Austria Country Profile Q2/2024
The Austria Country Profile was created within the initiative of the EOSC Support Office Austria. It is a deliverable of the Working Group (WG) “Austria Country Profile”.
Researchers from TU Graz and TU Vienna take part in the 3rd coordination meeting of the European Commission with the EOSC-related projects in Brussels
On June 20 and 21, 2024, the European Commission invited all Horizon Europe projects funded under the INFRAEOSC call to Brussels. This working meeting, which takes place once a year at the invitation of the European Commission and is (co-)organized by the EOSC Association, serves as a platform for exchange between representatives of the Commission and the projects. Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi and Stefan Reichmann (both RDM Team, TU Graz) took part in this working meeting at the invitation of the EU Commission on behalf of the EOSC Focus project, Tomasz Miksa (TU Vienna) on behalf of the OSTrails project.
EOSC Projects Coordination Meeting in Brussels
On 20-21 June 2024 in Brussels, the European Commission, represented by DG for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), DG for Communications Networks Content and Technology (DG CNECT), and the European Research Executive Agency (REA), organised the 2024 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe.The WorldFAIR project's Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) published a set of implementation recommendations, based on profiles of common, domain-neutral metadata standards which are aligned to work together to support core functions required by FAIR. The CDIF is now available via Zenodo.
WorldFAIR Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF)
The WorldFAIR project's Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) published a set of implementation recommendations, based on profiles of common, domain-neutral metadata standards which are aligned to work together to support core functions required by FAIR. The CDIF is now available via Zenodo.
EOSC Opportunity Area Expert Groups
The EOSC Opportunity Area (OA) Expert Groups constitute an important mechanism for collaboration on technical and related matters within the Horizon Europe Co-programmed Partnership for EOSC. They are a product of the voluntary collaboration across Horizon Europe (HE) EOSC-related projects, mainly in the domain of the HE Technology Group – one of the three inter-project working groups initiated by the Vademecum – and serve as the cornerstone of a community of technical experts collaborating to advance the development of EOSC.
UNESCO Working Group on Open Science Infrastructures
UNESCO has set up five working groups, each targeting key impact areas crucial for implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (OS) adopted on 23 November 2021. While the Recommendation affirmed the importance of open science as a vital tool to improve the quality and accessibility of both scientific outputs and scientific processes, these working groups brought together experts and open science entities from various fields and domains to address distinct yet interconnected topics and challenges essential to the implementation of the Recommendation.
FAIR-IMPACT National Roadshow Austria
The FAIR-IMPACT National Roadshow visited Austria on June 18th. This event was hosted by the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) as part of “Shared RDM Services & Infrastructure” project. Around 50 participants from Austria and beyond joined to explore the latest advancements in Open Science within the country and to learn about outcomes from EOSC-related projects, including FAIR-IMPACT.
Two new opinion papers by the EOSC-SB Policy Sub-Group are released
An expert group of the EOSC Steering Board (EOSC-SB), the Policy Sub-Group, in collaboration with the ESFRI-EOSC Coordination Task Force wrote two opinion papers analysing a set of key disruptive concepts and practices connected to the construction and future operation of EOSC. The partnership is further enhanced by the participation of the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP), the operator of Switzerland’s national library platform, swisscovery, which will bring Open Knowledge Maps visualisations to over 500 libraries. This widespread support from the Swiss research community will strengthen Open Knowledge Maps and its open infrastructure as a part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
FAIR Impact National Roadshow in Austria
UNESCO Working Group on Open Science Funding and Incentives Policy and Policy Instruments UNESCO has set up five working groups, each targeting key impact areas crucial for implementing the UNESCO…
Switzerland pledges support to Open Knowledge Maps on a national level
The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) has signed a membership for Open Knowledge Maps on behalf of nine of its members, in an agreement bringing AI-driven visual discovery to researchers and research institutions across Switzerland. The partnership is further enhanced by the participation of the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP), the operator of Switzerland’s national library platform, swisscovery, which will bring Open Knowledge Maps visualisations to over 500 libraries. This widespread support from the Swiss research community will strengthen Open Knowledge Maps and its open infrastructure as a part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).