EOSCpilot's WP3 has published draft policy recommendations and is now developing a final EOSC policy proposition which will be presented at the Stakeholder Forum. It encompasses Open Science, Data Protection, Procurement and Ethics. The policy workshop provides the opportunity for stakeholders to discuss aspects of the policy proposition and provide feedback about it, which will be taken into account in the final policy recommendations deliverable (D3.6).

1. EOSCpilot Policy
Recommendations
Stakeholder Forum Policy Session
Vienna
22 November 2018
Dale Robertson, Jisc
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2. EOSCpilot Policy Engagement Work
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Aim: Establish the policy environment required for the effective operation of, access
to and use of the EOSC
Landscape Review
Jan 2018
43 Draft
Recommendations
Open Science
Data Protection
Procurement
Ethics
Aug 2018
Final
Recommendations:
specific, actionable
proposals

3. What We’ve Come Up With
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Policy Proposition: To realise an Ethical, Open, Secure and Cost-effective research
environment in Europe
Nine high-level recommendations
supporting actions (draft)
https://tinyurl.com/eoscpilotpolicyrecs

4. Some Considerations
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EOSC objectives
sharing resources/delivering capacity
FAIR and (appropriately) open research outputs
Balance
FAIRness/openness of results
ease of participation in EOSC
But policies add value to the EOSC
Carrots and sticks
incentives
monitoring
Subsidiarity
EOSC competences
competences of participating organisations

5. Action Categories
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Policy
Actions
EOSC Governance
Working Groups
and expertise
Operational
frameworks/codes
of conduct
Skills, training,
outreach,
advocacy
Policy supporting
services

6. Panel Discussion
Chair: Prodromos Tsiavos, ARC
Panellists:
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Refer to Policy Recommendations at
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Jean-Claude Burgelman, European Commission
Anca Hienola, ICOS
Eva Mendez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Astrid Verheusen, LIBER

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Thank you

8. Principles, Rules, Policies, …
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Overall Guiding Principles
Rules of Participation
Policies
EOSC Declaration
Transparency
Openness
Inclusivity

9. Ethical EOSC
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Openness (metadata); transparency (funding, contract
negotiations)
Task-specific groups
Ethics and Legal Advisory Board
1. The EOSC, and its partner or member organisations, should commit to a policy of
full transparency and accountability, in the context of any activity that relates to
EOSC data, data providers, services or users, including activities carried out with
third parties

10. Open EOSC
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AARC framework for interoperable AAI
Minimum metadata schema, APIs
Assurance/certification
Cleared, documented IPR prior to sharing
Coherent, machine readable IPR and licencing policies
Consistent enforcement of Open Access policies, rights and licences
PIDs
Standardise costs - publishing, preservation, RDM
2. Encourage openness and ease of use of resources by developing a
Charter for Access to EOSC Infrastructures, Services and Other Resources
3. Encourage open access to and reutilisation of research outputs
by providing a comprehensive and coherent IPR framework
4. Provide clarity for all participants in Open Science around expected behaviour and
standards by developing and adopting a European Open Science Code of Conduct
DMPs
Data stewardship

11. Open EOSC
Training for staff of RPOs and RIs - RDM, FAIR, GDPR, Ethics
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EOSC rewarding mechanism
Support Open Next Generation Metrics infrastructure
OS included in assessment – OS-CAM
Open Science Policy Monitor and
Registry
5. Help develop the skills essential for the EOSC by developing, supporting and
promoting an EOSC Skills and Capability Framework as a common reference point
6. Provide incentives for practicing Open Science by adopting the
recommendation of the OSPP Working Group on Rewards and embedding
Open Science in the evaluation of researchers at all stages of their careers
7. Support the EOSC Policy Framework by developing and operating
Open Science Policy Supporting Services

12. Secure EOSC
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Monitor derogations from opening clauses to determine EOSC obligations
Produce a data protection framework for personal data focussing on
governance, risk and compliance
EOSC Data Protection Officer recommended
Information Security Framework
Support for determining legal basis for research data processing
Metadata identification tagging
Personal data dashboards
8: Ensure EOSC Open Access research data use and reuse permit the rights and
obligations of the EU data protection regime to be achieved in a fair, transparent
and accountable manner

13. Cost-effective EOSC
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Identify greatest potential
Specialist expertise and (human) resource
Future exemption to EC Procurement
Directive requirement to identify all
potential users?
9: Aggregated procurement should be utilised when making resources available to
the EOSC marketplace to realise efficiencies in the buying process, implementation
of common standards and economies of scale with multiple suppliers