Checklist: setting up a dataspace

When starting a data collaboration, there is always a sequence of steps you need to take. These steps are mentioned here.

This short checklist can be used to keep track of the process while setting up a collaboration on sensitive data. A more elaborate guide can be found on our website.

  • Setup steering group (determines dataspace goals)
  • Setup expert working group (determines research agenda, prepares analyses and data extraction)
  • Plan recurring meeting for steering group (e.g. monthly or quarterly, 1 hour)
  • Plan bi-weekly meeting with expert working group (e.g. bi-weekly 30min)
  • Brief privacy officer (of consortium organizer)
  • Brief security officer (of consortium organizer)
  • Onboard data scientist
  • Develop initial research question and necessary variables/fields (rough draft, in text)
  • Complete DPIA process for consortium lead
  • Complete reference DPIA for consortium partners
  • Complete security review with security officer
  • Approve DPIA by consortium lead
  • Write first design scripts to implement initial research question in Pyton/crandas
  • Develop research agenda (e.g. planned quarterly results)
  • Brief privacy officers of consortium partners on DPIA and collaboration agreement (incl. joint-controllership agreement)
  • Ask consortium partners to complete DPIA process
  • Prepare collaboration agreement (may include joint-controllership agreement)
  • Ask consortium partners to review and approve collaboration agreement
  • Run first analysis
  • Review first analysis and update research agenda