The past few months saw some of the most important outputs of the project both for the supplier and user community of OCRE. In this general update webinar, the project will provide an update on some of the key developments in the project including the conclusion of the OCRE IaaS+ Tender and the signing of more than 400 framework agreements, the presentation of the OCRE Cloud Catalogue of commercial cloud services for the European research community, the validation test suite for suppliers, research projects selected to receive adoption funding support. as well as some of the work in progress for Earth Observation digital services procurement.

1. Webinar: Cloud and Earth
Observation Procurement, Funding
Updates and the OCRE Cloud
Catalogue
Dave Heyns
Project Director - OCRE
david.heyns@geant.org

2. Ambitions
Europe is the largest producer of research
data in the world.
The EC wants to increase the use of this
data and interconnect research IT
infrastructures through the European Open
Science Cloud.
OCRE intends to –
1. Provide researchers with access to
required and approved commercial cloud
and digital services.
2. Drive the adoption of such services and
stimulate the European digital economy.
 Promote agility in local research activities
(harness analytics platforms; machine learning;
AI)
 Support collaboration (both regional and global)
 Drive broader EOSC ambitions (OPEN
research; FAIR data; stimulation of SME
development; sustainability)
 Stimulate European digital economy
 Grow emerging earth observation digital
solutions (DIAS)
 Provide for acquisition and service discovery
(onboard onto EOSC portals)

3. Ambitions
Commitment
 Unprecedented in terms of
scope and scale
 Navigating obstacles
 External support
 OCRE Team –
Commitment to delivery on
promise