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| Promote rules via guidelines for ex-ante disclosure
| Promoting the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as a model of innovation governance in Europe
| The new technical standards are adopted without the consideration of the relative costs of the different technical alternatives. The implementation costs of technologies proposed as standards are frequently ignored.  When adopting standards, different standardisation bodies currently adopt different approaches to the licensing. The Commission will work towards harmonising these divergent practices and will formulate minimum rules to be followed for a standard to be recognised across the EU.
| The new technical standards are adopted without the consideration of the relative costs of the different technical alternatives. The implementation costs of technologies proposed as standards are frequently ignored.  When adopting standards, different standardisation bodies currently adopt different approaches to the licensing. The Commission will work towards harmonising these divergent practices and will formulate minimum rules to be followed for a standard to be recognised across the EU.
| Action is completed by defining the appropriate rules for essential Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and licensing conditions in standard-setting through the adoption of the [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011XC0114(04):EN:NOT Horizontal guidelines].The Standardisation chapter of the revised Horizontal guidelines gives guidance on how to ensure that the process for selecting industry standards is competitive, open and transparent. Once a standard is adopted, access will be given on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) terms to interested businesses and individuals. The purpose of the chapter is to promote an open and transparent standard-setting system in order to increase the transparency of licensing costs for IPRs.  
| Action is completed by defining the appropriate rules for essential Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and licensing conditions in standard-setting through the adoption of the [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011XC0114(04):EN:NOT Horizontal guidelines].The Standardisation chapter of the revised Horizontal guidelines gives guidance on how to ensure that the process for selecting industry standards is competitive, open and transparent. Once a standard is adopted, access will be given on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) terms to interested businesses and individuals. The purpose of the chapter is to promote an open and transparent standard-setting system in order to increase the transparency of licensing costs for IPRs.  
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| Double annual public spending on ICT research and development
| The EU public sector spends less than 5.5 B € per year on ICT R&D, far below the levels of competing economies. Public policies should be creating the right conditions for sustaining the support to R&D and explore the yet untapped resources to support ICT R&D. Awareness raising, experience sharing, benchmarking and financial incentives at EU level will help encourage Member States to move towards the use of pre-commercial procurement. EU action will support a more targeted use of structural/regional development fund for ICT research and innovation and disclose new ways to increase national R&D investments.
| The EC proclaimed that it will use structural funds for research and innovation to: develop world-class research and ICT infrastructures; establish networks of research facilities; and develop regional partner facilities. However, EC money is to be used to stimulate national funding not replace it, hence, increasing national funding through Structural Funds serves to complement and reduce spending in other EC funding programmes. One of the tasks for EGI.eu will be to work with NGIs on any application for Structural Funds. This will be done over the following months in order to allow the NGIs to thoroughly investigate the possibility of having this funding source as an integral part of their organisational plans.
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| Engage in large scale pilots financed by the CIP
| The uptake of ICT in areas of public interest requires proactive public policies. The major hurdles for the wider and better use of ICT in these areas include the unavailability of ICT-based services or products, the lack of interoperability of solutions across the Member States, and the lack of cross border initiatives or critical mass. EC will try to ensure efficient uptake and best use by businesses and governments and citizens of ICT innovations. These innovations can help address some of the main challenges of our society from health to ageing, climate change, education and energy efficiency. The objective of large-scale pilots is to provide proof-of-concept so that ICT can be mainstreamed in our processes, products and services. ICT-based innovations will be tested in real settings to demonstrate their genuine value and prepare for their wider adoption.
| NGIs together with EGI.eu should investigate possibility for NGIs to engage in large scale pilots to test and develop innovative and interoperable solutions in areas of public interest
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| EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth
| The eHealth market in the EU is highly fragmented, reflecting the different national, regional and local interoperability frameworks that are defined by competent authorities. As a result, the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) solutions provided are tailored only for one specific location and thus risk being expensive, non-reliable and non-interoperable elsewhere. EU action will ensure the creation of standards ensuring the interoperability of data. It will also select the right set of standards (known as "profiles") among existing standards to address specific use cases and, in parallel, to develop usage guidelines as well as conformance (or certification) testing schemes.
| EGI.eu supported  the recent creation of the latest EGI virtual research community – the Life Sciences Grid Community otherwise known as LSGC by signing MoU. Legal representative of the LSGC is a Health Grid. Goal of the EGI federated model is to support users are directly through their local NGI, with EGI offering the coordination and glue technologies to maximise local support. If it is applicable to research context, the EGI can contribute to the eHealth interoperability and certification on a large scale by supporting the LSGC.
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| Make eGovernment services fully interoperable
| Interoperability fosters the delivery of cross-border public services and is an important pre-condition for the open, flexible delivery of eGovernment services to citizens and business. When establishing national eGovernment services, there is a risk that Member States opt for incompatible solutions and that new electronic barriers emerge. Member States have declared in the Malmö and Granada Declarations that they will work to align their national interoperability frameworks with applicable European frameworks and develop more effective and efficient interoperable public services.
| In the future, EGI can potentially contribute to better interoperability for certain public policy issues. E-Governance, the support by e-Infrastructures for compute or data intensive processing activities relating to the public policy issues that are facing government and the public sector, have already been explored in a number of projects. These include, civil protection (see the Cyclops project), simulating traffic patterns for city planning and citizen trends, or environmental protection (e.g., predicting flooding areas, meteorology). For providing storage and website hosting, commercial cloud platforms might be more suitable for public services.
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Revision as of 10:12, 24 August 2011

DRAFT - DIGITAL AGENDA LIST OF ACTIONS
# Action What is the problem? What can EGI do? EGI Action1 Level2 Relevance3 Area4 Deadline Status5
4 Complete the European Research Area It is clear that the size, performance, efficiency and integration of the EU's research system must increase rapidly if it is to be commensurate with EU aspirations for global S&T leadership and excellence and knowledge-based competitiveness as well as to satisfy the socio-economic imperatives of its citizens, as set out in the Europe 2020 strategy. Completion of ERA is central to this strategy for economic reform, and thus to its Innovation Union flagship. In 2012 the Commission will propose an ERA Framework and supporting measures to remove obstacles to mobility and cross-border co-operation, aiming for them to be in force by end 2014. In implementation pf this action point 3 is related to Research Infrastructures - Develop and maintain world-class research infrastructures, including e-infrastructures, and ensure access to them

The challenges encountered stem from the complex nature inherent to the development of new major partnerships projects between several Member States, and a sub-optimal use of existing research infrastructures in Europe, caused inter alia by the absence of:

  • national priority setting and funding to implement ESFRI roadmap projects (in combination with the involvement of many decision-makers throughout the European Union);
  • a clear ESFRI mandate to help implementing the projects listed in the ESFRI roadmap;
  • a regular European mapping of existing facilities and national or regional projects;
  • sufficient funding and harmonized policies for optimum cross-border access to nationally operated infrastructures;
  • adequate governance at EU level for the efficient implementation of RI projects, including in the context of global cooperation
EGI can contribute to the fulfillment of this action since the consolidation and unification of the European Research Area can be achieved through utilisation of the EGI, especially in regard to efforts in avoiding costly overlaps and unnecessary duplication in national research. Furthermore, in September 2011 EC will launch dedicated broad consultation on ERA Framework. This would be great opportunity foir EGI to participate in the consultation. One of the actions that can direclty contribute to consolidation of ERA is strenthening the relathinship between e-Infrastructures and ESFRI projects that will result in increased mutual benefits. Gaining momentum and strong element of continuity in collaboration between EGI and ESFRI projects will lead to stronger links between e-Infrastructures and emerging Virtual Research Communities (VRCs).
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT and UCST)
  2. PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO EC ON ERA FRAMEWORK(UCST)
EC Relevant 31/12/2014
5 Member States together with the Commission to completed or launched the construction of 60% of the priority European research infrastructures currently identified by the ESFRI. There are several challenges linked to the realisation of identified the ESFRI projects:
  • the high total investment costs (~20 B€) and the large number of projects (~50) that are being discussed at the same time;
  • the difficulty of countries to overcome a purely national perspective in their decision to participate and invest and make long term commitment to European projects;
  • the complexity of realising the projects in partnerships between several countries and with variable geometry;
  • the inherent technical complexity of the projects and the significant work which still need to be completed to bring the projects to the technical, organisational, legal and financial maturity level where decisions on their funding can be taken;
  • the difficulty of gathering sufficient European funding to co-finance the projects and complement national contributions.
While this action is mainly focused on providing funding and enhancing cooperation between different stakeholders easing the development of synergies between all relevant actors in order to complete the construction of the the priority European research infrastructures, EGI should closely follow completion of this action. In the moment and with the research infrastructure mature enough to use our infrastructure establish cooperation for the utilisation of the infrastructure.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (USCT AND PDT)
  2. ESTABLISH COOPERATION WITH MATURE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES(UCST AND PDT)
MC and EC Relevant 31/12/2014
9 Promoting the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as a model of innovation governance in Europe The new technical standards are adopted without the consideration of the relative costs of the different technical alternatives. The implementation costs of technologies proposed as standards are frequently ignored. When adopting standards, different standardisation bodies currently adopt different approaches to the licensing. The Commission will work towards harmonising these divergent practices and will formulate minimum rules to be followed for a standard to be recognised across the EU. Action is completed by defining the appropriate rules for essential Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and licensing conditions in standard-setting through the adoption of the Horizontal guidelines.The Standardisation chapter of the revised Horizontal guidelines gives guidance on how to ensure that the process for selecting industry standards is competitive, open and transparent. Once a standard is adopted, access will be given on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) terms to interested businesses and individuals. The purpose of the chapter is to promote an open and transparent standard-setting system in order to increase the transparency of licensing costs for IPRs.
  1. ACTION: TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
EC Low Relevance Interoperability and Standards 31/12/2011 Completed
23 Guidance on link between ICT standardisation and public procurement Public authorities should make the best use of available standards when commissioning hardware, software and IT services from external suppliers. In some cases, public authorities find themselves unintentionally locked into particular IT solutions for decades, simply because they failed to draft sufficiently flexible tender specifications allowing for open choices in technological evolution.The Commission will draw up detailed guidelines on how to make best use of ICT standards in tender specifications. Commission will prepare a Commission Communication to demonstrate the link between ICT standardisation and successful public procurement. This is hot topic for cloud computing and it will be more relevant to EGI with virtualisation adoption.
  1. ACTION: TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
EC Low Relevance

In Long term Relevant

Interoperability and Standards 31/12/2011 Risk of Delay
24 Adopt a European Interoperability Strategy and European Interoperability Framework Europe does not yet reap the maximum benefits from interoperability. Weaknesses in standard-setting, public procurement and coordination between European public authorities prevent digital services and devices working across borders as well as they should. EC adopted European Interoperability Strategy and the European Interoperability Framework. The EIF takes a pragmatic approach toward openness and it is primarily focused on improving interoperability between the European public administrations, hence, national public services are called upon to “prefer open specifications, taking due account of the coverage of functional needs, maturity and market support” when establishing public services. In addition, EIF introduces the concept of “open specifications” instead of “open standards”. According to the EIF, open specifications need to meet the following criteria: All stakeholders have the same possibility of contributing to the development of the specification and public review is part of the decision-making process;The specification is available for everybody to study; Intellectual property rights related to the specification are licensed on FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) or royalty-free terms in a way that allows implementation in both proprietary and open source software. Potentially this legislation can be of relevance to EGI since E-Governance, the support by e-Infrastructures for compute or data intensive processing activities relating to the public policy issues that are facing government and the public sector, have already been explored in a number of projects. These include, civil protection (see the Cyclops project), simulating traffic patterns for city planning and citizen trends, or environmental protection (e.g., predicting flooding areas, meteorology).
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
EC Low Relevance Interoperability and Standards 31/12/2010 Completed
26 Implement European Interoperability Framework at national level In 2010 the Commission adopted the European Interoperability Strategy and a European Interoperability Framework (EIF). By 2013 Member States should align their national interoperability frameworks to the EIF. (See action 24). The Commission will assist the Member States through supporting actions, including awareness raising and exchange of information on national interoperability frameworks. NGIs should track the Member States adoption of a national interoperability framework, in line with the European one.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  1. COMMUNICATE OUR SUCCESS STORY ON EGI INTEROPERABILITY IMPLEMENTATION ON NATIONAL LEVEL BETWEEN DIFFERENT NGIs (PDT)
MS Low Relevance Interoperability and Standards 31/12/2013 On track
27 Implement Malmo and Granada declarations Europe does not yet reap the maximum benefits from interoperability. Weaknesses in standard-setting, public procurement and coordination between European public authorities prevent digital services and devices working across borders as well as they should. The European Commission will establish a framework to provide guidance on the selection of standards and specifications to the Member States by the end 2011. In 2012, will launch a new Large Scale Pilot within the CIP ICT PSP with the aim of developing and demonstrating EU-wide interoperability between national systems in the public sector. EGI.eu and NGIs should track the adoption of the framework.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT and NGIs)
MS Low Relevance Interoperability and Standards 31/12/2013 On track
28 Reinforced high level Network and Information Security Policy Strong cooperation between EU governments, public bodies and private companies is necessary to improve information exchange and to ensure that security problems are addressed quickly and effectively. The European Network Information and Security Agency (ENISA) serves as a focal point for this exchange and cooperation. Enhanced ENISA is expected to have a significant positive economic impact, as the current costs associated with network and information security breaches are already considerable and are still growing. In 2011 EC will: publish a Communication containing the principles for internet resilience and stability at the European and global level and ensure that the heads of the respective institutions will sign the agreement to establish the CERT for the EU institutions. In 2012 EC will ensure that the regulations on ENISA will be adopted at the EU level and make sure that CERT will become operational. The key EU actions and any national laws which may follow will have an impact on EGI’s sites and services. EGI.eu needs to ensure that any new EGI policy is consistent with the future EU security and trust policies. EGI should improve communication with the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) through formal collaboration (signing MoU) or by other means if signing of MoU is not possible. It is important to show to that EGI security architecture that addresses security issues efficiently and effectively providing NGIs with a secure, trustworthy distributed computing infrastructure.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT and SPG)
  2. ESTABLISH COOPERATION WITH ENISA (PDT AND EGI CSIRT)
  3. COMMUNICATE OUR SUCCESS STORY IN DEALING WITH SECURITY CHALLENGES (PDT, SPG, SVG, EGI CSIRT)
EC Relevant Security 31/12/2012 On track
29 Combat cyber attacks against information systems Attacks against information systems are a growing threat, and there is an increasing concern about the potential for terrorist or politically motivated attacks against information systems which form part of the critical infrastructures of Member States and the Union. In 2011 EC will: proceed with the legislative process towards adopting the Directive on Attacks against Information Systems which will update the current level of protection and take account of new developments. In 2012 EC will finalise the negotiations on the Directive and ensure that it will be adopted at the EU level. Member States are required to take the necessary measures within two years from adoption of the Directive. EGI.eu needs to ensure that EGI security policy groups are aware of the Directive on Attacks against Information Systems.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
EC Low Relevance Security 31/12/2013 On track
30 Establish a European cybercrime platform IT networks and end users' terminals are vulnerable to a wide range of threats, not least related to malicious activities, which could undermine citizens' trust in electronic communications and in turn prevent a wider uptake of ICTs.Europol, in cooperation with the European Commission, was invited to integrate all relevant EU national platforms into a single "cybercrime alert platform". The European alert platform would function as a centre for collection and storage of information about Internet-related offences and for compilation of regular statistical reports on cybercrime EGI.eu needs to ensure that EGI security policy groups are informed when cybercrime platform is fully operational and interlinked with national platforms.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT and EGI CSIRT)
EC Low Relevance Security 31/12/2012 On track
32 Work with global stakeholders on targeted actions against computer-based crime and security attacks Security threats can now originate from anywhere in the world and, due to global interconnectedness, impact any part of the world. To fight effectively against these threats and to address global interdependencies, we need stronger cooperation among Member States and the private sector at national, European and international level. EGI security representatives are members of various security bodies where they exchange of information practices with the USA, Asia, South America and promote the development of globally-agreed security standards and policies.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  2. COMMUNICATE OUR SUCCESS STORY ABOUT EGI COOPERATION WITH GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS IN DEALING WITH SECURITY CHALLENGES (PDT, SPG and EGI CSIRT)
EC Relevant Security 31/12/2015 On track
33 Support EU-wide cyber-security preparedness exercises Users must be safe and secure when they connect online but online identity theft and fraud are growing. With the support of the EU, all the Member States are responsible for organising and conducting the first EU-wide cyber-security preparedness exercise, but ENISA will coordinate and facilitate the organisation. In 2011 EC will adopt a Communication taking stock of the implementation of the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) Action Plan and ensure financial support for pan-European cyber security exercises EGI should follow up the results of the exercise and investigate whether it is possible to get financial and any other support for EGI pan-European cyber-security preparedness exercises
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  2. INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITY FOR FUNDING THE EXERCISE(PDT and EGI CSIRT)
EC Low Relevance Security 31/12/2011 On track
34 Explore the extension of security breach notification provisions According to surveys, 84% of Europeans would wish to be informed if their personal data was lost, stolen or altered. That is one reason why data security breaches are high on the EU agenda. The current review of the EU data protection framework will include a possible extension of the obligation to notify data security breaches, which would be an important move towards improving data security. EGI.eu needs to ensure that any new EGI policy is consistent with the EU policy on security breach notification provisions.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
EC Low Relevance Security 31/12/2012 On track
38 Network of CERTs covering all of Europe To respond to online security breaches in real-time conditions, a well functioning network of Computer Emergency Response Teams ("CERT"s) should be established in Europe.In 2011 establish a network of well-functioning National/Governmental CERTs in all Member States.In 2011 EC will establish a network of well-functioning National/Governmental CERTs in all Member States. NGI security officers as a members of EGI CSIRT should closely follow establishement of national CERTs and establish cooperation with them.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT and EGI CSIRT)
  2. ESTABLISH COOPERATION WITH NATIONAL CSERTs (PDT and EGI CSIRT)
MS Low Relevance Security 31/12/2012 On track
39 Carry out large scale attack simulation and test mitigation strategies No single country can deal successfully with these menaces. International cooperation is essential at the early stages of a cyber attack. Differences in national approaches and the lack of systematic cross-border cooperation greatly reduce the effectiveness of cyber-attack countermeasures. Cyber security exercises are still at an early stage in the EU. Member States should therefore develop national contingency plans to deal with cyber attacks. They should also organise regular exercises for responding to large scale networks security incidents and implementing disaster recovery. These measures should be adopted as steps towards closer pan-European coordination. The 1st pan-European exercise that took place in November 2010 ( is expected to act as a driver for some Member States to run their own national cyber security exercises.In 2012. ENISA will work with Member States on organising the 2nd pan-European exercise in 2012. EGI CSIRT is performing cyber simulation exercises and supporting the exchange of experiences and good practices on cyber simulation exercise between different NGIs. EGI successful pan-European coordination should be communicated to the EC.
  1. COMMUNICATE OUR SUCCESS STORY ABOUT EGI COLLABORATION BETWEEN NGIs IN CYBER SECURITY EXERCISES (PDT and EGI CSIRT)
MS Relevant Security 31/12/2012 On track
41 National alert platforms to the Europol cybercrime platform To fight cybercrime, Member States should set up a national alert platform. If they have already done so, they should work together with similar platforms in other Member States. All alert platforms in the Member States should adopt appropriate technology to share reported information easily and quickly with each other. Member States should develop websites which could serve as a one-stop-shop for the public who can play an active role in reporting illicit online activity. These websites could in addition compile statistics on alerts, thus tracking the development of cybercrime at national level. NGI security officers as a members of EGI CSIRT should closely follow establishement of National alert platforms
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (EGI CSIRT)
MS Low Relevance Security 31/12/2012 On track
50 Leverage more private investment Europe continues to under-invest in ICT related research and development. Europe must leverage more private investment through the strategic use of pre-commercial procurement and public-private partnerships, by using structural funds for research and innovation and by maintaining a pace of 20% yearly increase of the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) R&D (Research & Development) budget at least for the duration of FP7. The Commission is aware that industry is increasingly in need of open and interoperable solutions to exploit ICT across all sectors and avoid vendor lock-in. Therefore, the EC’s plan is to support the activities that will bring together various stakeholders around common research agendas. EGI.eu should look for a way to facilitate and materialise EC support to improve the interaction EGI has with industry. Collaboration with industry will not only align EU and EGI goals and potentially bring additional financial benefits to EGI, but will also contribute to the development of the infrastructure and bringing interoperable solutions to EGI which will progressively adapt to industrial best practice. The Commission’s decision to start using structural funds in supporting the “Digital Agenda”, which could be very beneficial for the NGIs enabling them to diversify funding sources and ultimately leading to improved sustainability and financial stability of the European Grid Infrastructure.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  2. INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITY FOR FUNDING THROUGH STRUCTURAL FUNDS (PDT AND NGIs)
  3. INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITY FOR PPPs (PDT)
EC Relevant Funding 31/12/2015 On track
51 Reinforce the coordination and pooling of resources Europe's policies must be more coordinated and the resources dedicated to ICT research and innovation should be more concentrated. Coherent and strong partnerships for research and innovation are needed to create critical mass both in terms of financial and human resources and knowledge. Becoming more systemic in pooling and coordinating our resources and investments in ICT R&D and innovation across Europe - both on the demand and on the supply side - would lead to reduced fragmentation, less redundancies and better exploited synergies. One of the major problems is fragmented scientific communities, or in other words, user fragmentation within the same scientific and research domain. The EGI is supporting the process of creating Virtual Research Communities that will integrate fragmented scientific communities into a cohesive community of researchers with an established presence in its scientific or other research field. More funds for research and innovation mean potentially greater need through more requests and increased utilisation of production infrastructure from the research and scientific communities in Europe. This also importantly triggers the opportunity for researcher positions and further job opportunities filling the void of skilled workers and growing knowledge. EGI community is a perfect example of the pan-European cooperation that avoid duplication of efforts, ensure complementary efforts, improve the impact and efficiency of European efforts and help mobilise stakeholders around common goals.
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  2. COMMUNICATE SUCCESS STORY ABOUT EGI SUPPORT IN CREATING VRCs AND EFFORTS TO REINFORCE THE COORDINATION AND POOL THE RESOURCES TOGETHER (UCST)
EC High Relevance Funding 31/12/2015 On track
53 Financial support to joint ICT research infrastructures and innovation clusters Access to advanced research infrastructures is necessary to increase the quality and efficiency of research. Such infrastructure is indispensable for the formation of innovation clusters that enable multidisciplinary collaboration. These clusters reach their full potential when they acquire a Europe-wide, or even world-wide, scope and become global poles of attraction for scientists and innovators.Europe would benefit enormously if it hosted such infrastructures and world-renowned clusters in dynamic ICT-intensive sectors. They would provide the groundwork for cutting-edge research and talent attraction. With this key action the European Commission illustrates the importance of e-Infrastructures and explicitly declares support to the EGI community and its activities. It opens an opportunity for EC to continue contributing to EGI and related activities provided the community is aligned with their goals. EGI should continue to closely follow adoption of Communication on Scientific Information including positioning on Open Access to data and publications and Consultation and proposals for next Research and Innovation Framework Programmes. EGI.eu has already provided formal feedback on the EC Green Paper "From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding".
  1. TRACK AND INFORM (PDT)
  2. PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO EC ON STRATEGY FOR CLOUD COMPUTING (PDT)
EC High Relevance Funding 31/12/2015 On track
54 Develop a new generation of web-based applications and services Industry is increasingly in need of open and interoperable solutions, standards and platforms for new web-based products and services to exploit ICT across all industry sectors and increase their competitiveness on the web. In 2011 EC will engage with web-related stakeholders groups, including SMEs, entrepreneurs, ICT users and ICT industry around common agendas for novel web-based open platforms and standards. This action is related to user-oriented portals that are used by EGI’s users. If the EGI community can create a list of services, then an analysis of potential “products” could be identified as part of EGI.eu business model to help the organisation’s potential economic growth and sustainability. EGI should clearly communicate that it contributes to the development develop a new generation of web-based applications and services, including for multilingual content and services.
  1. COMMUNICATE SUCCESS STORY ABOUT EGI WEB-BASED APPLICATION AND SERVICES (UCST)
EC Relevant Users 31/12/2015 On track



1: EGI Action:

  • Analyse legislation, policies, guidelines
  • Track action and inform EGI Community
  • Provide formal feedback
  • Communicate our Contribution and/or Success Story
  • Establish Cooperation
  • Investigate possibility for funding or participation


2: Level:

  • The European Commission
  • The Member States


2: Relevance:

  • High Relevance
  • Relevant
  • Low Relevance


3: Area:

  • Interoperability and Standards
  • Security
  • Users
  • Funding


4: Status:

  • Delayed
  • Risk of delay
  • On track
  • Partially completed
  • Completed