The document discusses the NI4OS-Europe project which aims to map national open science initiatives in Europe and contribute to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). It outlines the project's mission to contribute services to EOSC and ensure European inclusiveness. It then describes the project's methodology for conducting a landscape analysis of open science topics through stakeholder surveys. The analysis will map initiatives, policies, infrastructures, services, FAIR data implementation and other topics. The document provides details on the stakeholder groups, survey design, and next steps over the following six months which include further mapping, service onboarding, and dissemination activities.

1. NI4OS-Europe
National Initiatives for Open
Science in Europe
Coming together to map the national
landscape analysis on EOSC between 5
relevant projects, 11th October 2019
Biljana Kosanovic
University of Belgrade
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

2. NI4OS – Mission and Vision
❑ To be a core contributor to the EOSC service portfolio, commit to
EOSC governance and ensure inclusiveness on the European level.
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

3. Methodology
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

4. Task - Landscaping
Map the existing landscape at the national level on OSC:
❑ initiatives
❑ policies, and
❑ topics:
❑ infrastructures
❑ services
❑ FAIR data implementation
❑ data privacy
❑ procurement practices
❑ research assessments
EOSC.secretariat WG for Landscaping – work in progress
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

5. Sub-tasks
List of all sub-tasks (some are already completed):
❑ creating stakeholder groups 
❑ creating comprehensive lists of institutions for stakeholder groups in all
partner-countries  (> 350 units)
❑ designing, creating a survey, reviewing, GDPR-ing 
❑ invitation letter  (partners will have to translate, and expand)
❑ collecting responses (will start on October, 21st)
❑ will be open for 4 weeks
❑ drafting a report
The final report due in December, 2019
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

6. Survey
Based on:
❑Several already existing surveys: EC-NREN, EUA, RCC, RDA, FAIRsFAIR
❑EOSC Pillar draft version (compare with the final version)
❑Internal project needs
Facts:
❑ common set of questions for all groups (profile & EOSC expectations)
❑ the shortest survey is for Funders, the longest survey is for OS facilitators
❑ maximum 30 minutes to fill it out
❑ supplied with links to web-pages explaining (potentially) less known terms
❑ all questions are on the same page (it can be printed)
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645

7. Next steps – plan for the next 6 months
❑ Initial mapping ORDM certification standards and instruments and
categorisation
❑ Refinement of categorization of services
❑ Decision about the very first services to be onboarded (2 thematic, 2
generic, 2 repositories)
❑ Setting up of preproduction platform, including helpdesk
❑ Early dissemination and training campaign
National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe – H2020 Research and Innovation action – contract no. 857645