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

[Daniel Dietrich]

Dear Federico,

we have discussed and decided to sign the letter. You will get it from Tom in the coming days.

All best
Daniel

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Daniel Dietrich
Chairman OKF Deutschland

Open Knowledge Foundation
Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
www.okfn.org - www.okfn.de

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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>