Streamlining Objectives for Enhanced Industry Integration

Current description of our objectives & related actions Description of objectives hierarchy requires streamlining In Section 1.5 (general, specific, operational) In description of Task 8.2.1 (general, specific, actions) Summary in chapter 3 (general, specific, actions) Mission statement & value proposition Our mission is to help remove the barriers between Open Science and Industry by providing a single access point with technical support and consultancy to European SMEs in order to help them integrate EOSC services and become more competitive. Rewording: Our mission is to support European SMEs in becoming more competitive and digitised by providing a single access point to EOSC services, research data, and expertise, thus helping to remove the barriers between Open Science and Industry and facilitating the integration of EOSC services 1

objectives General Support EU SMEs to become more competitive and digitised Strengthen the position of EOSC as a catalyst for innovative & disruptive solutions with economic & societal impact Specific objectives O4. Foster SME integration in the EOSC DIH community O5. Facilitate the successful adoption of innovative EOSC services by industry pilots O6. Contribute to generating added value to the digital market O1. Ensure an effective and sustainable EOSC DIH O2. Expand EOSC with value- added services O3. Integrate EOSC in the pan- European DIH network O7. Establish a quality framework to ensure continuous improvement of EOSC DIH O1.1 Achieve effective management of the EOSC DIH operation O1.2 Coordinate external communication & community building mechanisms sustainably to engage with Industry stakeholders (customers) O4.1 Involve companies in the EOSC DIH O4.2 Establish legal and funding mechanism to support pilots O5.1 Support Business pilots Operational objectives O2.1 Attract new private sector services into EOSC-Core and EOSC-Exchange to further grow EOSC with innovative tools and services O2.2 Promote the EOSC services with potential exploitation in Industry O6.1 Increase the impact of the pilots O6.2 Explore new business opportunities for the pilots O3.1 Increase the EOSC DIH offer with external capacities from regional/ national DIH and innovative projects. O3.2 Exploit the EOSC DIH offer through a cascade-based mechanism O7.1 Define and implement a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system O7.2 Ensure alignment with external initiatives & EDIH standards 2

Questions SMEs or industry/businesses in general? Only pilots? Task 1 O1.2: only coordinate outreach efforts with industry or also implement? O7.2: alignment with external initiatives & EDIH standards A7.3 Alignment with external roadmaps (2017 Digitising European Industry (DEI) WG1 paper) and major EC initiatives for a global DIH landscape A7.4 Contribute to the knowledge exchange with other DIH initiatives. overlap with O3.1 & O3.2 ? 3

Rewording a proposal In current version Proposal O4.1 Involve companies in the EOSC DIH O4.1. Enhance industry participation in the EOSC DIH O4.1. Enhance private sector participation in the EOSC DIH O6.1 Ensure socio-economic impacts of the EOSC DIH services provided O1.1 Achieve an effective management of the EOSC DIH O6.1 Increase the impact of the pilots O1.1 Achieve effective management of the EOSC DIH operation O1.2 Coordinate external communication & community building mechanisms sustainably to engage with Industry stakeholders (customers) O2.1 Attract new private sector services into EOSC-Core and EOSC- Exchange to further grow EOSC with innovative tools and services O2.2 Promote the EOSC services with potential exploitation in Industry O3.2 Exploit the EOSC DIH offer through a cascade-based mechanism O1.2 Coordinate external communication & community building mechanisms sustainably to engage with Industry O2.1 Introduce new private sector services into EOSC-Core and EOSC-Exchange O2.2 Promote EOSC services with a potential for industry exploitation O3.2 Ensure the visibility of the EOSC DIH services 4