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SCSS Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 09 November 2010, Copenhagen

SCSS Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 09 November 2010, Copenhagen. Introductory Remarks and Background of MERIL Project Identification of Stakeholders ’ Needs Terms of Reference of MERIL Steering Committee Proposed Strategy and Scope. Mr Diego de la Hoz del Hoyo

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SCSS Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 09 November 2010, Copenhagen

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  1. SCSS Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 09 November 2010, Copenhagen • IntroductoryRemarks and Background of MERIL Project • Identification of Stakeholders’ Needs • Terms of Reference of MERIL SteeringCommittee • ProposedStrategy and Scope Mr Diego de la Hoz del Hoyo Visiting Junior Science Officer European Science Foundation Humanities and Social Sciences Unit

  2. 1. IntroductoryRemarks and Background • of MERIL Project • Background of MERIL Project • EUROHORCs ESF Road Map 10 Actions to strengthen ERA amongwhich Action N°8 aims ‘to developsharedfunding and exploitation of Research Infrastructure’ mandated to DFG • Member Organisation Forum on Research Infrastructures • (launched 11-12 January 2010) chaired by Dr. Johannes Janssen made of 4 Working Groups • EC RI Portal (2006) 30% of RIs of pan-European relevance (www.riportal.eu). ESF Standing Committeestook part in the validation • EC call launched July 2009 DL 3 December 2009 • MERIL Preparatory Meeting November 2009 • End of Negotiations August 2010

  3. 1. IntroductoryRemarks and Background • of MERIL Project • WG1Access and StandardsChristian Renner, DFG • 1st meeting May 2010, Vienna • WG2Funding and EvaluationJohn Womersley, STFC • WG3Mobility and NetworksNicoletta Palazzo, CNR • WG4Mapping Christian Rolando, CNRS • Establish the list of all platforms having a “national label” or “european label” • Under-representationof the Humanities and the Social Sciences • More at: http://www.esf.org/activities/mo-fora/research-infrastructures.html

  4. 1. IntroductoryRemarks and Background • of MERIL Project • MERIL: Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape • Cordinated by ESF • Involvement of keystakeholders: scientificcommunity, European Commission, EUROHORCs, ESFRI, EIROforum, ERF, Ministries • 1st objective: produce an exhaustive mapping of RIs of pan-European relevance • 2nd objective: use of the mapping by each of the stakeholder groups

  5. SCH Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 28 October 2010, Strasbourg • IntroductoryRemarks and Background of MERIL Project • Identification of Stakeholders’ Needs • Terms of Reference of MERIL SteeringCommittee • ProposedStrategy and Scope

  6. 2 - Identification of Stakeholders’ Needs • Prerequisite = Quality of the database • Exhaustivity & User friendly • Transparent and clear criteria for entry in database • Quality and frequent up-dating of data • Sustainable endeavour (not a ‘one shot’ exercise) • Adapt database to users’ needs and be able to cope with multidisciplinarity • For scientists • Open access to information (« the minimum data set ») • Transparency of access rules • Visibility of all services offered by each research infrastructure • Identification of existing networks and possibility for facilities to initiate networking • Reliance on already organised scientific communities • For policy makers • Queries per RI category, country, regions and city, services, equipment (and more to be identified) • Knowledge about the gaps in the RI landscape • Enabling political prioritisation • Impact assessment • Valid cross-referencing and exploitation of RI annual reports

  7. SCH Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 28 October 2010, Strasbourg • IntroductoryRemarks and Background of MERIL Project • Identification of Stakeholders’ Needs • Terms of Reference of MERIL SteeringCommittee • ProposedStrategy and Scope

  8. 3. Terms of Reference of MERIL Steering Committee • Management Structure – Composition and Role of Steering Committee • MERIL is a project coordinated and managed by a single participant, the European Science Foundation, although involving important key stakeholder groups.  • The Steering Committee will provide the MERIL project with expert advice, decision-making and approval of the quality of the deliverables at strategic points in the project • Composition • A first circle of stakeholders has already expressed its support to the project: • Scientific Community • EUROHORCs/ESF • European Commission • ESFRI – European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures • ERF - European Association of National Research Facilities open to International Access • EIROforum - • Ministries • At a second stage other stakeholders will be invited to join: EUA/LERU, EIT, Industry, Philanthropy, Society, OECD-GSF, International partners (e.g., NSF-US)

  9. MERIL Steering Committee

  10. MERIL Steering Committee

  11. SCH Standing Committee Meeting - MERIL 28 October 2010, Strasbourg • IntroductoryRemarks and Background of MERIL Project • Identification of Stakeholders’ Needs • Terms of Reference of MERIL SteeringCommittee • ProposedStrategy and Scope

  12. 4 - Proposed Strategy and Scope • Definition of pan-European RIs • Criteria for Assessing pan-EuropeanRIs • Categorisation per ScientificDomains and Types of Research Infrastructures • « Minimum Data Set » for each of the entries

  13. Definition of pan-European RIs • Legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium – ERIC Practical Guidelines (April 2010) • “Research Infrastructure” means facilities, resources and related services that are • used by the scientific community to conduct top-level research in their respective • fields and covers major scientific equipment or sets of instruments; knowledge-based resources such as collections, archives or structures for scientific information; enabling Information and Communications Technology-based infrastructures such as Grid, computing, software and communication, or any other entity of a unique nature essential to achieve excellence in research. • Such infrastructures may be “single-sited” or “distributed” (an organised network of resources)* • (*) The definition of “research infrastructure” corresponds to the one used for the research infrastructure action within the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-13).

  14. Criteria of pan-European RIs Scientific & technological excellence leadership 2. Open access to all interestedresearchers 3. Management/Governance 4. Quality Assurance 5. Technological up-dating and watch 6. Education and training 7. Capacity to generate impacts 8. Labelling throughregularevaluation

  15. Categories of RIs by Scientific Domains • (according to EC RI Portal 2006) Biomedical and Life Sciences (BMLS) 25 Informatics and Data Treatment (CDT) 6 Energy (ENE) 8 Environmental, Marine and Earth Sciences (EMES) 19 Engineering (ENG) 8 Social sciences and Humanities(SSH) 18 Materials sciences (MS) 15 Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics (NPPAA) 6 Total = 105

  16. Scientific Domains (according to ESFRI) 1. Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) 2. Environmental Sciences (ENV) 3. Energy (ENE) 4. Biological and Medical Sciences (BMS) 5. Physical Sciences & Engineering (PSE) 6. Materials and Analytical Facilities 7. e-Infrastructures (horizontal)

  17. Categories of RIs (RI Portal) per Scientific Domain • (with mention of ESFRI RIs) 1. Social sciences and Humanities (SSH) Data Storage & Data Archives for Economic and Social Data (CESSDA) Social Surveys and Methods for Social Sciences (ESS, SHARE) Unique ResearchLibraries Unique Research Archives Digital Collections/Repositories Large ScaleResearch Bibliographies Education Databases/Collections/Repositories Arts & Art HistoryDatabases/Collections/Repositories (DARIAH) Archaeology and AnthropologyDatabases/Collections/Repositories DigitisedManuscriptDatabases/Collections/Repositories History Archives/Databases Linguistics (CLARIN) Literature and Text Archives Music and Instrument Collections AnalyticalFacilities for cultural Heritageobjects Cognitive Sciences Other social sciences and Humanities Research Infrastructures

  18. Categories of RIs (RI Portal) per Scientific Domain • (with mention of ESFRI RIs) 7. e-Infrastructures Supercomputers (PRACE) Software DevelopmentCenters of Competence GRID ComputingFacilities Communication Networks Mathematics Center of Competence Other CDT Research Infrastructures

  19. Minimum Data Set per RI (RI Portal) Name of RI Web site Location (city, region, country) and host institution and cluster Scientific domain and category (and subcategory?) Name of person responsible, position, e-mail Research services provided, description Equipment Labelling Process Staff operating the RI: engineers, technicians, researchers average number of users per year: internal users external users external users from other countries users from industry Training: number of trainees per year (technicians, engineers, students) Finance: yearly operational costs and sources of funding Scientific outputs: publications, conference proceedings, international research projects Management

  20. Thank you Mr Diego de la Hoz del Hoyo Visiting Junior Science Officer European Science Foundation Humanities and Social Sciences Unit 1 quai Lezay Marnésia BP 90015 F-67080 Strasbourg France Email: ddelahozdelhoyo@esf.org Tel: +33 (0) 388767123

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