Full events and target activities list:

• RDA webinar on copyright renewal 14.11.2016 with MEP Julia Reda, in collaboration with the RDA Europe 3 European Support Team (EST) • Organising meetings with EC Commissioners, DG representatives, EU Committee of Regions president, and national politicians and ministry representatives. • Identifying relevant national policy makers (both political actors and civil servants), contacting and disseminating of RDA outputs/recommendations • Organising a high-level policy meeting (Weaving The Internet Of Data) on data re-use on 6 April 2016. (https://www.rd-alliance.org/weaving-internet-data-%E2%80%93-high-level-european- policy-meeting-funding-research-data-support-open.html. Report available at: http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.88c84fbdbc294c31a6f26bc950ad7931) • The joint event Digital Infrastructures for Research 2016 (DI4R16) together with EGI.eu, EUDAT, GEANT and RDA with training, working meetings and an industry track was organised in Krakow, Poland 28-30 September 2016. The main responsibility for this event was in WP4 and WP5. https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/content/about-di4r-2016 • During 2016 was the chairing country for the Nordic Council of Ministers. RDA and Nordic collaboration in the RDA framework was established during the event “Nordic Open Science and Research Forum 2016”, 21-23 November through the event “RDA and the Nordics – viewpoints on open science” on the 21 November in . • Producing an RDA statement on copyright renewal and neighbouring rights discussion. https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-europe-supports-liber-cesaer-eua-leru-and-science-europe- their-statement-eu-copyright-reform • Publishing an RDA EU Briefing note on Copyright for MEPs and other policy makers. http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.24bb0421e30b43a1a7550a533380a0ec • Contributing to the RDA Data Innovation Forum event in Brussels 30.1.2018. https://rd-alliance.org/rdaeu-data-innov-forum-2018 • RDA EU call for action: European Data Economy must focus on interoperability - RDA Europe Statement on the European Data Economy (https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-eu-call-action- european-data-economy-must-focus-interoperability-rda-europe-statement-european, http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.2c25d1fa5f8a4bc18956725d001558d6) • Engaging in the EU Multi-stakeholder platform on ICT standardisation to include RDA outputs/recommendations (elaborated in detail in the section “RDA Recommendations as ICT specifications in Europe”). • The Research Data Alliance and Libraries – Preserving the past, embracing the future – Libraries in the research data landscape (http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.186a9f0189984b1dbcaee38b94da8bd9)

List of meetings and connections:

• EC Commissioner Carlos Moedas • MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (FIN) • MEP Henna Virkkunen (FIN) • MEP Julia Reda (GER) • MEP Catherine Stihler (UK) • MEP Sean Kelly (IRL) • MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen (FIN) • Ms. Philomena Chirico, Member of Cabinet of EC VP • Mr. Keith Sequeira, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas • President Markku Markkula, EU Committee of the Regions • Ms. Silla Ristimäki, Political advisor to MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen (FIN) • MEP Nils Torwalds via advisor Beata Björkvall (FIN)

• Barend Mons, chair of HLEG on EOSC • Director Kurt Vandenberghe, EC DG RTD • DG Roberto Viola, EC DG CNECT

• Caj Södergård, VTT Finland, member of HLEG on European Open Science Cloud • Councillor Taru Rastas, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland • Councillor Maija-Liisa Anton, Estonian EU representation • Head of Unit (HoU) Antti Peltomäki, EC DG GROWTH • HoU Jean-Claude Burgelmann, EC DG RTD • Policy Officer Wainer Lusoli, EC DG RTD • HoU Francisco Medeiros, EC DG CNECT • Deputy DG Mario Campolargo, EC DG DIGIT • Ms. Orlaigh Quinn, Secretary General, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ireland • Ms. Mary Butler, Chair of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland) • Ms. Mary Butler, Chair of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland) • Ms. Caoimhe Gavin, HEO in EU and International Affairs – Innovation Policy of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland) • Carnegie Trust UK, Head of Advocacy Douglas White and Jenny Peachey Policy Officer • Councillor Eeva Kaunismaa, Ministry for Education and Culture, Finland • Councillor Juha Haataja, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland • Senior advisor Sami Niinimäki, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland • Councillor Jonna Lehtinen-Salo, Ministry of Economy and Employment, Finland • Councillor Maia-Liisa Anton, Estonian EU representation • UNIFI Finnish universities rectors’ council secretary general Leena Wahlfors and data policy project manager Heidi Laine • LIBER President Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen and other representatives • Meeting Science Council DE to present RDA aspects • Visit Edit Herczog (Brussels) to discuss RDA activities • Participation in the FAIR HLEG of the EC with various meetings

• Collaboration with European Parliament: o Regular interaction and awareness raising with MEPs in the committees ITRE, JURI, CULT, IMCO, EMPL o Webinar “Why should researchers care about copyright reform” with MEP Julia Reda o Joint session on Copyright Reform with MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen and Vice-chair of LIBER working group on copyright Maria Elisabeth Rehbinder o Discussion with the ITRE Policy Hub of European Parliament

• Interaction with the European Commission o Discussions with DG CNECT and DG RTD on EOSC related issues

• Collaboration with national governments/parliaments: o Meetings with governmental/ministerial actors for discussing the Data Economy and DSM mid-term review, introducing RDA outputs and interoperability issues. o Systematically introducing RDA outputs to national policy papers.

• National RDA events o An extensive list is presented in the section Liaison and national events (http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.86091a2bac4747e6a7dc8b0e7fdfa9fb) • Collaboration/engagement with other stakeholders o LIBER o Big Data Value Association

• RDA Europe Innovation event: o Data Innovation Forum in Brussels 30.1.2018 (in collaboration with WP5) http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.c78eccc07e7848109f884c22a1ddb2c5