Objective Today’s Internet is becoming increasingly centralised, slowing innovation and challenging its potential to revolutionise society and the economy in a pluralistic manner. DECODE will develop practical alternatives through the creation, evaluation and demonstration of a distributed and open architecture for managing online identity, personal and other data, and collective governance in a citizen-friendly and privacy-aware fashion. Strong digital rights that makes it possible for data subjects to determine access rights to their information through flexible entitlements and open standard-based agreements regarding data governance (on the model of Creative Commons licenses) will be woven into the technological architecture.DECODE will increase digital sovereignty of European citizens by enabling them to produce, access and control their data and exchange contextualised information in real-time, and in a confidential, and scalable manner. DECODE will develop a modular privacy-aware IoT hub with a free and open source operating system backed by a state of the art blockchain infrastructure supporting smart-contracts and privacy protections.The architecture will be demonstrated through four pilots in Barcelona and Amsterdam, in the field of digital democracy, citizen sensing, and collaborative economy. The pilots will be run with the active involvement of social entrepreneurs, hackers, and makers. Innovators will be able to build solutions on top of the platform through hackathons and open challenges, while ensuring their security, resilience and privacy preserving qualities. This aims to create a decentralised innovation ecosystem that will attract a critical mass able to shift the current centralised data-driven economy towards a decentralised, sustainable and commons-based economy. DECODE puts agency and data control in the hands of citizens, to improve citizens’ well-being and society for the collective benefit of all. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwareoperating systemssocial sciencessociologygovernancesocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurshipnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptographysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Keywords Distributed architectures decentralised data management privacy design strategy digital sovereignty open standards blockchains citizen owned data ecosystem Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Main Programme Topic(s) ICT-12-2016 - Net Innovation Initiative Call for proposal H2020-ICT-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-ICT-2016-1 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D'INFORMATICA DE BARCELONA Net EU contribution € 484 582,36 Address AVENIDA DIAGONAL 220/2 08018 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 484 582,36 Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all THOUGHTWORKS LTD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 700 853,14 Address 76-78 WARDOUR STREET W1F 0UR London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 700 853,14 NESTA United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 451 702,00 Address 58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT EC4Y 0DS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 451 702,00 STICHTING DYNE. ORG Netherlands Net EU contribution € 666 750,00 Address HAPARANDADAM 7-A1 1013 AK Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 666 750,00 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 305 312,50 Address GOWER STREET WC1E 6BT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 305 312,50 STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 241 185,00 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 241 185,00 ARDUINO AB Sweden Net EU contribution € 168 750,00 Address ANCKARGRIPSGATAN 3 211 19 Malmo See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 168 750,00 POLITECNICO DI TORINO Italy Net EU contribution € 185 125,00 Address CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 24 10129 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 185 125,00 STICHTING WAAG SOCIETY Netherlands Net EU contribution € 355 782,50 Address NIEUWMARKT 4 1012 CR Amsterdam See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 355 782,50 FUNDACIO PER A LA UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA Spain Net EU contribution € 317 312,50 Address AVENIDA TIBIDABO 39 08035 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 317 312,50 THINGFUL LIMITED United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 312 500,00 Address 3 SCRUTTON STREET EC2A 4HF London See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region London Inner London — East Hackney and Newham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 312 500,00 FUNDACIO EURECAT Spain Net EU contribution € 320 187,50 Address AVENIDA UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA 23 08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona) See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 320 187,50 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 186 000,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 186 000,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. UNIVERSITE PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE France Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Place du Pantheon 12 75231 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data GEMEENTE AMSTERDAM Netherlands Net EU contribution € 92 500,00 Address AMSTEL 1 1011 PN Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 92 500,00 DRIBIA DATA RESEARCH SL Spain Net EU contribution € 199 131,25 Address CALLE DOMENECH 4 2 1 08012 Barcelona See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 199 131,25