The European context: sharing data under common rules to create real value.
The push in Spain: funding programmes and a common framework to move from pilots to production.
Data Spaces have shifted from a technical concept to a digital policy priority. Europe wants more organisations to share and re-use data with trust, clear rules and without technological lock-in; Spain is bringing this framework down to earth with funding programmes and a national specification that defines how a Data Space should operate. Here we summarise what Europe is pushing, what Spain is doing and how our proposal (TOURiLab Data Space) helps businesses and public administrations activate real use cases.
What Europe is promoting — explained simply
- European Data Strategy: creating a single data market to boost competitiveness and data sovereignty, with sector-specific Data Spaces (health, mobility, tourism, agriculture, industry, energy, etc.).
- Enabling regulation:
- Data Governance Act (DGA): builds trust in data sharing (intermediation services, re-use of certain public sector data, data altruism).
- Data Act: defines who can use which data and under what conditions, especially data generated by devices and services, opening the door to new business models. In force since January 2024.
- Operational and financial support: initiatives such as the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC) and Digital Europe calls are accelerating the creation of interoperable Data Spaces.
What Spain is doing
- Plan de Impulso de Espacios de Datos Sectoriales (Plan to Promote Sectoral Data Spaces): aligns public–private initiatives to increase participants, datasets and use cases in production.
- UNE 0087:2025 (Spanish national specification for Data Spaces): defines and characterises what a Data Space is in Spain, providing a common language plus governance and interoperability rules.
- Recent funding programmes:
- Productos y Servicios de Espacios de Datos and Demostradores/Casos de Uso: national lines to launch and scale real use cases.
- Kit de Espacios de Datos (Data Spaces Kit programme): 60M€ to fund the effective onboarding of organisations (companies and public administrations) into a Data Space, with rules published in the BOE – Boletín Oficial del Estado (Official State Gazette) on 16 July 2025.
What these programmes actually fund
- Real integration into an eligible Data Space: system connection, publishing/consuming data and delivering a first useful data product.
- Governance and compliance: usage agreements, permissions, privacy and security.
- Measuring results: define indicators (savings, revenue, service quality, sustainability) and show impact within weeks.
Our proposal: why MNX Online and TOURiLab Data Space
- We execute, we don’t just advise: we start from a specific problem, install connectors in your environment (so data stays where it is if possible), set up access policies and licences, and leave your first data product running — so your team focuses on the business.
- Connected to the ecosystem: we work with open standards and take part in European initiatives (FIWARE and real Data Space projects), so everything fits without friction.
- A clear, jargon-free path for you: we start with a specific problem, agree on indicators and scale step by step based on results.
- Multi-sector: our main focus is tourism, but we also apply the model to mobility, the blue economy, retail/events, logistics and public services.
How to take the first step
If your organisation —public or private— is considering joining a Data Space, let’s talk for 20 minutes: we will review your objectives, see what data you have and with what frequency/quality, and define a first use case with clear indicators. No jargon, with a calendar and results. If it works, we scale; if something doesn’t fit, we adjust until it creates real value.
Ready to take the first step? Request a free 20-minute assessment.
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TOURiLab Data Space, exp. DUM-030000-2023-580, has received support for “Última Milla” (Last Mile) digitalisation projects in the tourism sector for 2023 from the Ministerio de Industria y Turismo (Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism) under the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan – Next Generation EU funds).
