1. EOSC Governance Development Forum
4 May 2017
Per Öster

2. Governance Development Forum
Enable stakeholders to contribute to the governance development
A platform for information, dialogue, and development
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3. EOSC Governance Development Forum
Direct input from stakeholders/members
Dialogue, meetings, statements, whitepapers
Surveys …
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4. Results of the questionnaire
- Ways to engage stakeholders in the development of the EOSC governance framework

5. Target group of the questionnaire
Participants from three EOSC stakeholder workshops in and 2016:
- 30 November 2015, Brussels: organised by HLEG EOSC to discuss the challenges and possible solutions for EOSC.
- 5 Feb 2016, Rome: organised by EUDAT, EGI, OpenAIRE, GÉANT, and LIBER to understand the roles of e-Infrastructures and RIs in EOSC.
- 29 June 2016, Brussels: organised by EC for Member State representatives to discuss preparation of a roadmap outlining the governance and funding of EOSC.
Questionnaire sent to 68 respondents - 21 responses.
Respondents mainly represented RIs followed by e- Infrastructures. Funding Bodies the least represented.
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6. Report about questionnaire
A report with results and some conclusions is available:
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7. Main issues discussed in workshops
Further Explanation
Scope of EOSC and communication
Should EOSC become a physical cloud infrastructure or a set of principles guiding a federated implementation (rules of engagement)
a clear definition of what EOSC is
importance and role of the research infrastructures
use cases
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8. Main issues discussed in workshops
Further Explanation
Governance and funding of EOSC
These should be based on strong national coordinating building blocks
embed the practical advice of repository managers, IT service operators and researchers in the governance and operation of EOSC
governance model must take into account the incentives of researchers to share their data
synergies between research infrastructures and e-infrastructures
governance structure that involves stakeholders
compliance to GDPR and its national implementations
to gather funders from member states together for a discussion
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9. Main issues discussed in workshops
Further Explanation
Acceptance of FAIR principles
HLEG report, doubts around if the full research community or the research infrastructures will be standing behind the report
sensitive data management and sharing (informed consent management, dynamic consent)
sensitive data processing
interfacing and interoperability
data quality
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10. Ways of stakeholder involvement
Ways of involvement
Users
attracting users to drive the development of EOSC
being better informed and becoming users
Research infrastructures
ESFRI infrastructures could play an important role disseminating the EOSC into specific communities
intensive interaction is needed between research infrastructures and EOSC (also on a practical level)
Interest and advocacy groups
these groups should be welcome and involved in the governance structures of EOSC
e-Infrastructures
draw on the experiences of e-infrastructures in regards to funding and governance
workshops to capture the opportunities and potential pitfalls of different models
intensive interaction between research infrastructures and EOSC, also on a practical level
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11. General conclusion
“The results of this questionnaire suggest that research communities and the concerned national research agencies should lead the implementation of EOSC and approve the EOSC governance implementation.”
Small sample but support for the approach taken by the EOSCpilot
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12. Assumption about path forward
Let’s assume that EOSC to its nature is a federation of interoperable entities
This would imply a federated interoperable governance framework
Have a look at the new “European Interoperability Framework” for inspiration
“Promoting seamless services and data flows for European public administrations”
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13. Interoperability Framework
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14. Interoperability Layers
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15. Towards interoperable governance
Legal (policy) interoperability
Organizational interoperability
Semantic interoperability
Technical interoperability
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16. Legal interoperability
Legal interoperability is about ensuring that organizations operating under different legal frameworks, policies and strategies are able to work together
Legal (policy) interoperability
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17. Organisational interoperability
Business process alignment
Document the business processes using commonly accepted modelling techniques and agree on how these processes should be aligned to deliver the services of EOSC
Organizational relationships
Clarify and formalise the organisational relationships for establishing and operating EOSC
Organizational interoperability
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18. Semantic interoperability
Support the establishment of sector-specific and cross-sectoral communities that aim to create open information specifications and encourage relevant communities to share their results on national and European platforms (e.g. RDA)
Management of metadata, master data and reference data should be prioritised
Perceive data and information as a public asset that should be appropriately generated, collected, managed, shared, protected and preserved
Semantic interoperability
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19. Technical interoperability
Use open specifications, where available, to ensure technical interoperability when establishing EOSC services
Technical interoperability
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20. More to read… New European Interoperability Framework
Website:
Communication: lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:2c2f2554-0faf- 11e7-8a35-01aa75ed71a /DOC_1&format=PDF
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21. Upcoming events 9 May in Helsinki 9 May in Catania
Governance development forum event. A 2h panel discussion in conjunction with RI ERIC meeting
9 May in Catania
EGI Conference Plenary: Towards the EOSC
EGI Conference session: European Open Science Cloud implementation - scenarios for EOSC architecture and impact on governance aspects (EC organizer)
12 June EOSC Summit in Brussels
Organized by the EC (by invitation only)
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22. Thanks! Next EGDF webinar 1 June14:00 CEST
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