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European Union Funded Programme · Certified Onboarding & Service Partner

Onboard onto Catena-X
funded by the Data Space Accelerator.

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Datafaktory is a certified onboarding and service partner for the Data Space Accelerator, the publicly funded IDSA programme that lowers the entry barrier for SMEs into Catena-X. We check your eligibility, guide your application, and implement your first data-sharing use cases.

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The Programme

Data Space Accelerator

The Data Space Accelerator Program is an initiative from the International Data Spaces e.V., funded by the European Union and supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Coordinated by IDSA with Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. and operated on Cofinity-X infrastructure, funded by the BMWE (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) — built to lower the entry barrier for SMEs and Mid-Caps into industrial data spaces.

IDSA

Programme coordinator

Catena-X

Reference data space

Cofinity-X

Operating company

2026

All milestones completed within
Funding structure

Two paths, milestone-based remuneration

Payment follows verified results — successful onboarding and proven productive data exchange.
Basic Path
net
€ 0 *
Company Certificate Management

The entry use case. Upload a certificate once (ISO, IATF, AEO, CTPAT) and share it securely with all business partners — auditable, no re-uploading to every customer portal.

Basic + Advanced Path
net
€ 0 *
One additional use case
Product Carbon Footprint
Digital Product Passport
Traceability
Data Driven Quality
Demand & Capacity
PURIS
Circular Economy
* The compensation amount is adjusted according to the relative purchasing power of the country concerned. See DSA Remuneration PPP Index
Who qualifies

Eligibility

EU member statesqualify directly, plus countries with a Government Procurement Agreement with Germany (per the DSA Remuneration PPP Index).

SMEs and Mid-Caps in automotive and adjacent industries, including machine building, not yet active in Catena-X.

No prior Catena-X experience required — the programme is built for first-time onboarding.

Outside Germany? Remuneration is recalculated using a purchasing-power index, per the tender documents.

Details summarized from the official programme documentation at data-space-accelerator.com. Always confirm current terms on the official site before applying.

Use cases

Datafaktory helps you implement

Company Certificate Management

Upload your ISO, IATF, AEO, or CTPAT certificate once and share it securely with every business partner, with full audit trail. This is the Basic Path entry use case.

Traceability

track components and materials across your supply chain with standardized, sovereign data exchange. A common Advanced Path choice for automotive and industrial parts manufacturers.
Working with Datafaktory

Four steps, one partner throughout

Implement independently, or work step by step with a certified partner.

1

Eligibility check

We confirm your entity, sector, and country qualify under the current programme terms.

2

Binding offer

We help prepare your offer against the tender documents and submit it for review.

3

Implement

Company Certificate Management and Traceability solutions to exchange data.

4

Verify & get paid

Once productive data exchange is verified, milestone-based remuneration is released.
Who we work with

Built for physical manufacturing

We work with automotive and industrial manufacturing companies across the EU that need to exchange supply chain data with OEMs and Tier 1 partners on Catena-X.

Automotive — OEMs & Tier 1/2 parts manufacturers
Machinery & tooling — machine tools, laser systems, robotics, automation
Industrial components — fasteners, sensors, hydraulics, connectors
Why Datafaktory

Datafaktory, one partner throughout

Eligibility

We know the fine print

Country rules, PPP recalculation, and entity structure decide who qualifies — checked before any paperwork starts.
Application

We prepare it, you sign it

Your binding offer is prepared against the tender documents, aimed at the full €30,000 net remuneration.
Implementation

Live on Catena-X, not just approved

We build the actual connection — so productive data exchange is proven, and remuneration is released.