Gaia-X Hub Austria
Gaia-X Hub Austria Vision
Gaia-X Hub Austria MISSION
The Gaia-X Hub Austria will ensure that, in this crucial phase of digital transformation, no time is wasted and that policymakers, scientists and researchers, businesses, public administration, and civil society organizations actively and in some areas even take the lead in shaping the European data ecosystem.
To effectively, visibly, and sustainably support the Gaia-X vision, the Gaia-X Hub Austria will pursue the following four strategic goals for all involved or interested Austrian organizations and individuals:
Gaia-X Hub Austria OBJECTIVES
Based on the four strategic areas of action defined in the Mission Statement of the Gaia-X Hub Austria, the Hub aims to achieve the following operative objectives by the end of 2025
- The hub provides consulting services to political decision-makers with the goal of integrating Gaia-X into the digital agenda and shaping the national data strategy.
- The hub operates an interoperability lab based on a reference infrastructure in cooperation with the planned national Gaia-X Clearing House.
- The hub supports the development of an Austrian trust framework.
- The hub establishes partnerships with the Austrian representatives of the DSBA (Data Space Business Alliance) as well as the DSBC (Data Spaces Support Center) and coordinates the establishment of a “DSBA Hub Austria.”
- The hub advocates for the active involvement of the Austrian public administration in the Gaia-X ecosystem.
- The hub offers regularly updated communication and information formats.
- The hub supports the establishment and coordination of domain working groups, reference projects, and reference architectures.
- The hub develops specific recommendations for interested organizations to facilitate entry for potential participants into data spaces.
- The hub provides, in collaboration with funding agencies, a periodic overview of Austrian and European funding programs.
- The hub contributes to shaping the national data strategy by coordinating and aligning key stakeholders.