Second Working Proposal for Living Indicators to Monitor MS Progresses Towards EOSC Readiness

This document presents the results of the public consultation for the proposed readiness indicators that were collected during the two rounds of consultation as a questionnaire. It is a follow up of the earlier report, “Working Proposal for Living Indicators to Monitor Member States Progresses towards EOSC Readiness”, which presents the results of the first round of consultations that took place as an open survey during the session of “National Policy Developments Supporting EOSC Implementation” during the EOSC-hub Week on 20 May 2020.

This report also discusses the usefulness of an initial set of indicators proposed as well as discussing the responsibility for monitoring progress against indicators. This document suggests a response to the question: “How can we monitor the status and progresses of MS and AC towards the EOSC implementation and identify opportunities and areas of improvement?” Many practical issues must still be progressed, such as the frequency of assessing progress against agreed indicators, a shared evaluation process with clearly defined roles and responsibilities and agreed forms of evidence to support evaluation decisions.

The topic and the statements of this document remain dynamic depending on the development of EOSC in order to implement the indicators in the most beneficial way for EOSC.