BRUSSELS—Last week, the more than 250 European research-performing organisations, university alliances, research service providers – including Trust-IT Services – research infrastructures, and research funders represented by the EOSC Association (EOSC-A) have spoken with a single voice in support of a shared vision for the future of EOSC.
The Association’s position paper, The EOSC Association calls for a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership for EOSC in FP10 to accelerate excellent, scalable science in Europe, was adopted unanimously by the EOSC-A General Assembly at its 13th meeting, held last week, 28-29 May, in Brussels.
The policy paper is released in the context of the EU-wide negotiations on the EU’s proposed 10th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10). It presents the EOSC-A membership’s shared vision for EOSC by calling on decision-makers to support the establishment of a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership for EOSC under FP10, with EOSC-A as an equal partner alongside the Member States, Associated Countries and European Commission within the Partnership’s tripartite governance. It reasons that this basis is the best way forward to sustain the momentum generated in the wake of the 2025 launch and 2026 expansion of the EOSC Federation, and to capitalise on the achievements and progress of significant prior investments made across European, national and organisational levels.
The paper goes on to describe the unique and indispensable role EOSC will play in FP10 as the recognised Common European Data Space for Research and Innovation. As such, EOSC is essential to securing European sovereignty over its research data, strengthening resilience in science and innovation, enabling a globally competitive and trusted European AI ecosystem, and accelerating the development of a genuine EU Single Market for knowledge and innovation.
Trust-IT Services, as a member of the EOSC Association, fully endorses this position paper and the vision it sets out. As a research service provider actively contributing to the EOSC ecosystem through projects such as OSCARS, Blue-Cloud 2026, EOSC United, EOSC Gravity, and more, Trust-IT Services shares the conviction that a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership for EOSC under FP10, with EOSC-A as an equal partner in the tripartite governance, is the right path forward to sustain and build on the momentum already achieved.
