CODATA attends ISOSC event on co-developing Open, Resilient, and Intelligible Research E-infrastructures for Future Open Science and SDGs
At the recent International Symposium on Open Science Clouds (ISOSC) 2025, held at Nanjing University’s Suzhou Campus and online, CODATA contributed to discussions on how Open Science Clouds can strengthen global collaboration and accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As part of the programme, Matti Heikkurinen presented Climate-Adapt4EOSC as a pilot project illustrating the value of open science in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) challenges. His talk highlighted how the project aligns with FAIR data principles and offers practical pathways to support both climate adaptation and the SDGs.
Background (from the ISOSC 2025 website)
Originally proposed in 2019 and aligned with the United Nations’ Open Science movement, co-building a global Open Science Cloud seeks to establish a cross-continental federated research environment for global collaboration and open science. This vision is grounded in harmonized policies, interoperable protocols, transparent services, and sustainable mechanisms.
To enhance connectivity and interoperability among open science research clouds, platforms, and initiatives worldwide, a five-year international pilot project called the “Global Open Science Cloud” (GOSC Initiative) was launched in early 2021, with seed funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supported by CODATA and CNIC, CAS, the GOSC International Programme Office (GOSC IPO) was established to coordinate joint efforts and connect researchers across regions and disciplines through proactive science communication and capacity building.
Through years of efforts, GOSC’s footprint has expanded regionally and internationally with the launch of the GOSC SDG-13 workshop in Bangkok, GOSC sessions at the 2022 & 2023 International Data Week in South Korea and Austria, GOSC training series in Mongolia and Kenya, GOSC Workshops in Amsterdam, GOSC Pan-Africa virtual series and International Training Workshop Series in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. The success of our flagship events, the International Symposium on Open Science Clouds (ISOSC 2023) has also showcased GOSC’s influence on a global scale.
GOSC also connects stakeholders across regions and disciplines for data-intensive research through pilot cloud federation projects (i.e., A federation of cloud resources beyond Europe; Yunkun-enabled China-Africa Cloud Federation Testbed). In early 2022, a prototype testbed (https://goscloud.net) was established to demonstrate interconnected and interoperable open-science research through virtual community collaboration. Building on these achievements, GOSC IPO has produced several open-access publications, including white papers (Global Open Science Cloud Landscape; Global Open Science Cloud: Vision and Initial Successes), annual report, flyer, and meeting briefing (Briefing of the GOSC SDG-13 International Workshop).
