Luxembourg's Data Strategy

Introduction

Data is a raw material of digital innovation in the digital transformation of society and the economy. It is a major driver of innovation, economic growth and improved public services. Recognising this potential, Luxembourg has developed a data strategy to fully exploit the value of data, while promoting its responsible, secure and efficient use in the public interest.

This strategy reflects the government's commitment, expressed in the coalition agreement 2023-2028 (in French: accord de coalition 2023-2028), to promote innovation and keep Luxembourg at the forefront of emerging technologies. It is part of the "Accelerating Digital Sovereignty 2030" initiative, presented at a press conference on 19 May 2025 by Ministers Stéphanie Obertin, Elisabeth Margue and Lex Delles.

Data, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies are the three strategic areas of the initiative, which Luxembourg intends to develop synergistically in order to improve the quality of life of its citizens, boost the economy, strengthen the country's digital and technological sovereignty, and contribute to the digital sovereignty of the European Union.

Through this strategy, Luxembourg, in line with the European Union's strategic initiatives and the legal framework in place, intends to develop a national data ecosystem, creating tangible value for citizens, businesses and public administrations.

Luxembourg's data strategy is the result of close collaboration with a large number of key players from civil society, the private and public sectors and research, who contribute their expertise, infrastructure and governance to ensure effective implementation.

It sets out a holistic vision, guiding principles and concrete actions to make data valorisation a reality in Luxembourg. It establishes a national data governance framework, encourages secure and transparent data sharing and reuse, and promotes value creation for society and the economy. This framework is embodied in particular by the Law of 19 December 2025 and bill  8395 B, which establish a national legal basis for data valorisation and the implementation of the Once Only principle.

Vision

Through this data strategy, Luxembourg aims to:

• ensure an attractive, efficient, sovereign and secure data environment
• empower citizens to maximise the value of their own data
• design data-driven policies
• provide simple, fast and efficient public services
• create data-driven innovation and added value
• establish a hub of excellence in terms of data.

Luxembourg Data Factory

The determination and efforts to achieve the above vision are accompanied by the establishment of a Luxembourg Data Factory, supervised by the Ministry for Digitalisation, with the aim of supporting entities in the private and public sectors, as well as scientific research stakeholders, in implementing Luxembourg's data strategy.

The Luxembourg Data Factory aims to develop an ecosystem for data valorisation, based on the provision and re-use of ready-to-use information, enabling the creation of accessible and interoperable data products and services.

Guiding Principles Luxembourg places people at the heart of its strategy, acting in the public interest with fairness and taking ecological issues into account.

All data processing respects fundamental rights, with guarantees of transparency, loyalty and security.

Luxembourg aims to optimise the valorisation of the data within its ecosystem by promoting the FAIR principles: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

Six action enablers

In order to translate the national vision into concrete actions, the strategy defines six enablers serving as guiding pillars, as well as thirty-three actions to be implemented by 2030, with the Data Factory playing a central role in supporting and coordinating them.

1. Governance and regulations

Establish clear, centralised, transparent and secure data governance

The government is implementing centralised governance with a single information point, a single data authority and a secure data processing environment, based on dedicated tools and support services. Standardised data access conditions are also defined, as well as the definition of authentic sources to ensure transparency and consistency across sectors, while encouraging the adoption of interoperable standards enabling transparent data exchange and integration in Luxembourg and within common European data spaces.

2. Talents and skills

Develop data skills, attract talent and offer training opportunities

Luxembourg's ambition to foster a data-driven society and strengthen digital skills requires a multidimensional approach.

It is essential to develop technical expertise in data management and analysis, as well as analytical and legal skills, in order to fully exploit the potential of data. This effort targets all levels of society – employees, citizens and experts – through approaches tailored to three key profiles: data experts, data practitioners and citizens.

Actions will focus on attracting and retaining talents, strengthening data literacy in civil society, creating a network of public sector agents, such as data stewards, to ensure better vertical governance, professional training for the private and public sectors, and awareness-raising in collaboration with universities, schools, research institutes, and training providers.

3. Infrastructures

Developing state-of-the-art infrastructures for a secure digital environment and data exchange

Luxembourg is developing state-of-the-art infrastructures that enable the secure, large-scale use of data in all sectors. This approach aims to create a reliable digital environment while ensuring performance, infrastructure sustainability and data valorisation.

The main actions are:

• the development of data exchange infrastructure within the public sector to support the Once Only principle, ensure compliance with protocols and facilitate further processing of data;
• the promotion of data valorisation in the private sector through secure data processing and the development of infrastructure in collaboration with the public and research sectors. This approach also aims to eventually extend the Once Only principle to the private sector, thereby enabling the exchange of authentic data between the public and private sectors in full compliance with the legal framework; and
• adequate level of supply in terms of storage and computing capacity, with a view to a significant expansion of its cloud services, data centres and computing power in order to create an evolving infrastructure and develop sovereign and hybrid cloud solutions for national and European data ecosystems, while strengthening the country’s role as a digital hub thanks to the increased availability, security and sustainability of its data centres.

4. Services ecosystem

Data valorisation in a trusted environment, through appropriate tools and services

Fostering data valorisation in a trusted environment is one of Luxembourg's key objectives. To this end, it is essential to ensure that data in Luxembourg complies with FAIR principles. To achieve this, this enabler describes a wide range of actions, including:

• support the data discovery and intermediation services in order to make data visible and potentially re-usable;
• compile catalogues of public sector data and data products accessible to any interested party in order to centralise and describe the available data sets, promote their secure re-use and ensure transparency;
• identify and instil responsibility in data users, while defining cross-cutting standards;
• develop systems to manage anonymisation, pseudonymisation, data extraction, enrichment and fusion, synthetic data generation, data quality and curation services, and support for data access requests;
• establish quality services, data organisation and management, and consulting, as well as best practice guides with key indicators;
• develop a regulatory framework and solutions to ensure that every citizen can benefit from data concerning them.

5. Research, development and innovation

Stimulating agile research through data sharing and cross-sector collaboration

Luxembourg aspires to create a dynamic research ecosystem based on data excellence through clear, centralised governance and a robust national infrastructure. The actions planned in the strategy include the following concrete measures:

• become a centre of excellence for research data by adopting and promoting the principles and best practices of FAIR data and research data management (RDM);
• create solutions that promote research data sovereignty, the long-term reproducibility of research results, and their re-use in future research;
• establish links with European and international research infrastructures in order to develop national skills;
• encourage the creation and use of data spaces between actors in the same sector or different sectors, to promote data sharing within this ecosystem;
• enable participants to share, exchange and collaborate on data more efficiently and in compliance with applicable norms and standards; and
• encourage and reward data sharing in the research sector.

6. International collaboration

Serve as a central hub for international exchange and a centre of excellence for data

Luxembourg aims to become a centre of excellence in the field of data, relying on central governance to facilitate access, exchange and exploitation of data in a trusted environment.

The country intends to offer conditional access to national and international data, strengthen interconnections between European players, and consolidate its reputation for data security and protection by promoting a balance between openness and security.

It actively participates in international initiatives and collaborations, exchanges best practices with its partners, and hosts common European data spaces.

In addition, Luxembourg is committed to strengthening the interoperability of the public sector based on European (EIF) and national (NIF) frameworks. It is also developing the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) in accordance with the eIDAS 2.0 Regulation.

Finally, through MyGuichet.lu, the country contributes to Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 establishing the Single Digital Gateway (SDG) and the Once Only Technical System (OOTS), enabling citizens and businesses to exchange their certificates between Member States in the context of online procedures.

Flagship Projects

The operationalisation of the strategy will be based on a set of flagship projects. The flagship projects aim to stimulate innovation in Luxembourg, relying on dedicated funding and integrated governance. In this sense, these initiatives constitute the operational instruments of the national strategy and translate concrete ambitions into action in areas such as finance, health, culture, space, education, skills, cybersecurity, energy, mobility and the optimisation of legislative and administrative processes.

European Reference Framework

Luxembourg's national data strategy is based on several key regulations and directives aimed at ensuring interoperability, competitiveness, innovation and security in the use of data within the European Union.

Regulation (EU) 2022/868 on European data governance (Data Governance Act – DGA) is one of the main pillars of the European legal framework for data. It establishes principles to ensure the secure reuse of restricted-access public data, encourages data altruism and defines the rules applicable to data intermediaries.

Luxembourg's data strategy is also based on the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), which provides public administrations with guidance on strengthening governance, interoperability and the implementation of cross-border digital services;  Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (Open Data Directive), which encourages the proactive publication and reuse of high-value public sector data sets; and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR), which guarantees the protection, confidentiality and security of personal data.

Data fact sheet