State-of-play of the European Open Science Cloud

(EOSC)

Plan-E. Platform of national e-science centers in Europe

General assemblyRome, 14-15 april

European Commission, Directorate General Research & Innovation (DG RTD) Jc Burgelman

Michel Schouppe, RTD.B2 Open Science

• Vision

• EOSC roadmap

• Political support(Council conclusions of May 2018)

• Targeted resourcing(Horizon 2020 INFRAEOSC Calls 2018-2020)

• Communities at work(EOSC ‘Coalition of Doers’)

• Prototype Portal

• Governance 2019-2020

EOSC achievements 2016-2018

Raising importance of the FAIR principles over time

2019-2020: six action lines (SWD)

INFRAEOSC-01-2018 Access to commercial services

EOSC dedicated activitiesto prototype the EOSC

Governance and policy

New servicesnew users

INFRAEOSC-04-2018Connecting ESFRI infrastructures

INFRAEOSC-06-2019Enhancing the user experience

INFRAEOSC-03-2020Portal integration & consolidation

H2020 INFRAEOSC

Calls

2018-2020

> 250 Mio €

Portaldevelopment

INFRAEOSC-02-2019 Prototyping new services for new users

INFRAEOSC-07-2020Increasing the service offer

INFRAEOSC-05-b-2018-2019Coordination of national initiatives

INFRAEOSC-05-a-c-2018 - EOSC coordination structure- FAIR Data uptake and compliance

The EOSC will provide two million EU researchers with:

✓ A catalogue of European research data funded with public money;

✓ A catalogue of services to re-use these data;

✓ Tools to make their own data open and FAIR;

✓ Advanced tools to merge and analyse the data in a secure environment;

✓ A simple access gateway to these services (EOSC Portal).

Service dimension of the EOSC

The vision (2016)Key issues for the next two years

✓ New governance model and best-fit legal vehicle for after 2020

✓ Financing model(s) to sustain EOSC services in the long run

✓ Rules of participation that will govern future EOSC transactions

✓ Coordination of EOSC-relevant national initiatives

✓ Evolution of the EOSC Portal and its interfaces, expansion of the EOSC service offering to the researchers

✓ FAIR digital objects: turning principles into practice

✓ Widening strategy for the EOSC user base

✓ EOSC in the international context

Turning FAIR into Reality: Report and Action Plan: https://doi.org/10.2777/1524

Prompting an EOSC in practice: https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/2nd-eosc-summit-2018-jun-11_en

Key issues for the next two years

Stakeholder Forum Governance Board

EOSC 2019-2020: governance

Advise on / informthe implementation

Steerthe implementation

Contribute to the implementation

EOSCSecretariat.euCoordination and Support Action

Users, Service Providers, Public sector, Industry,

SMEs, etc.

WG WG WG WG

EU-funded projects

Nationally-funded projects and initiatives

Other projects and initiatives

Extended Coalition of Doers

ProposesMonitorsReports

ReviewsEndorsesOrients

Working Groups

European stakeholder organisations and individual experts)

SupportsSupportsSupports/

coordinates w.

Executive Board

MS/AC delegates and the European Commission

Interact

2019

EOSC 2019-2020: timeline

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2020

Work Plan2020

MS + EC

evaluatio

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ase 1

Init. registry of data infrasrtuctures & services

Initial EOSC federating core in placeConnection of mostinfrastructures and

services to the EOSC

Strategic, financing, organisational model of the EOSC Post-2020

FAIR certification scheme available and FAIR PID policy defined

StakeholderForum 2019

Initial Rules of Participation

H2020 projects

EOSC governance

Mapping of EOSC-relevant national initiatives

Updated catalogue of services and Portal

Initial EOSC catalogue of datasets accessible

Main implementers

Work Plan2020

StakeholderForum 2019

Revised Rules of ParticipationSet up of WorkingGroups

▪ Report and Action Plan: Take a holistic

approach to lay out what needs to be done

to make FAIR a reality, in general and for

EOSC

▪ Addresses the following key areas:

Concepts for FAIR, the FAIR data

culture, the FAIR data ecosystem, skills,

incentives and metrics, investment and

sustainability.

▪ Recommendations and Actions: 27

recommendations, structured by these

topics, are supported by precise actions for

stakeholders.

Turning FAIR into Reality - Report and Action Plan: https://doi.org/10.2777/1524

Turning FAIR into reality

(Expert Group set up by the European Commission – DG RTD)

• Aim: To mark a transition towards the practical implementation of the EOSC and to set the scene to the practical launch the EOSC

• Focus: Governance Structure, Rules of Participation and Business model options

• 32 recommendations are provided, clustered in Implementation, Engagement and Steering

Available from:https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/2nd-eosc-summit-2018-jun-11_en

Prompting EOSC in practice

EOSC 2nd High Level Expert Group (Jun 17 – Dec 19)

We never walked alone in the preparation phase …

Not a cloud made in Bxl

Roll out EOSC should be even more community-driven

Opportunites to contribute:

✓Horizon 2020 INFRAEOSC Calls in 2019 and 2020Go to: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-search

Filter by call « H2020-INFRAEOSC-2018-2020 »

✓Events organised by EOSC-targeted projects or EOSC-related initiativesGo to: https://www.eosc-portal.eu/media/events

✓Participation to the annual assemblies of the EOSC Stakeholder Forum in Autumn 2019 and 2020Check on: https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/news-events-opinion

✓Participation in the open consultation by the upcomingworking groups of the EOSC governanceCheck on: https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/news-events-opinion

Thank you for your attention

Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/eosc E-mail: EOSC-RTD@ec.europa.eu