Objective
The Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) is a pan-European Research Infrastructure (RI) initiative. DiSSCo aims to bring together natural science collections from 175 museums, botanical gardens, universities and research institutes across 23 countries in a distributed infrastructure that makes these collections physically and digitally open and accessible for all forms of research and innovation. DiSSCo RI entered the ESFRI roadmap in 2018 and successfully concluded its Preparatory Phase in early 2023. The RI is now transitioning towards the constitution of its legal entity (an ERIC) and the start of its scaled-up construction (implementation) programme.
The primary goal of the DiSSCo Transition Project is to ensure the seamless transition of the DiSSCo RI from its Preparatory Phase to the Construction Phase (expected to start in 2025). In this transition period, the Project will address five objectives building on the outcomes of the Preparatory Phase project:
1) Advance the DiSSCo ERIC process and complete its policy framework, ensuring the smooth early-phase Implementation of DISSCo;
2) Engage & support DiSSCo National Nodes to strengthen national commitments;
3) Advance the development of core e-services to avoid the accumulation of technical debt before the start of the Implementation Phase;
4) Continue international collaboration on standards & best practices needed for the DiSSCo service provision; and
5) Continue supporting DiSSCo RI interim governance bodies and transition them to the DiSSCo ERIC formal governance.
The Project’s impact will be measured against the increase in the RI's overall Implementation Readiness Level (IRL). More specifically, we will monitor its impact towards reaching the required level of maturity in four of the five dimensions of the IRL that can benefit from further developments. These include the organisational, financial, technological and data readiness levels.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
2333 CR Leiden
Netherlands
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Participants (14)
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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60325 Frankfurt
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74100 Rethimno
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1649 004 Lisboa
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1113 Sofia
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845 23 Bratislava
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51005 Tartu
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1860 Meise
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226 49 Lund
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1165 Kobenhavn
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50121 Florence
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75005 Paris
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14195 Berlin
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SW7 5BD London
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