About GDI

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project is enabling access to genomic and related phenotypic and clinical data across Europe by establishing a federated, sustainable and secure infrastructure to access the data.

The project builds on the outputs of the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project and is realising the ambition of the 1+Million Genomes (1+MG) initiative.

will be generated and integrated into national health systems we will need capabilities to ensure that data can be made securely accessible for research where possible. Accessing data across borders will bring benefit to all as the scale of data needed for clinical and research studies can be achieved. The project will also focus on federated analysis of data with studies focussed on cancer, infectious disease and use of a genomic reference cohort (the Genome of Europe). These use case studies will identify solutions and guide the development of the infrastructure that will in turn enhance the implementation of genomics into healthcare.

This first year of the project will be overlapping with the B1MG project that has worked over the past 3 years to build recommendations and guidelines to advance towards the deployment of personalised medicine at the European scale. This includes guidance on data governance, standards, quality and infrastructure, recommendations on how to approach citizen engagement as well as a tool for countries to self-assess implementation into healthcare. These recommendations will be used and developed further by the GDI project. These recommendations can also be used by other European initiatives that will benefit from accessing/combining genomic and other types of data including the European Health Data Space and European Cancer Image Initiative. GDI will promote governance and technical interoperability across these initiatives.

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GDI and the 1+Million Genomes Initiative

The aim of the GDI project is to realise the 1+MG initiative’s ambition of creating a data infrastructure that will enable secure access to genomics and corresponding clinical data across Europe.

The B1MG project provides coordination and support to the 1+MG initiative and works on the design and testing of the initiative’s concept. GDI is a scale up of the B1MG project to sustain cross-border secured access to genomic and health data. During the project, GDI will focus on the deployment and operation of the required data infrastructure.

Read the project’s kick-off news release»

GDI website launched

The GDI website was launched in 2022 and includes an overview of the project objectives. In the future, the website will be expanded to give more details on the project milestones and relevant news and events.

Visit the website»

GDI Pillar II held a successful first workshop in March

In March, GDI Pillar II held its first workshop in Sweden with 65 experts from 18 countries in Europe gathering together to define the starter kit for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure services that will include open source reference implementations of global standards taylored for GDI needs as well as +2,500,000 realistic synthetic genomics and associated clinical data.

Outcomes of the discussions are on GitHub»

HealthData@EU Pilot project Proof of Concept

In March 2023, the HealthData@EU Pilot project entered a crucial phase: the proof of concept (POC) phase. The new HealthData@EU Pilot report provides a first high-level vision of the target architecture of the POC and details the key steps to deliver the minimum viable product (MVP) by the end of 2023.

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