<div dir="ltr">Thanks Ina. <div><br><div>OECD also published a second <b>OECD Global Science Forum and WDS Report on "Coordination and Support of International Research Data Networks"</b> which will certainly be of interest to colleagues of the AOSP: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/e92fa89e-en">http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/e92fa89e-en</a></div><div><br></div><div>International research data networks are critical for progress in many scientific domains and underpin efforts to promote Open Science. At the same time, many of these networks are fragile and the responsibilities for their support and performance are frequently distributed across a variety of different actors. This report explores the challenges and enablers for the effective functioning of international research data networks. It analyses the diversity and complexity of these networks, and issues such as governance and funding, in a selection of 32 cases. It includes a set of policy recommendations as a basis for building the shared understanding that is necessary to develop effective and sustainable international research data networks.<br></div><div><div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><div style="font-size:small">--</div><div style="font-size:small"><img src="https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/icsu-wds.org/images/logo.gif" width="200" height="82" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br></div></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small"><b>Mustapha Mokrane</b>, PhD. | </font><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Executive Director</span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">World Data System-</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">International Programme Office</span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/WVic9jwK84E2" target="_blank">c/o NICT Europe Centre, 28 rue de Berri, 75008 Paris, France</a></font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Mob: +33 6 1201 2912 </span><span style="font-size:x-small">ORCID ID: </span><font size="1">0000-0002-0925-7983</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br></font></div><div><a href="mailto:mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> | </span><a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=email" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.icsu-wds.org</a></div><div><br></div><br></div><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 December 2017 at 14:08, Ina Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-221387591089149453WordSection1"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Forwarded from the CODATA mailing list.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The OECD has today released an OECD Global Science Forum and CODATA Report on Business Models for Sustainable Research Data Repositories <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/302b12bb-en" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.<wbr>org/10.1787/302b12bb-en</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">There is a large variety of repositories that are responsible for providing long term access to data that is used for research. As data volumes and the demands for more open access to this data increase, these repositories are coming under increasing financial pressures that can undermine their long-term sustainability. This report explores the income streams, costs, value propositions, and business models for 48 research data repositories. It includes a set of recommendations designed to provide a framework for developing sustainable business models and to assist policy makers and funders in supporting repositories with a balance of policy regulation and incentives.<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p></div></div></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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