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They say that time flies when you are having fun. And that’s exactly how we feel now that Phase 1 of the DAPSI programme has already ended for our Round 3 innovators. The good news is that the journey is not over yet. In DAPSI we continue supporting the top-notch work that our data portability innovators are developing. How? By inviting them to participate in a second phase of the incubation programme. After an assessment made by a panel of qualified experts, and based on milestones and results achieved, 19 teams from Round 3 have been invited to join Phase 2 of DAPSI. Congratulations to our big winners: Based – Next generation scalable real time graph data platform BDI – Biometric Data Interchange CLISK – An open-source personal robot system to easily retrieve your data, on your request, on your device Content Libraries and Editing – Enabling novel reuse of online learning content COOLINTEROP – Interoperability improvements to LibreOffice Technology & Collabora Online DACAPEDA – Allow organisations to process personal data without having to access or collect it on their systems based on the user’s consent through the “Data Cage” DEIP – Discourse Events Integration Plugin DiDaPOSC – Diabetes Data Portability through Open-Source Components DYBLI – Collaborative Offline-first Software Framework 4E – End-to-End Encryption for /e/ Groundwork – Federated service platform for domain driven application development LiberaForms – Free form software MULTIVERSE – WeKan multiple Import/Export/Sync to UI Designer OKH P&I – Open Know-How data standard for Portability & Interoperability OPF – Open Provisioning Framework Place – The open personal knowledge server Profibit – Make your data profitable SelectShare – Selective IoT data sharing SADS4DDS – Self-aware data security for digital data sovereignty After 5 months developing a solution related to a specific use case (Kick-Start phase), their use cases will now be fostered for 4 more months, to evolve into solid projects, to gain enough traction for deployment and get...

DAPSI’s next stop will be at MyData 2022, on June 21 and 22, at Helsinki (Finland)! This is known as the most impactful personal data event in the world. We are joining it as Silver partners and bringing along some of the data portability innovators supported by our programme. Drop by the DAPSI booth and come meet the exciting work developed by 9 of our teams: ALIAS - ALIAS makes GDPR programmable CoCEM - Confidential Computing Enclaves for the Masses DACAPEDA - Allow organizations to process personal data without having to access or collect it on their systems based on the user’s consent through the “Data Cage” DiDaPOSC - Diabetes Data Portability through Open-Source Components Digital Immunization Passport - Human-centric Vaccination & Immunization Management using Verifiable Credentials DPella - Data analyses with privacy in mind OpenXPort - Open export of data across different systems and providers OPF - Analysis and standardization of user provisioning for email and groupware systems and services RULEBOOK - Human-centric Legal Infrastructure for Data Portability     And that’s not all. On the second day of the event DAPSI is bringing you the workshop “Data Portability Challenges and the DAPSI-winning projects that are here to solve them”. On stage will be 9 winning projects from our programme. Each of these innovation projects took on a challenge in data portability, around a specific vertical or a specific technology, and will be sharing their expertise with you! Join us at the Workshop room 3, on June 22, between 11:30 and 13:00.   Host Michiel de Jong Michiel de Jong has worked on personal data store projects like Unhosted and Solid, on grassroots actions like "Terms of Service; Didn't Read", at Mozilla and at Ripple. He founded the Ponder Source Foundation to work on Federated Bookkeeping, and is an advisory board member of NGI DAPSI.         Speakers Frederic Lebeau Co-founder and Head of Product Frédéric Lebeau has relevant experience as a consultant...

From 8 to 10 of June 2022, the South Summit will be the place for investors, startups and corporations to meet. After 10 years, this event has created an ecosystem full of disruption, innovation and connections. Perfect match for DAPSI’s startups! DAPSI’s consortium partner Zabala is going to South Summit, at Madrid, and bringing along 5 startups supported by our programme: Saulx: Dutch software company dedicated to building real-time infrastructure and applications that need to perform under extreme peak load. Murena: French startup committed to privacy, with products and services that help people escape digital surveillance. Datavillage: Belgian startup developing a personal data platform, allowing companies to access and process personal data without having to manage it themselves. COLOMBA: Software company based in Switzerland, that develops, consults and manages Web 3.0 data solutions. IDISS: Project to improve data interoperability by bridging Standards using human-centric Semantics. Join us! MISSED IT? Take a look at the photo gallery to the right!

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union in 2018 to strengthen consumers’ rights to data privacy in the wake of technological developments. An opportunity to bring the power of personal data back to people’s hands and fuel competition.  But users still demand more practicality associated with the rules. From a technical point of view, companies are currently facing the challenge of developing common and interoperable data formats. Portability cannot be successful if everyone develops their own system. To achieve comprehensive, cross-sector data portability, common standards should be developed and exploited. A commitment to a standard by a company also creates confidence in this company and can serve as a marketing instrument. DAPSI is hosting a workshop called "Data privacy: better control your personal data with new open-source solutions” at the DATA WEEK 2022, on June 2nd. Experts and innovators in the field will discuss the current challenges associated with data privacy from the consumers’ and innovators’ perspectives. Participants will get to know new open-source data privacy solutions to use as an alternative to those of the tech giants. In addition, corresponding open-source projects can help small businesses realize the right to data transfer in practice. Join us! AGENDA 16:00 CET Welcome words and overview of the topic (Najmeh - Fraunhofer IAIS) 16:15 CET 6 pitches from DAPSI supported projects (5 mins each) Aaron MacSween (InterOffice), Merlijn Wajer (Maemo Leste), Nicolae Paladi (CoCEM) Mikael Rinnetmäki (DiDaPOSC) Mehdi Medjaoui (ALIAS) Matthias De Bièvre (Rulebook) 17:00 CET Round table Najmeh (Fraunhofer IAIS) (Moderator) Aaron MacSween (InterOffice), Merlijn Wajer (Maemo Leste), Nicolae Paladi (CoCEM) Mikael Rinnetmäki (DiDaPOSC) Mehdi Medjaoui (ALIAS) Matthias De Bièvre (Rulebook) Viivi Lahteenoja (MyData) Zoltan Mann (University of Amsterdam). 18:00 CET End of session   You can learn more about DATA WEEK 2022 and register for our workshop here.   DID YOU MISS THIS WEBINAR? You can watch the recording...

DAPSI project and two members of the teams of innovators that have been supported by the programme are joining the discussion on Business Digitalisation and the Transformation of work in the age of Big Data. As part of INTEFP’s 37th national session, DAPSI has been invited to speak at the “European Module”. Joining the session on the morning of March 9th, from DAPSI, will be: Julia MORAWSKI, European Project Manager, Cap Digital Sara MATEO, R&D and Innovation Consulting, Zabala Innovation, DAPSI Project’s Coordinator Ludovic DUBOST, Founder and CEO Xwiki Mehdi MEDJAOUI, CEO Alias

The Third DAPSI Open Call was open between the 23rd of September 2021 and the 23rd of November 2021. There were 225 expressions of interest and 147 finalised proposals submitted to the third DAPSI Open Call. This article analyses the 147 finalised proposals, which represents 65% of the applications started.   Open call results: Finalized or In progress   Profile of applicant Applicants were asked whether they were applying as a group of individual(s) and organization(s), as a team, as a consortium, as a natural person or as a legal entity. Out of the 147 proposals, 75% (110 applications) were submitted by single legal entities, 6% (8 applications) by groups of individuals (teams), another 12% (19 applicants) by groups of organizations (consortium), 6% (8 proposals) by groups of individual(s) and organization(s), and finally, 1% (2 applications) by single individuals (natural persons).   Profile of applicant Country The third Open Call received proposals from 31 countries. It is possible to see a predominance of German (31), Netherlands (19), French (19), British (19), Italian (13) and Spanish (13) applications, followed by applications from Portugal, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium or Denmark among others. A large number of countries were covered thanks to the communication and dissemintaion efforts in getting participants from all the eligible countries.   Country of applicants DAPSI challenges selected In this third Call, DAPSI allowed for applications within 6 established challenges. Applicants were able to select between Data Compatibility & Interoperability, Security & Privacy, Data Transparency, Service Portability, Data Sovereignty and Other, with the possibility of multiple selection for the same application. The distribution of applications received among the different challenges can be seen in the figure below, which shows Data Compatibility & Interoperability as the challenge chosen by most of the applicants (25%), followed by Security & Privacy (20%), Service Portability (18%), Data Sovereignty (18%), Data Transparency (14%) and...

Are you applying for DAPSI Open Call #3? Don't miss your chance to get:  Grants up to €150K (equity-free)  Technical & business support  Access to top infrastructure   Applications will close on 23 November 2021, at 05:00 pm CET. But don't worry, we are here to help! Today we bring you some tips that will make the application process as easy as possible. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE 5 TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION:   Read the Guidelines for Applicants Guidelines may not be the funniest thing to read, we know. But trust us: You'll want to read them! From the open call topics, to the eligibility criteria; from the evaluation process, to the financial support provided; from the preparation/submission of the proposals, to the technical support and infrastructure... these are all covered in the guidelines! Read now Use the official proposal template As you’ll read in the guidelines for applicants, projects must be described on the DAPSI proposal template. So, make sure you don’t lose this opportunity just because you didn’t comply with a very simple guideline! Download the proposal template   Check the eligible countries list DAPSI Open Call 3 is open to several countries. You can confirm if your country is included in the “eligible countries” list, simply by checking section 2.3 of the Guidelines for Applicants. Check now   Take a look at the FAQs Having questions during an application process is totally normal. That’s why we prepared a “frequently asked questions” section on DAPSI's website. So, whenever you have a question, search for your answer there. Go to FAQs   Catch a replay of the webinars Now that you have plenty of information to read, we want to give you a break from all the reading and invite you to watch a replay of the Open Call Webinar. Here you can hear from the DAPSI team information about the project and the application process. Watch it now   READY TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION? Apply...

Results are in! Are you ready to meet the innovators progressing to the second phase of DAPSI? Last Friday (October 1st) was pitch day. Each of our round 2 teams was given the chance to impress us with the work they have been doing in the data portability field, in these first months of their DAPSI journey. Listening to them carefully was as an experienced jury, that had a changeling mission: decide which teams presented a project successful enough for progressing to the second phase of DAPSI’s programme. And the news are amazing: all our innovators conquered a spot at DAPSI’s phase 2! Congratulations to our big winners: CoCEM - Confidential Cloud Enclaves for the Masses. CryptPad – Collaboration suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source. DASI Breaker – DAta SIlos Breaker: A Semantic Open Interoperability Solution to Break Down Data Silos. EPPD – Delta Chat E-mail Provider Portability Directory. fedeproxy – A federation proxy for software development forges. IDISS – Improving Data Interoperability by bridging Standards using human-centric Semantics. ML – Maemo Leste – A free and open-source mobile experience. myenergy.ai – Personal energy data service portability and innovation platform. Orvium – Open access publishing platform. PDS Migrator – Move/copy data between Solid pods and leave breadcrumbs. pmOS – Alternative phone operating system based on Linux, which aims to give people back control of their existing smartphones by focusing on privacy, security, and sustainability. RULEBOOK – Human-centric Legal Infrastructure for Data Portability. SCoP – Secure-by-design Communication Protocols. TDIP – Telematics Data Interoperability Platform. XPORTA – Improving access and portability of XMPP accounts between providers. Their solutions will now be fostered to evolve into solid contributions to the research community, and/or into commercial solutions able to address market needs. Well done innovators!