Kyriakos Baxevanidis European Commission, DG INFSO eInfrastructures (9-10 December 2003, Rome) Session 5: Organisation and Structure of the eInfrastructure Reflection Group (eIRG) Session 5: Organisation and Structure of the eInfrastructure Reflection Group (eIRG)

 Mission  Current Terms of Reference  Roles, Interfaces  Technical Support Team and White-Paper  Resources  Three talks addressing key issues eIRG - key issues

Mission  Support the creation of a policy and administrative framework for the easy and cost effective shared use of ICT-resources in Europe (focusing on Grid-computing, data storage, and networking resources) across institutional and national domains (and stimulate international co-operation on these topics)

Current Terms of Reference  Monitor and advise on the policy harmonisation process; support establishment of a common policy and administrative framework  Members appointed by national research authorities of MS and AS  Assisted by a technical support team (White Papers, Questionnaires etc) Current ToR subject to discussion and modifications in tomorrow’s meeting

eIRG Technical Support Team Policy Recommendations Questionnaires Position Papers Best practices... Projects Propose resource sharing schemes Adopt best practices, recommendations... Institutions implementing resource sharing schemes... Funding authorities (work-programmes..) EU National Interface to other policy bodies ESFRI... Interface to other policy bodies ESFRI... Roles, Interfaces

Technical Support Team  Current members serve on a “free time” basis  Are involved in big on-going Grid initiatives  First task was the writing of a draft White Paper  A more permanent scheme (objectives, roles, resources…) in the future ?  Can be a strong tool for eIRG and Europe (registry of resources, Questionnaires etc)  Role and synthesis to be discussed tomorrow

White Paper  A first draft providing some examples and best practices on resource sharing policies (to stimulate discussions in Rome)  Future versions to be broader in scope and community base that they address  Reflect on the progress of the works of the eIRG  Next initiative in plan: a Questionnaire to identify resource sharing policies in MS/AS & needs - effort to create registry of resources that can be shared

Resources  Two meetings organized by the Greek & Italian EU Presidencies (in co-operation with the EC) - next Presidency (Ireland) is continuing the effort  Support team:  Current work on a “free time” basis  2 FTEs in EGEE to support the team, DEISA in the loop (both in negotiation)  Possible need for additional resources as objectives and roles are being elaborated  Scope for more EU (and National) funding as context and needs are developing

eIRG meeting on 10 December  Refine mission  Identify key areas where action can be taken  Discuss on its organization; role of support team  Define a plan for 2004 ...  Next meeting in Ireland on 16 April 2004

Three talks addressing key issues  An e-Infrastructure in Europe: a strategy and policy driven approach - Dany Vandromme (Renater, GÉANT, ESFRI-HPC)  The Future of European Research Networking and Grids - Dai Davies (DANTE)  Regulated access policies and infrastructure deployment - Davide Gallino (Italian Regulator for tlc and audiovisual)