Policies and Standards

  • Name:
    The Data Governance Act (2022)
  • Issuing organisation:
    EU
  • Geographical Scope:
    EU
  • Type:
    Initiative
  • Water management focus:
    environmental data: combatting climate change, reducing COâ‚‚ emissions and fighting emergencies, such as floods and wildfires;
  • Description:
    The EU Data Governance Act (DGA) (Regulation (EU) 2022/868), effective 2023, is an EU framework to boost data sharing and use by creating trust, increasing data availability, and supporting data-driven innovation, focusing on reusing protected public data, regulating neutral data intermediaries, and promoting voluntary data altruism (sharing data for the public good). It sets rules for reusing sensitive public sector data, establishes neutrality requirements for data sharing services (like data marketplaces), and introduces a framework for recognized data altruism organizations, working alongside the GDPR to build a single European data market.
  • Status:
    Effective
  • Effect Date:
    23-Jun-22
  • Resource:
    https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-governance-act