On 25 February 2026, EOSC-ENTRUST held an online workshop to discuss data sovereignty through Trusted Research Environments (TREs) in European Data Spaces. The workshop explored how initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud and emerging European Data Spaces can enable responsible data sharing and analysis while respecting legal, ethical and privacy requirements.
The workshop welcomed 70 experts from across the European research and data infrastructure community. Presentations from EOSC-ENTRUST, EOSC Association, BioMedIT Switzerland, Health Data Research UK, the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre AI Factory and the Language Data Space covered current challenges, national perspectives and technical developments related to data sovereignty and cross-border access to sensitive data. The panel discussion explored user diversity, TRE roles in data spaces, resource-intensive workflows and future expectations for sensitive data research.
Speakers highlighted a shared European ambition of secure, governed and interoperable access to sensitive data and analysis for research. Achieving this vision will require harmonised governance frameworks, interoperable TRE capabilities, and collaboration across TRE providers, Data Space initiatives and EOSC stakeholders. EOSC-ENTRUST is supporting this through its Blueprint, the TRE Provider network and participation in collaboration across data spaces and infrastructures. Read the full report on Zenodo.
Find out more:
- See the workshop slides and report
- Discover the Year two version of EOSC-ENTRUST Blueprint
- Read the EOSC-ENTRUST policy brief: Federated governance for Europe’s network of Trusted Research Environments
Posted: 25 March 2026
