The Executive Board of the EOSC was a body of representatives from the research and e-infrastructures communities, appointed by the European Commission. Its mandate ended in December 2020, and many of its tasks were picked up by the EOSC Association in early 2021.
The Executive Board was chaired by Karel Luyben (European Association of Universities of Technology – CESAER) and Cathrin Stöver (GÉANT). All Executive Board members were appointed in a personal capacity and represented pan-European organisations of relevant for the EOSC implementation, for example large pan-European research infrastructures, eInfrastructures, public research organisations, universities, public research funding organisations and industry organisations.
The EOSC Executive Board and its Working Groups (2019-2020) produced 20 reports with recommendations in 6 priority areas for EOSC. These are key to the EOSC Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which provides a clear roadmap for the next seven years to achieve the EOSC vision and objectives.
Please find all the EOSC EB Outputs here
Minutes from all the EOSC Executive Board meetings can be found here.
Please find the main EOSC Executive Board Outputs at this link.
Role
- Provide advice and support on the strategy, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the progress of the implementation of the EOSC as set out in the Staff Working Document on the Implementation Roadmap (SIP) for the EOSC, notably in the form of:
- a strategic implementation plan and annual work plans, and of a proposed mechanism for overseeing and steering the implementation of the strategic and annual work plans, and for monitoring and reporting on progress;
- rules for participation to guide service provision and an action plan for scientific data interoperability to operationalise the FAIR principles.
- Provide recommendations on the appropriate mechanisms and possible forms for the EOSC governance after 2020 including business models and modes of financing, and on how the user base of the EOSC could be extended to the public sector and the industry.
The Executive Board was supported by EOSCsecretariat.eu, a project set up to provide an operational framework for the EOSC.
EOSC Executive Board Final Progress Report
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Executive Board Final progress report document contains a summary of the work delivered by the Executive Board against its remit. The purpose of the EOSC Executive Board was to oversee the EOSC implementation, provide advice on the way forward and on the implementation of the strategic and funding orientations and assist with the transition beyond 2020.
Download the EOSC Executive Board Final Progress Report
The EOSC Strategic Implementation Plan
The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) is the first key outputs of the EOSC Executive Board. The plan provides information on:
- The timeline of practical outputs that are key to the development of an EOSC minimum viable platform
- 5 priority areas in EOSC that were identified and have become the target areas of the first Executive Board Working Groups
- Background and foundational information that led to the development of this roadmap
Download the SIP
The EOSC Workplan
This first version of the EOSC Work Plan outlines the key outputs which will be delivered in this first phase of implementation. This includes:
- A first iteration of activities which will be handed over to a new governance structure at the end of 2020
- The timelines, methods for delivery and key inputs running from mid-2019 until the end of 2020
- Activities including the most recently approved Horizon 2020 projects
Download the 2020 EOSC Work Plan

Executive board role: Co-chair, CESAER Representative
Organisation: CESAER - Rector Magnificus Emeritus at the Delft University of Technology

Executive board role: Co-chair, GÉANT Representative
Organisation: GÉANT - (CCO)

Executive board role: Main EC Contact for the EOSC Executive Board
Organisation: European Commission - Policy Officer - European Open Science Cloud and Open Science policies

Executive board role: Architecture WG chair, Individual Expert
Organisation: Inria - Emeritus Senior Scientist

Executive board role: Rules of Participation (Rop) WG Chair, Research Data Alliance (RDA) Representative
Organisation: Research Data Alliance - RDA, STFC - Head of Data Division

Executive board role: Landscape WG chair, Individual Expert
Organisation: Czech Academy of Sciences, ESFRI - ESFRI Chair, Senior research fellow

Executive board role: EOSC FAIR Working Group Chair, Individual Expert
Organisation: GÉANT - EOSC Engagement Manager

Executive board role: Sustainability WG co-chair, EMBL Representative
Organisation: EMBL - Head of IT

Executive board role: Sustainability WG co-chair, Science Europe Representative
Organisation: Science Europe - Secretary General of Science Europe

Executive board role: OpenAIRE Representative
Organisation: OpenAIRE - Managing Director & Researcher

Executive board role: European Spallation Source ERIC Representative
Organisation: European Spallation Source ERIC - Director-General

Executive board role: CESSDA Representative (2019-20)
Organisation: CESSDA ERIC - CEO/Managing Director/Chief Executive

Executive board role: Observer; LIBER Representative
Organisation: LIBER - Association of European Research Libraries - President