Dear Eija

 

Thank you for this update.

 

I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA.

 

Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts.

 

Kind regards,

 

Helen

 

From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>
Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38
To: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu
Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>
Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis

 

Dear ENVRI Board,

 

During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx).

 

One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging.

 

Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe.

 

Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation.

 

Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these:

 

​docx icon Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx

 

 

​xlsx icon ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx

 

 

 

I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August.

 

 

Thanks a lot, and best wishes

Eija

 

 

 

 



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