Results of the call for applications for the selection of members of the expert group - members of the Executive board of the EOSC

An independent Identification Committee, as foreseen in Decision C(2018) 5552, have selected a shortlist of individual experts and organisations from the list of applications received.

List of appointed members

Chair Karel LUYBEN representative of CESAER

Vice Chair Cathrin STÖVER representative of GEANT

Organisations and their representatives

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  CESAER represented by Karel LUYBEN
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  CESSDA ERIC represented by Ronald DEKKER
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  EMBL represented by Rupert LÜCK
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  European Spallation Source ERIC represented by John WOMERSLEY
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  GÉANT represented by Cathrin STÖVER
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  OPENAIRE represented by Natalia MANOLA
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  Research Data Alliance (RDA) represented by Juan BICARREGUI
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  Science Europe represented by Stephan KUSTER

Individual experts

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  Sarah JONES
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  Jean-Francois ABRAMATIC
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  Jan HRUSAK

The selection criteria used when assessing applications:

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  Proven competence and experience, including at European and/or international level managing complex research and innovation projects, in areas relevant to the mandate of the group; good knowledge of institutional framework of R&I funding and technical knowledge of the science cloud and data infrastructures (all applicants)
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  Affiliation to one of the stakeholder groups as referred to in chapter 2.1 b) and art. 4.1 b) of the Decision (organisations only)
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  An undisputed reputation as the R&I community leaders as well as good connection to the scientific community and to national and international R&I initiatives (organisations only)
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  Degree of involvement in / experience with the Open Science Cloud policy (all applicants)
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  European representativeness and geographical coverage in the EU and Associated Countries (organisations only)
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  Absence of circumstances that could give rise to a conflict of interest (individuals applying to be appointed in a personal capacity only)
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  Competence, experience and hierarchical level of the proposed representatives (organisations only)
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  Good knowledge of the English language allowing active participation in the discussions (individual applicants and organisations' representatives)