Slices-IP Concept
SLICES-IP aims to cover the last mile before the full operation of the SLICES-RI. Within SLICES-PP, all partners have collaborated on the preparation of all required documents to launch Step 1 of an ERIC creation. These documents include the financial framework, the statutes, the governance, the central hub location and the technical and scientific description of the SLICES-RI. All of them have been approved and validated by a committee made up of representatives of the Member States and Associated Countries’ ministries, the Interim Supervisory Board (ISB).
The SLICES-IP consortium is made of all the partners of the SLICES-RI who have signed the MoU (and committed in-kind contributions). Six countries (among the 16 of the SLICES-RI) have already included their SLICES-RI local node in their national roadmaps. The overall objective of the SLICES-IP project is to cover all actions to cover the last mile before full operation. Therefore, SLICES-IP will 1) work towards the inclusion of the SLICES-RI on the other national roadmaps, all member states joining the ERIC, securing funding accordingly. This will ensure the sustainability and attractiveness of the SLICES-RI, 2) set up all tools to ensure the scientific sustainability and adoption of the RI, 3) clearly define access policy, 4) coordinate the implementation of services over distributed national nodes, 5) implement data management infrastructure and metadata registry system to ensure data protection and security, 6) measure and increment impact.
