e-Infrastructures Reflection Group Support Programme 2

• Time frames: 1.01.2008 ? 31.12.2010
• Contract No: FP7 RI-223598
• Project homepage: http://www.e-irg.eu

The e-Infrastructures Reflection Group Support Programme 2 (e-IRGSP2) project provides a comprehensive support framework for the work of the e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG).

The principal objectives of the e-IRG are:

• To identify fundamental fabrics, services, and resources needed to enable pan-European e-Science
• To recommend resource sharing policy guidelines to: National Grid Initiatives, Other regional & European e-Infrastructure projects, Contribute to international policy forums, Give input to other policy bodies e.g., ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures), NREN (National Research and Education Network)
• To focus at first on eScience application user groups (as enablers of novel architectures), but also address wider application domains (e.g,. eLearning, eGovernment, eHealth, eCulture, eBusiness) within the ERIA (European Research and Innovation Area)
• To identify, inform and promote Grid awareness among communities who can benefit from sharing resources
• To address Governance issues of Grid deployment
• To draw upon the experience of the NREN community (Structure, Operations, AUPs)