Difference between revisions of "Talk:Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice: D4Science Business model proposal"

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Inputs to iMarine SB call 09/01/2013 on Sustainability

Based on previous inputs to GA and Board2 meetings (Sept. 2012), the general directions for a business model in a medium term prospect are confirmed as being:

1) Fundamentally, D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. / iMarine is a public funded initiative in support to science. There will be a need for public funding support beyond the end of iMarine (2014) over at least two further cycles (ie at least 4-6 years): the consortium (or those who wish to take part) will have to negotiate ‘big picture’ science interactions at EU level and move towards becoming all or part of a global platform, with a financing basis increasingly derived from regional, national and development programme funding linked to the value of its downstream products.

2) This publicly funded initiative relies on: a] a Public partnership model, with two envisaged levels: D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. for the technology partners, and iMarine for the EA-CoPCommunity of Practice. partnership level (iMarine being one example of CoPCommunity of Practice., co-existing with other CoPs such as OpenBio) b] the prospect for a EU FP8 funding for consolidating the public partnership model, which could be orientated towards European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) as per indications provided at the "All EU marine knowledge meeting".

The public partnership model is to be understood as a non commercial exploitation, largely based on statements of converging interests, sense of shared purpose, or pursuance of synergetical goals among partners, on which basis in-kind or monetary resources are provided by the partners: each community brings resources (data, software, hardware, administration, networks, projects, ...) according to its own expertise, primary interest, and voluntary commitment.

In this context, we should sort out: - the specificity of D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. level (e.g. provider of integrated IT and data resources, of VREVirtual Research Environment. capacities) - the specificity of iMarine CoPCommunity of Practice. level (e.g. with respect to other EU marine projects, has really a global scope, and an EA concern, considering its partners).

an EU FP8 application for an ERIC would aim at becoming all or part of a European (global?) platform. An ERIC is a legal instrument at EU level to facilitate the joint establishment and operation of research infrastructure (RI) of european interest. It catters for a Legal Personality and qualifies as an international organization. Members can be EU MS (Min three) and International Organizations. RI projects aim at real strategy and governance, and are about legal issues, development of business plans, and functional engineering.

In this context, the key frameworks to draw alliance with so to consolidate common solutions are (in order of priority, according to Marc): - DG-MARE/FISHERIES - DG-MARE/EMODNET - EMODNET/VLIZ - EMODNET/SEADATANET The standard setting initiatives which we should strongly adhere/contribute to: - INSPIRE Other initiatives which were mentioned, for which I have no real opinion: GMES, GEOSS, MSFD All together they contribute towards a EOOS (European Oceans Observing System)

Short term actions: