Professional qualifications
Want to learn about data spaces?
Do you want to grow your business or learn new technical skills? We make it easy for you to get started – with the Data Space Professional Qualification Programme. Our courses are built on the neutral, vendor-agnostic, and state-of-the-art IDS framework, designed to cater to all levels of expertise – from beginners to advanced professionals.
Professional data space qualification
The Data Space Professional Qualification Programme provides a clear and trusted framework for building and teaching data‑space skills. Developed by experts across the IDSA community, it offers standardized learning paths for professionals and a ready‑to‑use curriculum for organizations that want to deliver training. Learners can earn the official IDSA Professional Certificate, and providers can offer recognized courses based on a common, validated standard.
Build your skills. Earn an IDSA Professional Certificate.
The Professional Qualification Programme provides structured, reliable learning on data spaces — from foundational concepts to advanced, role-based expertise. The program awards learners with unique IDSA Certificates through an assessment that will help to enhance their career path.
Fundamentals
The competence level Fundamentals provides essential knowledge about data spaces helping professional to grasp the concepts and main benefits of data sharing.
Qualified
The competence level Qualified equipes professionals with the skills to develop and implement comprehensive strategies and solutions based on data space technologies.
Data space fundamentals
The Data Space Fundamentals qualification is a professional qualification that provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of data spaces and their key aspects such as data space governance, trust and data sovereignty or business models and value creation. It is an essential step for anyone willing to be a part of the growing data spaces ecosystem.
The challenges you address with the course:
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- What is a data space? Give me a clear definition.
- Easy to understand business benefits of data spaces
- How data space can be helpful for me?
- I am required to share my data through a data space, what does it mean?
- What does it mean to set up a data space?
By the end of your course, you are able to:
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- Communicate with confidence about data spaces concepts
- Identify potential applications of data spaces
- Participate in data spaces initiatives at an entry-level
- Contribute to basic data space tasks under supervision
The competences you have acquired:
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- Core concepts and definitions in data spaces (trust, governance, interoperability…)
- Clear understanding of key stakeholders and their role
- Familiarity with relevant data regulations impacting data spaces
Data Space Business Consultant
New business models and innovative services based on data space technologies are growing rapidly. The Data Space Business Consultant qualification from IDSA will teach you how to develop an adoption strategy aligned with your business objectives. This qualification is aimed at professionals with business profiles and data managers within organizations to help them successfully participate in a data space.
The challenges you address with the course:
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- How to identify value for my organization in a data space?
- What is important to set up a use case in a data space?
- How to prepare my organization to adopt data spaces?
- What are the best practices for data sharing agreements?
- How to prepare for growth and organize after a first use case implementation?
By the end of your course, you are able to:
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- Understand data sharing challenges & opportunities
- Develop a data space adoption strategy aligned with business objectives
- Prepare deployment of a use case and the measures of its success
The competences you have acquired:
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- Identification of business value for the creation of a use case
- Apply strong analytics & problem-solving for data spaces solutions
- Effective communication of data spaces benefits to diverse stakeholders
- Proven negotiation skills in data partnerships
- Project management with data management integration
Data Space Technical Consultant
Available starting December 2025.
Rapidly growing ecosystems based on data space technologies call for well-versed IT specialists. The Data Space Technical Consultant qualification from IDSA will show you how to design secure and scalable data space solutions. It is aimed at IT professionals with experience in data integration, security, cloud technologies, and consultants eager to design architectures for data space solutions.
Deliver high‑quality, IDSA‑aligned training.
Authorized Training Providers
Authorized Training Providers are officially recognized training organizations that deliver courses aligned with the content and standards of the Data Space Professional Qualification Programme. Each provider has been assessed and approved by IDSA based on their subject-matter expertise and the quality of their training materials.
Courses offered by Authorized Training Providers follow the official curriculum and provide a reliable pathway to prepare for the IDSA Qualification exam.
Regional Awarding Bodies
Regional Awarding Bodies are organizations helping IDSA to deliver the Data Space Professional Qualification Program regionally. IDSA relies on local expertise to ensure the best experience to be provided to the students. Regional Awarding Bodies help assess Authorized Training Providers, provide exams and foster the Program development in their respective region. They are approved by IDSA following an assessment ensuring their appropriate expertise.
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Your contact person:
Antoine Garnier
Senior Consultant & Innovations Manager
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