Community Research and Development Information Service - CORDIS

The objective of the ELIXIR preparatory phase is to produce a memorandum or memoranda of understanding between organisations (government agencies, research councils, funding bodies and scientific organisations) within the member states, with the purpose of constructing a world class and globally positioned European infrastructure for the management and integration of information in the life sciences.

To achieve this, we will address the following tasks and issues:
1- Define the scope of the infrastructure, its role and benefits
2- Define an appropriate governance and legal structure
3- Define a long term funding structure to provide a sustainable infrastructure
4- Define the requirements for the European Data Centre in the next 5-10 years and makes plans to meet these needs
5- Involve all relevant stakeholders, including users, data providers, tools providers to ensure that the infrastructure meets their needs
6- Explore integration and interoperability between core and specialised data resources and the development of standards in newly emerging fields
7- Define the critical interdisciplinary links that need to be forged between the biological and related scientific disciplines, including medicine, agriculture and the environment
8- Define the needs of related European industries