This document discusses the formation and remit of the FAIR Working Group (WG) within the EOSC Executive Board governance structure. The FAIR WG will coordinate activities to implement open and FAIR practices in EOSC, advise on FAIR-related matters, and deliver an annual workplan based on the FAIR Action Plan. It will draw input from projects like FAIRsFAIR and work closely with other EOSC WGs. The FAIR WG will be composed of nominations from the Governance Board and Executive Board as well as open calls, and will aim to include researcher voices while avoiding conflicts of interest.

1. Title
Subtitle
EOSC Executive Board
FAIR working group
Sarah Jones
EOSC Executive Board
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Presentation provides personal views – not EC or EB endorsed

2. EOSC Governance
Stakeholders Forum Governance Board
Advise on
the implementation
Steer
the implementation
Contribute to
the implementation
EOSCSecretariat.eu
Coordination and Support Action
Users, Service Providers,
Public sector, Industry,
SMEs, etc.
WG WG WG WG
EU-funded projects
Nationally-funded projects
and initiatives
Other projects and
initiatives
Extended Coalition
of Doers
Proposes
Monitors
Reports
Reviews
Endorses
Orients
Working Groups
European stakeholder organisations
and individual experts
SupportsSupports
Supports/
coordinates w.
Executive Board
MS/AC delegates and the
European Commission
2019-2020
Interact

3. Agreed workplans
Independence
Give and take….
WG remits
Views on what should be delivered
Role to coordinate, advise & EB endorse

4. FAIR in H2020 INFRAEOSC + others
• EOSC-Nordic
• EOSC-Pillar
• EOSC-synergy
• ExPaNDS
• NI4OS-Europe

5. Others expected to come
• Skills
• Communications
• Going global
• …
Initial Working Groups
Landscape WG
Rules of Participation WG
Architecture
WG
FAIR
WG
Sustainability WG
All intersect

6. • 3 x nominations from GB
• 3 x nominations from EB
• 6 x open call
• EB coordinator (Sarah Jones)
• Member of EOSCsecretariat
• EC representatives
WG Composition
• Want people who will WORK
• Need key skills / experience
• Emphasise researcher inputs
not service providers
• Avoid mixing personnel with
projects undertaking delivery
• Ensure balance

7. • Coordinate activities that implement Open and FAIR practice in EOSC
• Advise EOSC governance on FAIR-related matters
• Close links with Architecture WG, Rules of Participation, Sustainability, Skills…
Deliverables
• Annual FAIR workplan based on FAIR Action Plan
• Requirements to inform development of services steered by Architecture WG
• Community data standards and sharing agreements
• Interoperability framework that overarches disciplinary approaches
• Agree and implement a Persistent Identifier Policy
• Frameworks for certification of FAIR data and FAIR services
FAIR WG - Remit

8. FAIR Expert Group
What needs to be done to make FAIR a reality,
in general and for EOSC?
https://doi.org/10.2777/1524

9. Recommendations à Annual Work Plan

10. • FAIR data expert group report and Action Plan
• RDA WG on FAIR data maturity model
• Community good practices emerging via projects (e.g. ENVRI-FAIR, FAIR4Health, FAIRplus…)
Specific inputs from FAIRsFAIR
• D3.2 / 3.4 FAIR data practice analysis and recommendations
• D2.2 Recommendations for FAIR semantics
• D2.7 Framework for assessing FAIR services
• D4.2 Repository certification mechanism
• D4.5 FAIR metrics and data assessment
• D3.7 Report on integration of metadata catalogues
• D6.3 competence centres
• D6.5-D6.7 3 reports on CODATA schools for different audiences / business models
• D7.3 FAIR competence framework for Higher Education
• D3.8 Changes in FAIR data policy and practice
FAIR WG - Inputs
ScopeDefineImplement

11. • Signing an MOU to coordinate with INFRAEOSC 5B projects
• Engaging with other initiatives working on FAIR
• FAIRsFAIR sychronisation taskforce to liaise with EOSC WGs
• Model for others?
Interact
FAIRsFAIR plansHow to interact?

12. Thanks for listening!
Questions?
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Twitter: @sjDCC