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Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration Facilitating development and operation of high-quality e-Infrastructure solutions of joint Nordic interest

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NeIC Budget 2014 (k€) NordForsk1 289 Denmark395 Finland395 Norway395 Sweden395 Iceland23 In kind from partners

NeIC Board GEN Area Coordinator ADM Area Coordinator NT1 Area Coordinator NeIC Director BMS Area Coordinator Project User Forum Project Provider Forum Project User Forum Project Operations

Some Operational Principles Openness, on – Activity initiation process – Collaboration model Communication, by means of – A common project-based model – Systematic stakeholder engagement – e-tools that are being used (wikis, chat rooms, AC, …) – Face-to-face 9

10 NeIC All Hands Jan. 2015, Lillehammer

11 Two modes of project initiation Top-down: by research councils or e-infra providers Bottom-up: by research communities NeIC

12 Collaborator NeIC XT Stakeholder forum NO YES NO Co-funding partners YES NO We have a project! YES Idea Memo Project directive Rev. project directive Collaboration agreement

NeIC uses the Tieto PPS model Tieto: Major IT services company PPS = Practical Project Management (“Styrning”) Comprehensive model, customizable to any size project Used by big international enterprises Available across all Nordic countries One common project-language and project-culture for NeIC 13

Collaboration model 14 Service Agreements Employer Institution: Project Manager Employer Institution: Project Manager Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel

Project organization 15 Steering group Co-funding partners, NeIC Steering group Co-funding partners, NeIC Project manager Project team Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group(-s) Stakeholders Reference group(-s) Stakeholders

Projects – bread and butter Project plan – Developed by project manager – pproved by project steering group Project wiki Project chatroom – If-need-be 16

17 Tryggve - A Nordic platform for sensitive BMS research data Metadata: %males, contact info, tissue types, Public ShareableAnonymized, non-identifiable data Signed terms of use Non-shareableDirectly identifiable data: Gene sequences, face images, keys to real identities, …

Beer-to-Share Nordic In response to: national EUDAT partners “Four-click” European service (EUDAT) – Long-term store&share – persistent identifiers – Metadata Customizing service for Nordic communities – BBMRI, EISCAT, ICOS, INCF, INCF, CLSi (NO), NRM(SE) 18

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So, this Nordic thing is… N ot harmful e- Infrastructure glue for five countries I nternationally open, also for excellent recruits C ontinuously broadening its scope of collaboration 23 NeIC Conference 5-8 May 2015, Espoo