The network is proposed at a time when this need for coordination is identified at different levels, starting with the financing entities (eg the “Practical Guide to The International Alignment of Research Data Management” of the association “Science Europe”, the strategy of the PLAN-S – www.coalition-s.org/ or the Vienna declaration of the EOSC eosc-launch.eu), and ending with the research centers and universities (eg “Commitments of universities to the Open Science” of the CRUE).
Position Papers on EOSC: Insights from Regional Projects & Infrastructures
EOSC+ INFO
18/05/2020
In early 2020, the EOSC Community took another crucial step on the road to the development and implementation of the European Open Science Cloud, as seven key EOSC-related Horizon 2020 projects signed a Collaboration Agreement in support of the EOSC Governance. The Agreement involves all the projects supported within the INFRAEOSC-05-2018-20191 call
(https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/infraeosc-05-2018-2019).
The Agreement provides a useful framework for all parties to collaborate on a wide range of topics, in order to enhance synergies in all mutual activities related to the EOSC. The projects also agreed on a Joint Activity Plan, which will guide them towards the first iteration of EOSC. Overlaps and complementarities among projects were identified, as well as specific areas for potential cooperation, ultimately aimed at the development of a common strategy to synchronise activities with the EOSC Working Groups.
These insights feature an interesting and forward-thinking collection of position papers on EOSC compiled by the INFRAEOSC 5b projects, the subgroup specifically includes the four regional projects which cover all corners of Europe, as well as insights provided by the thematic project ExPaNDS.
Solutions for a Sustainable EOSC A tinman report from the EOSC Sustainability Working Group
Editors: Bob Jones, Claire Devereux, Henriikka Mustajoki+ INFO
02/12/2019
This version of the document takes into account the analysis of the feedback and on-going developments by the EOSC-related projects and other Working Groups. The Strawman document presented early ideas to address the same questions and this document has been developed in the light of the consultation and feedback the Strawman document received.
We consider this a living document which will continue to evolve over the coming months and we look forward to receiving feedback from the governing bodies, contributing projects and working groups so that all the stakeholders can converge on a common way forward.