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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">**Apologies for cross-posting**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Empowering Open Science: Kick Off of the OpenAIRE-Advance H2020 project</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">A pillar of the European Open Science Cloud</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">12 January 2018
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">From 1st January 2018,
<b>OpenAIRE</b> enters a new exciting phase with the start of the <b>OpenAIRE-Advance project</b>. During the Kick Off meeting, taking place from
<b>17 to 19 January </b>in <b>Athens</b>, Greece, <b>50 partners</b> will gather to work on this timely continuation of OpenAIRE’s mission to support the Open Access/Open Data mandates in Europe and globally.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">While sustaining the current successful infrastructure, comprised of a human network and robust technical services, OpenAIRE-Advance will work towards
making Open Science the default in Europe, reshaping the scholarly communication system towards openness and transparency serving as a trusted pillar of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">OpenAIRE will work along the following lines:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">1. Consolidate and optimise services:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> OpenAIRE’s open science service
portfolio will be upgraded to meet end user needs. Through a <i>set of dashboards
</i>that target all stakeholders<i> </i>involved in the research chain, OpenAIRE will seamlessly connect all research artifacts, effectively creating the
<i>European Open Science Observatory</i>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">2. Empower the pan-European Open Science Helpdesk:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> The 34 National Open
Access Desks, OpenAIRE’s backbone, will be empowered to increase their national presence and develop capacities at local level so as to become a
<i>pivotal part of open science in national settings</i>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">3. Strengthen research community uptake of open science:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> Working with
three national research infrastructure nodes (Elixir-GR, EPOS-IT, DARIAH-DE) OpenAIRE will build bridges to key communities via an
<i>open science-as-a-service</i> approach.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">4. Promote emerging changes in the scientific communication landscape:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">
Building on repositories as the foundation of a globally networked and distributed open science infrastructure, OpenAIRE will support the development of the
<i>next generation repositories </i>with new functionalities and new technologies. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">5. Build a global open science network:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Working with partners around the world (Latin America, Japan, US, Canada, Africa) OpenAIRE aims to align policies, practices and services for a truly global and
<i>interoperable scholarly commons</i>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">6. Outreach beyond researchers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">: Reaching out to a network of 10,000
schools, OpenAIRE will lay the foundations for<i> citizen scientists</i> to leverage the benefits of Open Science, and will run an
<i>Open Innovation programme</i> to bring OpenAIRE closer to industry. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">7. Collaborate with EOSC Hub towards a concrete implementation of EOSC:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> Crucially, OpenAIRE-Advance will work with the EOSC Hub project to create a joined-up, interoperable set of services to seamlessly serve the needs of tomorrow’s researcher in the context
of EOSC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Ultimately, the EU will reap the rewards of an endeavor that OpenAIRE-Advance represents, since the latter aims to lead the evolving culture of Open
Science with relevant and functional services to conduct research and disseminate research results in a more transparent and efficient way, hence benefitting both the researcher and the society as a whole.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">More information about the project:
<a href="https://www.openaire.eu/advance">https://www.openaire.eu/advance</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">For further information:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Natalia Manola - Managing Director (natalia at di.uoa.gr)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Paolo Manghi - Technical Director (paolo.mangi at isti.cnr.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Najla Rettberg - Network Manager (najla.rettberg at sub.uni-goettingen.de)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Najla Rettberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">OpenAIRE </span>
<span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="http://www.openaire.eu/"><span lang="EN-US">www.openaire.eu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">@najlaoa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Skype: najladpc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Göttingen State and University Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">37073 Göttingen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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