The European Data Market study 2024-2026

D1INCEPTION REPORT 27thJune, 2024 Table of Contents Table of Tables........................................................................................7Table of Figures.......................................................................................81Study Goals and Scope.........................................................................91.1Main Goals and Objectives............................................................................................................91.2Measuring Progress on Policy Targets.........................................................................................112Methodology and Approach...............................................................152.1Overview......................................................................................................................................152.2Objective A–Methodology.........................................................................................................162.2.1Main Methodological Changes............................................................................................182.2.2Conceptual Framework Update..........................................................................................182.2.3Measuring the value of data................................................................................................202.2.4Measuring Data Flows.........................................................................................................222.2.5Measuring data maturity.....................................................................................................232.2.6Expert interviews.................................................................................................................232.3Objective A: Data Collection........................................................................................................242.3.1Quantitative Survey and Sample Design.............................................................................252.3.3Sample Frame and Confidence Intervals.............................................................................272.3.4Quality control of data processing and elaboration............................................................282.3.5Extrapolation of results to non-surveyed countries............................................................292.3.6Questionnaire structure......................................................................................................292.3.7Qualitative Management for Quantitative Data Collection................................................332.3.8Supplier Selection................................................................................................................342.3.9Data Collection Roles and Responsibilities..........................................................................342.3.10Questionnaire Translation...................................................................................................342.3.11Questionnaire Validation.....................................................................................................352.3.12Respondent Screening.........................................................................................................352.3.13Interview Completeness......................................................................................................352.3.14Data Checking and Cleaning................................................................................................352.3.15GDPR compliance................................................................................................................362.3.2 Desk research.............................................................................................................................362.4Forecast Scenarios Methodology................................................................................................382.4.1Overview..............................................................................................................................382.4.2Scenario Desk research........................................................................................................392.4.3Definition of assumptions...................................................................................................402.4.4Macroeconomic Assumptions.............................................................................................43 2.4.5 Policy/regulatory assumptions...................................................................................................432.4.5Data market dynamics.........................................................................................................452.4.6Global Megatrends..............................................................................................................462.4.7Validation of Assumption and Retrospective Analysis...............................................