What to expect in this last year of DAPSI?
It’s true: we are now in the last year of the DAPSI programme! But our work is not over yet. In this interview with Sara Mateo, the DAPSI Project Coordinator shared with us what is yet to come and the project main achievements.
Sara Mateo, DAPSI Coordinator
What were DAPSI’s biggest challenges and accomplishments in 2021?
In 2021 we welcomed a new batch of teams. 15 projects were selected to advance in Data Portability and Services challenges.
Due to the pandemic, we had to continue with a virtual format approach, opposite to the initial plan where we expected to meet our teams at the beginning of the programme and also at the end in a final event that has turned to virtual again. Thus, all the community building activities, key for reinforcing human and business relationships, were organised remotely.
Nevertheless, we hope to be able to organise a final project event at the end of 2022 to meet all our teams and boost future collaborations around Data Portability beyond the DAPSI project end.
Last year, DAPSI supported two batches of projects and conducted a third call for data portability innovations. Having seen so many different solutions, what surprised you the most?
Yes, it has been a busy year! In April 2021 we launched the programme with the round 2 teams, in the beginning of June we held the round 1 final event and in November we opened our last call.
All of the projects selected have a common goal to support the advance of the state of the art in Data Portability. Under this premise, very different projects can fit DAPSI.
It is true that for every call we try to identify some possible areas of work and encourage them. They have slightly evolve: In call 1 we mainly supported: Data Transparency for a more transparent personal data...