1. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 EGI-InSPIRE 1 EGI Governance Model Yannick Legré Director, EGI.eu yannick.legre@egi.eu EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

2. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Content 2 Governance Task Force Consequences of the change Future Work, Summary and Conclusions EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

3. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Content 3 Governance Task Force Consequences of the change Future Work, Summary and Conclusions EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

4. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Governance Task Force Members –Matthew Dovey (Jisc) – Chair; Luciano Gaido (INFN); Jacko Koster (SNIC); Steven Newhouse (EBI); Arjen van Rijn (NIKHEF); Yannick Legré (EGI.eu) Original Terms of Reference –Revise membership model to allow a more flexible partnership and to address the need for a more flexible user representatives’ participation –Modify the governance model based on a new contribution and voting scheme September Council Workshop Recommendations –Smaller governance rather than larger –Country mandated members important –Funding agencies should be involved; “Resource Providers” may have conflict –Clear separation of roles –ERIC compatibility 4 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

5. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Council Member States Associate Countries Third Countries International Organisations –ERICs –ESFRIs / Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest –EIROs 5 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

6. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Council Representative Countries represented by the NGI entity mandated by the country International Organisations represented in the Council by the lead organisation or their delegate 6 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

7. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Associate Participants Permits participation in EGI.eu lead activities\proposals Allows involvement of e-Infrastructure Providers not associated with National e-Infrastructures or International Initiatives Allows involvement of technology providers Incurs lower membership fee Not part of Council\governance –Can attend Council meetings but do not hold any voting rights 7 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

8. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Membership Fees and Votes (1/2) Reordering of the participants based on –GDP for Countries –Budget/1000 for EIROs/ERICs/ESFRIs From 13 levels down to 6 buckets Linear function between fees / votes 8 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

9. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Membership Fees and Votes (2/2) Introduction of a transitional fee –For 2015 only –For participants with an increase > 1.7 x Participants opting for the transitional fee in 2015 have to commit to pay the full fee in 2016 Participants can decide to opt for one level up compared to their normal fee level 9 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

10. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Content 10 Governance Task Force Consequences of the change Future Work, Summary and Conclusions EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

11. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 New Council composition 25 full participants –France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, Israel, Finland, Greece, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Estonia, Macedonia, CERN, EMBL 9 Countries withdrawn –Norway*, Denmark*, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Serbia, Latvia, Cyprus, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. Former associate countries under discussion –Russia, Austria, Albania, Armenia, Moldova Country expected to re-join –Germany * Discussions still on-going for an Associate Status 11 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

12. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Observer status Derived from the Associate Participant status Temporary status –to which eligible EGI members can apply for a period of up to two years –can be exceptionally extended for a third year upon approval of the Council after a proposal from the Executive Board Observers are EGI members who either –want to have a first contact with the infrastructure, –are in a country where there is no National strategy or –doesn’t have a proper e-Infrastructure in place (either mono-site or with a total capacity < 100 CPU). Typical observers may include organisations and/or NGIs from –non-European or associated countries or –European or associated countries with a GDP of up to 100,000 million US$ are eligible. Pay a reduced fee (fraction of the participant fees) 12 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

13. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Content 13 Governance Task Force Consequences of the change Future Work, Summary and Conclusions EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

14. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Conclusion 14 EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014

15. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 15 Members of the EGI-InSPIRE collaboration thank the EC for supporting EGI EGI Governance - EGI-InSPIRE 5 th EC Review Amsterdam – 13 Feb 2014