Contribution of the European Research Infrastructures (RI) to Open Science Strengthening and Widening the European Infrastructure for Social Sciences 3-4 May, Lisbon Portugal Antonio Di Giulio, Head of Unit B4-Research Infrastructures European Commission DG Research & Innovation Research Infrastructures

As we mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, it is time for a united Europe of 27 to shape a vision for its future. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, 1 March 2017

A changing place in an evolving world Economic weight Population shift Source: UN Statistical Division and Eurostat, EU27 Source: Eurostat and UN Statistical Division

A profoundly transformed economy and society Legacy of the economic crisis Changing demographics Source: European Commission Source: Rand Europe Climate change and circular economy New technologies

Drivers of Europe's Future A changing place in an evolving world A profoundly transformed economy and society Heightened threats and concerns about security and borders A questioning of trust and legitimacy

Some aspects at stake Capturing and communicating the value and economic impact of social science Advocacy programs/ Awareness for the RI Supporting investments in knowledge capital, growth and innovation Evidence of the economic value of knowledge-based capital Tangible and intangible capital Open access to data, data analysis and incorporation scientific in advice policy making

THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR Fostering a new approach to the scientific process, namely, Open Science Bringing together current and future research data infrastructures and provide access to researchers to address the major concerns of our time Developing a Coherent Framework for Data, Software and Research Communities

HOW? Ability to find data in a single entry point Data quality / validation / metadata Long term preservation of data Data that can go beyond disciplinary use

Exploiting better the data generated by the RI (%) RI to take responsibility for the Data Management dimension with specific reference to the data storage, curation, access and re-use aspects

The Commissioner's vision on EOSC "Europe's final transition must be one from fragmented data sets to an integrated European Open Science Cloud. By 2020, we want all European researchers to be able to deposit, access and analyse European scientific data through a European Open Science Cloud.." Speech by Commissioner Carlos Moedas in Amsterdam, NL: “Open science: share and succeed”, 4 April 2016

Support to Research Data infrastructures under the Research Infrastructures action RTD part Integration at EU level of national scientific data infrastructures Development and interoperability of pan-European Thematic Data infrastructures more than 170 M€ in FP7 and, so far, more than 146 M€ in H2020 CNECT part (e-infrastructures) development of data and distributed computing e-infrastructures management and preservation of big research data Research Data Alliance virtual research environments ~98 M€ in FP7 and, so far, more than 110 M€ in H2020 plus HPC & Geant support Delivering a wealth of generic and thematic data services, work-flows, interoperable standards and ontologies, ….

And this will make a major contribution to the EOSC. CESSDA has a long history of excellent collaboration among the national data archives for social sciences; With CESSDA becoming an ERIC in June a new phase in the development of a European data infrastructure for social sciences will start; And this will make a major contribution to the EOSC. Perspective

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