Notes/Minutes:
- D8.4
- Sent for external review
- Only 2 reviewers confirmed, the 3rd one was no longer available and they are looking for a replacement.
- Dale Robertson (Jisc)
- Annabel Grant (GEANT)
- Deadline given by WP1 was 17 Sept
- Review completed by both reviewers, direct edits in the doc (Teams)
- One of the reviewers also completed the excel feedback form
- Copy of email below summarizing feedback
- Executive Summary vs. Introduction
- Dave Heyns also said he would take a look.
- T8.2 partners to fix deliverable by end of next week (24th), but further detailed timelines will be provided by Sy.
- D1.6
- Grants management task (T1.5) where coordination happens around the budget allocations to procurement, DIH, and RDA.
- Current draft from Sy and Marcin. Appreciate a scan, only 3 pages of text.
- T8.1 collaboration
- Meeting with Dave Heyns (15 Sept)
- Gave full update of activities that happened over the summer
- Agreed strategy with the EC to split business pilots from industry procurement
- Lots of things we can leverage from T8.1 and could benefit from close collaboration
- Series of meetings to be set up.
- D8.1 suggested reading
- Has all of the current services that can be procured, so that should be a key input doc for understanding was is "not" available and an opportunity for the DIH
- See also follow up email below
- Activity level leaders and members
- Who is leading and can report/provide updates during the meeting
- Many task members who aren't necessarily participating (or need to participate) in the bi-weekly meetings, so to understand who is working in what area and so that contacts are clear.
- Business Pilots
- 1st Campaign
- Start a google doc to define our messaging
- How to: webpage
- Minimum is a wordpress form
- Investigate automation which can be a new functionality to the website (Simon)
- Marketing text: Social Media
- What are we looking for: Need to be clearer than last time that things needs to connected to EOSC somehow
- First round of requests timing and duration
- Current ones: what is the status?
- New ones under discussion: awareness for the group; technical requirements and how to go about getting service providers
- Collaborations
- Status review of the current list
- Partners to suggest strategic ones where they have direct contacts
- Events
- Scouting responsibilities
- Partner suggestions
- Dissemination and Material
- Social media post calendar
- Brochure and slide deck updates
- Others?
- Website
- Track individual updates required and who will do them
Annabel Grant Email (D8.4 Reviewer)
Hello and good afternoon. My review of the DIH is now completed with comments and suggestions for improvements in the document – I fully concur and agree with Dale’s comments.
A couple of more general points for the authors:
- IMHO Insufficient thought or mention to sustainability of DIH. Ie. I would have given more weight to interactions with eosc governance mechanisms – as they are likely to hold future funding. And perhaps to think about including DIH in future tenders as a core part of EOSC?
- Unclear what has been retained from eosc hub and what is new. Ie. From the extensive list of lessons learned / swot/pestle – what is being done differently? What is new and what builds on existing mechanisms. Which parts of the strategy are new? This is quite unclear and should at least be referenced (as a large part of the first part of the document talks about what was done in eosc hub)
- Far too much reference and time for a new monitoring and evaluation system is implied. Surely this was existing and we are just adapting and/or improving from eosc hub? This deliverable implies that nothing exists already – which is of concern. I would like to see more time devoted to actual monitoring and evaluating of the business pilots themselves rather than more new systems and processes. The mechanisms described seem overly complicated and academic.
Finally, and notwithstanding the comments above, overall a very well written, referenced and detailed deliverable. 😊
-Annabel
Dave Heyns Email
Dear Ron,
I have just had a late summer catch up call with Sy on the current activities in T8.2 pertaining to the Digital Innovation Hub and co-creation opportunities with commercial start-ups/SMEs.
Sy will be working closely with Monique and the Business Desk in T8.1 to resolve any potential procurement issues. Once the deliverable D8.1 (catalogue of services already available through EOSC related frameworks) has been published (imminent, in review), Monique will be coordinating a survey across all WPs, and potentially other EOSC related entities, to identify commercial services that are required by this community but for which there is no procurement/distribution mechanism at this point. This survey will include a section on innovation/co-creation as defined by Sy and the DIH team. The feedback from the survey will be clearly analysed and documented in T8.1’s second deliverable D8.2.
Once we have a clear understanding of what services require procurement, Monique and her team will design and implement innovative mechanisms based on the nature and availability of these services/opportunities. We are currently using a DPS (Dynamic Procurement System) to stimulate the development of the provider community of Earth Observations services (immature start-ups/SMEs) in OCRE. The flexible nature of the DPS allows potential providers to respond to research requests for services in a continuous process and could well provide a PoC for related activities in EOSC Future.
I thought that I would drop you this note, and copy the various interested parties, to assure you that WP8 is currently immersed in this analysis, and that the Business Desk in T8.1 is focused on the broader potential EOSC services procurement and distribution business models. I would suggest that both Monique and Sy join your temporary working group focused on the preparation of the M6 review.
Best regards
Dave
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