TENSOR at the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) Ecosystem Building Call

The TENSOR project and its Biometrics Data Space were presented at the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) Ecosystem Building Call, a weekly, business- and strategy-oriented forum bringing together IDSA members to present data spaces, use cases, and data-sharing initiatives, exchange best practices, and discuss the latest developments in the global data spaces ecosystem.

During the Ecosystem Building Call held on Monday, 12 January 2026, with 44 IDSA members attending online from across Europe and beyond, Katerina Kyriakou from CERTH, one of the first organizations to join IDSA, presented the TENSOR project with a focus on the Biometrics Data Space framework.

The presentation provided an overview of the project’s objectives and use cases, while highlighting the novelty and challenges of applying the data spaces paradigm to biometric data, which requires enhanced data protection. In alignment with IDSA principles, it detailed the data-sharing workflow and the adoption of IDS standards and components to support secure, interoperable, and sovereign data sharing.

The presentation triggered several insightful questions, mainly related to the exploitation and sustainability of the Biometrics Data Space beyond the project’s lifetime. Discussions covered its potential extension to additional Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs), the role of open-source components for dissemination, regulatory compliance with EU frameworks, and alignment with the latest IDSA Data Space Protocol developments. Notably, interest was expressed in exploring a possible follow-up collaboration based on the presented use case.