D3.1 TOPOS Declaration

This deliverable contributes towards the development of new schemes for membership and governance scheme of the Transport Observatory/fOrum for Promoting Open Science (TOPOS observatory and forum) in order to implement and transition FAIR principles.
For the industry stakeholders of transport research, long-term learning with an emphasis on sustainability constitutes necessity and as such, they will confirm their continuous engagement with scientific stakeholders. The proposed membership and governance scheme will be built upon recognizing the challenges of data-driven transport research in pursuing excellent science and granting that the vision of Open Science in transport research is an iterative process based on constant learning and mutual alignment. Hence, the proposed schemes will encompass some key elements, such as data culture and management, services and architecture and funding mechanisms.