Cities and organisations across Finland are working together to develop new ways of sharing and using mobility data through common European data space initiatives focused on smarter and more sustainable urban services.
As part of this work, Finnish partners involved in the European DS4SSCC-DEP programme are collaborating on a national reference architecture for mobility data spaces. The goal is to create common approaches and frameworks that allow cities, companies and public authorities to exchange mobility-related data securely, efficiently and interoperably.
DS4SSCC-DEP is a European initiative that supports the deployment of data spaces for smart communities and cities. The programme brings together projects and pilot activities from different countries to develop practical solutions for trusted data sharing and collaboration across sectors.
In Finland, two DS4SSCC-DEP pilot projects are playing a central role in this work. The first is TDFS (Traffic Data for Smart Cities), coordinated by Forum Virium Helsinki, which focuses on improving the sharing and utilisation of traffic and mobility data in urban environments. The second is DT-aCoGo (Digital Twin as a Common Good), based in Tampere, which explores how digital twin technologies and shared urban data infrastructures can support better city planning, operations and services.
Together, the projects are contributing to the development of a Finnish national reference architecture for mobility data spaces. The objective is not only to address technical interoperability, but also to support governance models, ecosystem cooperation and trusted frameworks for public-private collaboration.
Within this landscape, deployEMDS plays an important connecting role. The project supports the deployment and operationalisation of mobility data spaces by bringing together pilots, stakeholders and technical initiatives across Europe. In Finland, especifically through the Tampere Use Case, deployEMDS provides a framework through which local pilot activities such as TDFS and DT-aCoGo can contribute to shared European objectives while also benefiting from cross-border collaboration and knowledge exchange.
By linking local experimentation with European-level coordination, deployEMDS helps ensure that the solutions being developed are not isolated demonstrations, but building blocks for scalable and interoperable mobility ecosystems. This creates opportunities for cities and organisations to learn from one another, align approaches and accelerate the practical adoption of trusted data-sharing models.
The cooperation between the Finnish DS4SSCC-DEP pilots demonstrates how local and regional projects can contribute to wider national and common European objectives for interoperable data ecosystems. Through practical pilot activities and stakeholder collaboration, Finland is helping to shape future models for smart mobility and urban data sharing.
The article by Toni Lusikka and Olli-Pekka Mattila is available on the Finnish Data Space Alliance website:
https://www.dataspacesalliance.fi/suunnistus-sujuvaan-kaupunkiin-data-avaruuksien-hyodyntaminen-julkisen-ja-yksityisen-sektorin-yhteistyossa/