Comment on EOSC Focus (2022-2025) by EOSC Symposium 2025 – ENVRI Community

EOSC Focus (2022-2025) The EOSC Focus Horizon Europe project supported the co-programmed EOSC Partnership in delivering on its mission to establish Open Science as the “new normal” and in achieving the key objectives, outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Union and the EOSC Association. By bringing their activities and insights to the forefront, the EOSC Focus interviews help to reinforce the connections between each country’s Mandated Organisation and its EOSC Association Member and Observer organisations, as well as to make visible the work going into the implementation of EOSC at the national and institutional levels. The EOSC Winter School was conceptualised following a suggestion at the European Commission’s June 2023 coordination meeting, which identified a significant collaboration gap in the Horizon Europe (HE) EOSC-related projects. Winter School 2024: EOSC-A Board and Task Forces engage in hands-on collaboration with 21 EOSC-related projects Highlight: EOSC Macro-Roadmap The Macro-Roadmap for the implementation of EOSC is a continuously updated interactive catalogue of the results of EU projects developing EOSC, the deliverables of the EOSC-A Task Forces, and selected in-kind contributions of the EOSC-A membership. Work Packages & Deliverables EOSC Focus submitted its First Periodic Technical Report in January 2024, and the General Project Review by the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency (REA) was received in March 2024. Emphasis has been also put on boosting the collaboration of EOSC- related Horizon Europe projects (notably of the INFRAEOSC projects).” Also cited in the report is the successful establishment and implementation of the Partnership’s Monitoring Framework, updates to the Rules of Participation, and the specification of a set of resource models.