Brussels, 28 November - The EDPB launched a call for expression of interest to establish a new reserve list for the Support Pool of Experts (SPE) programme. The objective is set up a reserve list of legal and technical experts.
The legal expertise sought includes a wide range of fields, such as data protection, policy monitoring, technology, cybersecurity, competition, healthcare, online intermediary services and content moderation.
As for the technical expertise, the relevant areas include IT auditing, website security, mobile OS and apps, Internet of Things, cloud-computing, behavioural advertising, anonymisation techniques, cryptology, artificial intelligence, User experience (UX) design, fintech, and data science.
Bring your expertise to the table
Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in this EDPB’s key strategic initiative. Your work will help Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across Europe increase their capacity to supervise and enforce data protection rules and strengthen the protection of individuals’ fundamental rights.
In 2022, the EDPB issued a call for expression of interest, which led to the establishment of a first SPE reserve list. As this list is set to expire in February 2026, the EDPB is inviting experts who were included in this first SPE reserve list to submit their application in response to the new call for expression of interest.
The call will be open until August 2030.
Learn how to submit your application.
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Background
The SPE was developed as part of the EDPB Strategy 2021-2023 to help DPAs increase their enforcement capacity by developing common tools and giving them access to a wide pool of experts.
The EDPB aims to carry out approximately ten projects per year with pre-eminent external experts in a given field. Projects are coordinated either by individual DPAs or by the EDPB.
More information on the SPE and on completed project is available here.