1. WP 8 Common Research Infrastructure Framework Sanna Sorvari, Ari Asmi, Ulpu Leijala, Finnish Meteorological Institute + Univ. Helsinki Fiona Grant, Marine Institute Lindsay Powers, Neon Inc ESFRI Env RI partners (UniHB, INGV, EISCAT, CEA, Unitus, CSIC, KNMI) US counterpart organizations COOPEUS annual meeting, 25-27 Sept 2013, Boulder

2. WP8 - Objectives to develop common strategies and a joint framework for long- term EU-US cooperation on data interoperability and on interworkability of methods joint intercommunity strategies, sets priorities, selects COOPEUS case studies and prepares future plans with COOPEUS partner RIs (based on the input from WP2-WP6)

3. Tasks Task 8.1 Synthesis on joint EU-US RI commonalities, opportunities and joint development needs Task 8.2 Meetings of the Joint Strategic Cooperation Board (SCB) Task 8.3 COOPEUS strategic plan for long-term EU-US collaboration on interoperability and interworkability Task 8.4 COOPEUS in the global context

4. Task 8.1 Synthesis on joint EU-US RI commonalities, opportunities and joint development needs Done

5. Task 8.2 Meetings of the Joint Strategic Cooperation Board (SCB) Activities: preparation of the strategic discussion topics, background materials and provision of optional future development pathways for future cooperation Participants: FMI, MI, UniHB/MARUM, EISCAT_3D

6. Strategic Cooperation Board SCB meeting recommendations Task 8.2 recommendations

7. 3rd SCB meeting 1 st Oct, 2014 17:30 – 18:30

8. Task 8.3 COOPEUS strategic plan for long-term EU-US collaboration on interoperability and interworkability

9. Participants: FMI, All COOPEUS partners Aim: Task 8.3 will formulate a long-term strategic plan and a roadmap for the next 10 year Content: clear joint objectives and goals, a roadmap with optional pathways, working principles and defined institutional frameworks on transatlantic cooperation will be outlined Activities: A set of ws to collect input on the first draft of the COOPEUS strategic plan and roadmap Deliverables: D8.3 draft of COOPEUS strategic plan (M32) D8.4 final version on COOPEUS strategic plan (M36) Task 8.3 COOPEUS strategic plan for long-term EU-US collaboration

10. Strategic Cooperation Board SCB meeting Task 8.1 input Task 8.2 Strategic plan and roadmap Workshops on roadmap planning Task 8.3

11. Participants: CEA, FMI, UniHB/MARUM, CSIC Aim: enhance coordination to support the establishment of a global Earth system observation structure Content: COOPEUS is a context for EU and US env. RIs to act as a unified contributor to the global Earth system initiatives (GEOSS and GEO, ICSU, GMES..) Activities: will seek best solutions and mechanisms to assist the development of the global Earth system observation initiatives + will promote the use of e-infrastructure tools and the results of the best practices identified in the project Deliverable: D8.5 white paper on on EU-US Environment RI contribution to global context (GEOSS, GEO) (M36) Task 8.4 COOPEUS in the global context

12. Strategic Cooperation Board SCB meeting Task 8.1 input Task 8.2 Task 8.3 Workshop Strategic plan and roadmap Global context (GEOSS, GEO) D8.5 White paper WP7 output Task 8.3 Task 8.4

13. Future activities Task 8.1 - completed Task 8.2 – SCB meeting preparations, on-goinging Task 8.3 – COOPEUS strategy & roadmap process and report, launched Task 8.4 – COOPEUS white paper (global context) last year effort, need to initiate Spring 2015 – Fall 2015 How to proceed?