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Public consultation on new standard for interoperability requirements Data Act

NEN has launched the public consultation for Trusted Data Transaction (TDT) Part 3: a standard for interoperability requirements. This means that Dutch stakeholders can review the draft and submit comments […]

Open Cloud Alliance boosts sovereignty with Dutch cloud solutions

Today, the Open Cloud Alliance (in Dutch: Open Cloud Alliantie, OCA) presented a manifesto for a sovereign government cloud to Michiel Boots, Director-General for Economy and Digitalisation at the Ministry […]

Digital Product Passports (DPPs)
How CIRPASS-2 and CoE-DPP aim to realise the adoption of DPPs
While standardisation is a critical foundation for Digital Product Passports, the adoption of the DPP ultimately will determine its impact in practice. To explore what is needed for and currently hinders DPP adoption, we spoke with Carolynn Bernier (CIRPASS-2 Consortium Coordinator & Senior Research Engineer at Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CEA) and Sjoerd Rongen (Digital Product Passports Lead at TNO and coordinator of the Centre of Excellence for Digital Product Passports).
Klaas Hommes (Het Normo)
Het Normo: how the Energy Act is fundamentally transforming data sharing in the energy sector
With the Energy Act coming into force on 1 January, the Netherlands has taken an important step towards transparent, secure and sovereign energy data. A central role in this transition has been assigned to Het Normo, which has officially been designated as the Data Exchange Entity (in Dutch: gegevensuitwisselingsentiteit, GUE)
Data Sharing Valorisation Program: Data SVP!
Join the Impact Challenge of our Data Sharing Valorisation Program: Data SVP!
Do you want your data sharing initiative to unlock the true value of data and take the step from ambition to scalable impact? Then we invite you to take part in the Impact Challenge, the official launch of our new Data Sharing Valorisation Program (Data SVP!). 
DPP Landscape Scan and DPP Adoption Pulse
The Digital Product Passport as a growth engine for the future economy
During a Community Meeting on 22 January, the Centre of Excellence for Digital Product Passports (CoE DPP) presented the DPP Landscape Scan and DPP Adoption Pulse to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. The reports show where the Netherlands currently stands and what is needed from government to take the next step.
The Data Act in practice: the role of ACM and opportunities for data ecosystems
The Data Act in practice: the role of ACM and opportunities for data ecosystems
The Data Act has come into effect since September 12, 2025. We spoke with Rex Leijenaar (Team manager/MT member Telecom and Digital at Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets - ACM) and Gijs van Houwelingen (researcher at TNO/CoE-DSC) about this topic.
Trust frameworks: the backbone of sovereign data sharing
Trust frameworks: the backbone of sovereign data sharing
Trust frameworks are the backbone of sovereign data sharing. Discover a range of publications that CoE-DSC has contributed to.
Peter Verkoulen (CoE-DSC)
Gaia-X and the federated approach
Three quarters of global cloud capacity is managed by three so-called hyperscalers: Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services. In the discussion about the need for (more) sovereignty, there are also calls for a European equivalent. Peter Verkoulen discusses this topic.
Digitising what we can digitise
The task for Rijkswaterstaat is to ensure that the Netherlands remains safe, liveable and accessible. Digitisation should help achieve this. Furthermore, Rijkswaterstaat is investing heavily in its sovereignty, and creating a government cloud is one of the ideas.
The importance of standardisation for successful, interoperable Digital Product Passports
The importance of standardisation of data sharing for successful Digital Product Passports
We spoke with Jan Merckx (Sustainability Lead at GS1 Netherlands) and Sjoerd Rongen (Digital Product Passports Lead at TNO) about DPP standardisation.
Campus – Understanding data economy
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Organisations and businesses have been dealing with digital data for decades. So why is there so much excitement about the data economy? Why is progress and growth increasingly dependent on our ability to share and exchange data? In 'Campus - Understanding data economy', Gaia-X Hub Germany organises various courses about data related topics, amongst others the above questions.
Digital autonomy requires European strength and Dutch leadership
It’s now or never: if the Netherlands fails to act, our position as a frontrunner in data and cloud will slip to the middle of the pack. With this warning, Frits Grotenhuis, Director of the Topsector ICT, and Peter Verkoulen, Programme Director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Sharing & Cloud (CoE-DSC), underline the urgency of coordinated action.
Creating the new culture of Holocaust remembrance by setting up the European Memory Data Space
Creating the new culture of Holocaust remembrance by setting up the European Memory Data Space
On June 6, Jewish Heritage Network leading the EU-funded project European Memory Data Space (EMDS) organised an event about data spaces at the Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. Pavel Kats (co-founder of Jewish Heritage Network, JHN) and Yekaterina Travkina (consultant at INNOPAY and researcher at the CoE-DSC) share their key take-aways.
Provide feedback on topics related to Digital Product Passports
Provide feedback on topics related to Digital Product Passports
Provide feedback on various topics related to Digital Product Passports (DPPs) before 18 August.