The Data Governance Act (DGA) is a regulatory framework adopted by the European Union to facilitate the reuse and sharing of data across sectors and member states, promoting a trustworthy and secure data-sharing environment. The DGA introduces mechanisms to encourage voluntary data-sharing by businesses and individuals while ensuring strong protections for privacy and security.

Knowledge of underlying EU policies and legislations is a key element in Digital Europe proposals as they play an important role in the “relevance” evaluation criterion. This Policy Briefing is one of several briefings prepared by DEP4ALL, the NCP Network for the Digital Europe programme, to support applicants with summaries of relevant EU initiatives.