[epsi-coord] Support letter for PROSA - Policy Recommendations on Open Science and open Access

Thu Feb 16 11:50:43 GMT 2012

agreed! +1 from me
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Interdependent Thoughts
Ton Zijlstra

ton at tonzijlstra.eu
+31-6-34489360

http://zylstra.org/blog
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Federico,
>
> I don't know if the ePSI platform has ever signed letters of support. I do
> not see why we could not do so. I think proposed project makes a lot of
> sense. So from my point of view this is a +1
>
> Regards
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On 16.02.2012, at 11:54, Federico Morando wrote:
>
> > Dear Antti, Daniel, Kathleen, Marc and Ton,
> >
> > We hope this email finds you well!
> >
> > The Nexa Center is currently completing a proposal for the Science in
> Society Call (deadline 22nd February).
> > The focus of the project - called PROSA, Policy Recommendations on Open
> Science and open Access - is to provide policy support on the main drivers
> of Open Scientific Data (i.e. the Open Data paradigm
> > applied to scientific data) for the functioning of scientific
> communities and the benefit of society as a whole.
> > During the project, a specific community-building activity is planned in
> order to engage key stakeholders and share good practices related with open
> scientific repositories.
> >
> > Besides the Nexa Center/POLITO (leader), other key partners of PROSA are
> the Open Knowledge Foundation and the COMMUNIA Association.
> >
> > In order to tangibly demonstrate our commitment to involve relevant
> players in the field, we are collecting letters of support from external
> organisations declaring to be interested (without any formal constraint) in
> following PROSA's activities.
> >
> > Considered its field of activity and its international relevance, it
> would be great for PROSA to receive a letter for support from ePSIplatform.
> Given the tight deadlines, it would be great if that would be possible by
> Monday 20th of February.
> >
> > You will find enclosed the current proposal draft (please note some
> parts are tentative).
> > Besides, since time is against us, we also attach an example of letter
> of support we received from another organisation, in case you want to get
> inspired.
> > Otherwise, you can write a (possibly very short) letter as you see fit,
> of course.
> > Finally, below you may find a short summary of PROSA's objectives.
> >
> > Should you need any further information, please don't hesitate to
> contact us!
> >
> > Federico (SkypeID: "fedemuras")
> > Raimondo (SkypeID: "raimondo.iemma ")
> >
> > PS
> > The aim
> >           of PROSA is to formulate interdisciplinary
> > policy recommendations
> >  and guidelines covering legal,
> >           technological and organisational aspects to further enhance
> >           Open Scientific Data both within scientific communities and
> >           towards society. Besides analytical work on the key issues to
> >           be tackled (also relying on case studies on the adoption of
> >           Open Scientific Data in specific fields), PROSA will promote
> >           the exchange of best practices by enabling a
> > network of stakeholders
> >  (universities, research funders,
> >           research organisations, professional bodies, reusers)
> >           interested into supporting long-term data sharing, cross
> >           linking of repositories and, more in general, endorse Open
> >           Scientific Data as a paradigm for knowledge dissemination.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> > Federico MORANDO
> > Managing Director & Research Fellow
> >
> > NEXA Center for Internet & Society
> > Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN
> > Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
> > 10129 TORINO - ITALY
> >
> > tel.: +39 011 090 5954
> > fax: +39 011 090 7216
> > mob: +39 339 7507974
> > mail: federico.morando at polito.it
> > web: http://nexa.polito.it
> >
> >
> > <PROSA_working draft_16th feb.pdf><EIFL.pdf>
>
>
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