The EOSC Node North Macedonia combines trusted AAI, repository access, GPU-enabled compute and capacity building into a national EOSC entry point.
Its distinctive feature is structural integration with the Open Science Centre, coupling technical federation with training, community engagement and adoption support. Cross-node validation with EOSC Node Poland covers both operational upskilling and a scientific AI workflow using Polish infrastructure and North Macedonian GPU resources.
Key objective: To establish a coordinated national EOSC Node that integrates infrastructure and skills development, enabling federated access to data, services and compute resources while promoting Open Science adoption.
Science areas: All scientific disciplines, including artificial intelligence, data science, Open Science, digital research infrastructures, and machine learning workflows
SCIENTIFIC IMPACT
EOSC Node North Macedonia enhances Open Science adoption and data-driven research through integrated national infrastructure, skills support, and GPU-enabled cross-node AI workflows.
FAIR data
Repo-MK exposes national publications and research data through open metadata.
Controlled access is supported for sensitive or restricted data where required.
FAIR dataset publication is demonstrated through the cross-node FUMD-AI scientific workflow.
Scientific use cases
FUMD-AI scientific workflow with EOSC Node Poland
Operational capacity-building track with the Polish Open Science Centre
OSC-Skills-Hub training registry and learning platform
OSC-Cloud quota-based IaaS and GPU compute
Cross-node operational and scientific validation with Poland
Technical status
Planned
Federated AAI
Onboarded service catalogues (Repo-MK; OSC-Skills-Hub; OSC-Cloud services)
Application workflow management
Service monitoring
Order management
Helpdesk
Management system
CAPABILITIES & ACCESS
Interactions with other EOSC Nodes
How to access the Node
Rules of Participation
Federated access through AAIEDU.mk / eduGAIN for eligible research users. Repo-MK provides open metadata and controlled access where needed. OSC-Cloud uses quota-based allocations for researchers and projects.
Access points
Via home page (https://eosc.mk), which is under development.
Node capabilities
Federated services
MK-AAI-Proxy
OSC-Skills-Hub
Data repositories
Repo-MK
Compute and storage
OSC-Cloud
GPU-enabled compute resources
VRE
AI and data science environments supported by OSC-Cloud
File sync-and-share
Nextcloud synced storage
Other
Open Science Centre
Open Science Lab
Training and capacity-building programmes
NOSCI.mk national coordination
COORDINATION
Coordinating organisation
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FCSE), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Node organisation
Coordinator
Prof. Anastas Mishev (FCSE)
Internal organisational structure
National operator: FCSE under mandates from the Ministry of Education and Science
Operational integration with the University Open Science Centre
Open Science Lab service operation
NOSCI.mk national outreach and coordination
Cross-node validation with EOSC Node Poland
Contributing organisations
Open Science Lab, University Open Science Centre (OSC), National Open Science Cloud Initiative (NOSCI.mk), MARnet
