Launching RDA4EOSC: a new initiative from the Research Data Alliance supporting the European Open Science Cloud | RDA

In November 2020, the Research Data Alliance, the Digital Repository of Ireland and the Digital Curation Centre joined forces on a new project aiming to support the internationalisation and implementation of EOSC. This project is being funded through an open call by the EOSC Secretariat (https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/funding-opportunities). The work will be organised around six pillars of activity. Specifically, the RDA will support a subset of scientific and research communities to prepare for engagement with EOSC, and will drive the identification of a set of technological and domain specific solutions to be tested in the EOSC environment while at the same type supporting the approval of a set of ICT technical specifications for application within the EOSC. Coupled with this, the RDA will provide support to the internationalisation and technical alignment of EOSC through dedicated activities at the RDA plenary meeting in April 2020, as well as providing support for European members of the RDA governance bodies to interact and engage with their international counterparts to ensure awareness and understanding of EOSC.