belonging
to different departments or
organisations with the same
interest.
Service Offering
Software
• Context Broker a tool to manage real
time data
• Cygnus a tool to manage the history of
data so it can be (re)used as needed
Testing and Support
• Sandbox environment & Conformance
Testing
• Service Desk
• Training and user guides
Onboarding and Follow-up
• Awareness raising
• Centralization of public data and solutions on the
Marketplace
• Developers community
Standards
• ETSI Standards: NGSI-LD
Work in progress

12. Case Study: PlumeLabs (FR)
Plume Labs is an example of an
entrepreneurial company that was
able to achieve minimum viable
product and prototype with Open
Data. Flow, Plume Labs’ smart,
connected mobile accessory, helps
users track and monitor air pollution
wherever they are, in order to help
them understand their environment
and monitor exposure to air pollution
for improved wellbeing.
Their free mobile app, the Plume Air
Report, allows users to find clean air
by providing real-time air quality
forecasts in over 60 countries thanks
to Open Data and machine learning
predictive algorithms.
Plume Labs’ long-term vision is to
crowdsource air quality levels but
chose to start building its global air
quality platform on top of Open Data
from public sector environmental
monitoring networks.
Case study: Goov (NL)
Goov re-uses public data, and specifically
public transport information, to empower
people with disabilities to use public
transport autonomously.
The application emphasises the importance
of the availability of the relevant real-time
data

13. "Smart City strategies are important drivers for Open
Data, as a more connected city and the deployment of
smart devices (e.g. sensors on lamp posts to measure
traffic density) result in a lot of useful data that can be
used to enhance the quality of life in the city. This
requires a solid data management system and a focus
on stimulating the re-use of this data to tap the value
that lies within it." (European Data Portal, Analytical report n. 6)
The CEF program supports to
Smart Cities in providing a set of
Building Blocks for the
management of real-time data
describing what is going on in
the cities. This helps a better
management of services which
cities deliver to citizens, helping
to build the necessary
infrastructures unleashing the
potential of real-time open data
to support Open Innovation,
involving startups/SMEs, thus
paving the way for a flourishing
Data Economy.

14. More information...
on the net:
• European Data Portal:
https://data.europa.eu/europeandataportal
• CEF Digital: https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/
• Calls for proposals: https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-
europe-facility/cef-telecom
At the Summit:
• Tomorrow, 15:15 - 17:00
CEF Context Broker Workshop