Over the last 5 years, many policy makers around the world have articulated a clear and consistent vision of global Open Science as a driver for accelerating innovation and enabling a new paradigm of data-driven science.
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) will ofer 1.7 million European researchers and 70 million professionals in science and technology a virtual environment with open and seamless services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data, across borders and scientifc disciplines by federating existing scientifc data infrastructures, currently dispersed across disciplines and Member States.
In Europe, this vision is being realised through an ambitious programme of research and development under the heading of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). This programme will deliver an Open Data Science Environment that federates existing scientific data infrastructures to offer European science and technology researchers and practitioners seamless access to services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data presently restricted by geographic borders and scientific disciplines.