Inspired by strategic reports on FAIR and EOSC from the period 2018-2024, from 3 September to 8 November 2024 the FAIR-IMPACT Synchronisation Force workshops discussed key topics on the road to more FAIR digital objects, with representatives of more than 120 organisations and projects across the EOSC and FAIR ecosystems to assess the progress made on previous strategic ambitions, including those outlined in the "Turning FAIR into Reality" report (2018), the EOSC Interoperability Framework (2021), the FAIRsFAIR White Paper (2021), the SRIA (2022), and the EOSC Multi-Annual Roadmap 2025–2027.
FAIR-IMPACT published a White Paper with the main recommendations from these workshops, linking them to the relevant Task Forces and Opportunity Area Expert Groups under the EOSC Association, to facilitate their uptake and impact. The White Paper provides actionable guidance aligned with EOSC's evolving strategy.
The White Paper goes a step further by mapping the recommendations to two Strategic Pillars of the EOSC Multi-Annual Roadmap 2026–2027 and to the relevant Task Forces and Opportunity Area Expert Groups under the EOSC Association. This alignment is intended to support their uptake and facilitate impact within the EOSC governance and implementation structure.
The 15 recommendations address six core topics:
- Metrics and assessing FAIRness
- Metadata, semantics and interoperability
- Persistent identifiers
- Legal and organisational interoperability
- Trustworthy and FAIR-enabling repositories
- Sustainability of project outputs
The key findings and highlights are available in the 2024 workshop report, accessible via the FAIR-IMPACT website and Zenodo.
