Italy

European Commission

Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU

EOSC-A Mandated Organisation

Consortium GARR

EOSC Steering Board representatives

Giorgio Rossi, University of Milano
Roberto Cimino, Ministry of University and Research – MUR

The ministerial decree n.268 of 28-02-2022 establishes the Piano Nazionale per la Scienza Aperta – PNSA – (Italian Plan for Open Science) addressing policy on scientific publications, research data, research evaluation, open science and open data models for public health. On 14-03-2023 a work-group was established by directorial decree, to draw a document on implementation of the PNSA. Explicit compliance with the open science rules is mandatory in MUR research grants.

Italian Plan for Open Science

Italian Computing and Data Infrastructure (ICDI)

The National structure Italian Computing and Data Infrastructure (ICDI) was created in 2019, one of the four founding members of the EOSC-A, acting as a forum among representatives of major Italian Research Infrastructures and e-Infrastructures, with the aim of promoting synergies and common strategies at the national level and optimising Italian contributions to European and global challenges including the EOSC. The Consortium GARR (Federico Ruggieri), being part of the ICDI as well as acting as Mandated Organisation in the EOSC-A, connects a number of stakeholders including 22 Members and 4 Observers, and provides the ultra-broadband network dedicated to the Italian research and education community.  Several ICDI members are also part of the EOSC Advisory Groups.  The current ICDI profile mainly consists of Research Performing Organisations, aiming to include Service Providers in future.

Policies

The Open Science policies are defined in the PNSA (2022), but need operational rules to be implemented. To this end a work-group has been setup by MUR, with such mandate.

Best practices

To foster coordination at the national level, ICDI recently launched task forces dedicated to OS practices in the Italian community, including:

  • Italian Federated Cloud Platform Task Force (FCP-IT), launched in June 2020, aims to develop a strategy and identify adequate technical solutions to achieve the creation of a federated cloud dedicated to research on a national scale, and to propose itself as a model also at the European level.
  • Italian Competence Centre for EOSC Task Force (CC-IT), approved in July 2020, aims to create a national Competence Centre that can act as a reference for the Italian community and a platform to federate, coordinate and further disseminate the existing competences within Research bodies, Infrastructures and Universities that are part of the Italian Open Science community.

EOSC Association Members and Observers

Consortium GARR

Mandated organisation

GARR is the ultra-broadband network dedicated to the Italian research and education community.... Read more

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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Member

The oldest university in the western world, the University of Bologna is still today a reference point for European culture.... Read more

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Area Science Park

Member

Area Science Park is a public national research organization that promotes the development of innovation processes.... Read more

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CERIC-ERIC

Member

CERIC is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) integrating and providing open access to some of the most advanced analytical facilit... Read more

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Member

The CNR, as a national public research body has the task of carrying out, promoting, and enhancing research in the main sectors of knowledge, pursu... Read more

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Consorzio per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche (CVBF)

Member

CVBF leads the European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure (EPTRI) to enhance basic and preclinical research from drug discovery and ... Read more

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Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.

Member

An international research centre, specialized in generating high-quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light and applying it in materials and... Read more

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Gran Sasso Science Institute

Observer

The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) is an international PhD school and a center for research and higher education in the areas of Physics, Math... Read more

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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - National Institute for Astrophysics

Member

INAF promotes, realizes and coordinates, also within the framework of European Union programs and international organizations, research activities ... Read more

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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

Member

The National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) is the Italian research agency dedicated to research in the fields of subnuclear, astroparticle, ... Read more

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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)

Member

INGV constitutes the main permanent scientific forum in the Earth Sciences in Italy.... Read more

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Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale

Member

OGS is a public research Institute operating under the aegis of the Italian Ministry of University and Research – MUR.... Read more

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Politecnico di Milano

Member

Politecnico di Milano is one of the best technological universities in the world: the QS World University Rankings 2021 classified it among the top... Read more

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Politecnico di Torino

Member

Politecnico di Torino, a public university funded in 1906 and accredited by international rankings as one of the main tech universities in Europe, ... Read more

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Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)

Observer

Founded in 1978, SISSA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati is a leading scientific institute at the nation... Read more

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