Survey: Governance Model and Decision Flows

The EOSCPilot Governance Framework proposes a three-layer governance model based on that in the EOSC Declaration. Users (Consumers), Providers and Intermediaries of EOSC Resources would be represented in the Steering layer; Funders and Decision Makers in the Strategic Layer, and the Executive layer would have responsibility for ensuring the EOSC met the user and strategic requirements.

Governance Model and Decision Flows

In terms of decision flow, the Steering layer would allow the stakeholders to determine the requirements, policies and principles of engagement, and make proposals on how these could be met to the Strategic Layer.

The Strategic layer would review, agree and prioritise these proposals and requirements to form the strategic vision and objectives of the EOSC.

The Executive layer would be responsible for ensuring that the EOSC meets this vision and these objectives by: commissioning Core resource as required; commissioning new Supported resources as required; ensuring that Supported services are properly compensated; and ensuring that the resources within EOSC are both compliant and meet the strategic objectives.

Annex A outlines some delivery models for how the Executive layer might commission and support the Core and Supported resources.

The Steering layer would also communicate to the Executive at how well the EOSC is meeting their requirements at an operational level, and the Executive would report this against the strategic objective to the Strategic layer.

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1. Do you agree with these three layers: Steering (representing users and providers); Strategic (representing funders and decision makers, including national funders and decision makers), and Executive?

2. There are a wide variety of definitions of “Steering Board” and “Steering Committee” from being the final decision maker or arbitrator to providing strong guidance and direction. The definition of the Steering layer here is intended to be the latter – it provides strong guidance and direction (but not just advisory) to the Strategic layer, but the Strategic layer is the final decision-making body. Given that the potential terms for this layer (“Advisory” in the declaration and “Steering” from the Governance Framework) are contentious, do you have a better suggestion on how to term this layer?

3. Do you agree that both providers and consumers should be representing in the same layer (given that many communities will perform both roles)?

4. Do you agree with the decision flow and responsibilities between the three layers (Steering determine requirements, policies, principles of engagements, make proposals and communicate whether EOSC is effective in meeting these; Strategic form the strategic vision and objectives based on input from the Steering layer and set metrics for performance; the Executive ensures that the EOSC meets these objectives channelling funding as required)?

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