Contribution of the European Research
Infrastructures (RI) to Open Science
Strengthening and Widening the European Infrastructure
for Social Sciences
3-4 May, Lisbon Portugal
Antonio Di Giulio, Head of Unit B4-Research Infrastructures
European Commission
DG Research & Innovation Research Infrastructures
As we mark the 60th
anniversary of the
Treaties of Rome, it is
time for a united
Europe of 27 to shape
a vision for its future.
Jean-Claude Juncker,
President of the European Commission, 1 March 2017
A changing place in an evolving world
Population shift
Economic weight
Source: UN Statistical Division and Eurostat,
EU27
Source: Eurostat and UN Statistical Division
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A profoundly transformed economy and society
Legacy of the
economic crisis
Source: Rand
Europe
Source: European
Commission
Changing demographics
Climate change and
circular economy
New technologies
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Drivers of Europe's Future
A changing place in an
evolving world
A profoundly transformed
economy and society
Heightened threats and
concerns about security and
borders
A questioning of trust and
legitimacy
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SOME ASPECTS AT STAKE
Capturing and communicating the value and
economic impact of social science
Advocacy programs/ Awareness for the RI
Supporting investments in knowledge capital,
growth and innovation
Evidence of the economic value of knowledgebased capital
Tangible and intangible capital
Open access to data, data analysis and
incorporation scientific in advice policy making
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THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR
Fostering a new approach to the scientific
process, namely, Open Science
Bringing together current and future research
data infrastructures and provide access to
researchers to address the major concerns of
our time
Developing a Coherent Framework for Data,
Software and Research Communities
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HOW?
 Ability to find data in a single entry point
 Data quality / validation / metadata
 Long term preservation of data
 Data that can go beyond disciplinary use
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Exploiting better the data generated by the RI (%)
 RI to take responsibility for the Data Management
dimension with specific reference to the data storage,
curation, access and re-use aspects
The Commissioner's vision on EOSC
"Europe's final transition must be one
from fragmented data sets to an
integrated European Open Science
Cloud.
By 2020, we want all European
researchers to be able to deposit,
access
and
analyse
European
scientific data through a European
Open Science Cloud.."
Speech by Commissioner Carlos Moedas in Amsterdam, NL:
“Open science: share and succeed”, 4 April 2016
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Support to Research Data infrastructures under the
Research Infrastructures action
RTD part
 Integration at EU level of national scientific data infrastructures
 Development and interoperability of pan-European Thematic Data
infrastructures
 more than 170 M€ in FP7 and, so far, more than 146 M€ in H2020
CNECT part (e-infrastructures)
 development of data and distributed computing e-infrastructures
 management and preservation of big research data
 Research Data Alliance
 virtual research environments
 ~98 M€ in FP7 and, so far, more than 110 M€ in H2020 plus HPC &
Geant support
Delivering a wealth of generic and thematic data services, work-flows,
interoperable standards and ontologies, ….
Perspective
CESSDA has a long
history of excellent
collaboration
among the national
data archives for
social sciences;
With CESSDA
becoming an ERIC in
June a new phase in
the development of
a European data
infrastructure for
social sciences will
start;
And this will
make a major
contribution to
the EOSC.
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Thank you for your attention
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