The development of the infographic proved to be a useful exercise for the OpenAIRE members and NOADs. It provided the opportunity to focus on EOSC and connect all the relevant pieces of work to form the bigger picture of their contribution to the alignment of national research ecosystems, competencies and policy frameworks.

“Through OpenAIRE, members can add local experience to the open scholarly communication system, adding to the wealth of the European Open Science Cloud” Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, Chair of the OpenAIRE Executive Board and General Assembly 

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The infographic positions in the center the OpenAIRE  Research Graph and the three pillar areas of OpenAIRE actions: Policy-Services-Training. The Research Graph is the most valuable scholarly communication resource that OpenAIRE maintains as the cumulative achievement of the research community shifting research practices and progressively adopting Open Science. The statistics reveal the vast amount of information that is available for exploitation through OpenAIRE, especially valuable in support of Open Science maturity as well as effective decision and policymaking for research, at large.

From the center, the different tools that OpenAIRE NOADs and Members are equipped with spread around to enhance their activities. Those tools are, for example, collaboration to avoid silos and share practices, the guidelines for repositories and CRIS interoperability to increase FAIRness, the supporting resources for policy adoption and compliance, the country pages giving a complete overview of Open Science developments in national settings.

The left part of the infographic indicates how these tools are organized internally, in the OpenAIRE network, strengthening know-how exchange, support of NOADs and Members and empowering them to advance nationally. The right part of the infographic reveals how the same tools are utilized in the country where the OpenAIRE NOADs and Members are positioned, shaping national research ecosystems around and in EOSC.

It’s worth mentioning that this is the last output of OpenAIRE’s EOSC WG. Earlier this year, the “Technical Recommendations” sub-group members published their infographic showing how OpenAIRE services support researchers and service providers to align with Open and FAIR principles and practices, including the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) realization. You may find the technical infographic here. 

This infographic was developed with input provided by the EOSC WG/Sub-group “Policy and Practical Implementation". Members: Alina Irimia, André Dazy, Asger Væring Larsen, Bojan Macan, Dragana Radulović, Elli Papadopoulou, Gultekin Gurdal, Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, Jitka Dobbersteinova, Katarina Wiberg, Lena Dreher, Michal Růžička, Michele Mennielli, Mihaela Cucu, Mojca Kotar, Nermin Oruc, Pauli Assinen.