GDI: D1.12: GDI quarterly implementation report - draft
Creators: name: Arenas, Juan
name: Konopko, Melissa
name: Spalding, Dylan
name: Coutts, Nikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: GDI, Genomic, Data, Infrastructure, European, Digital Europe, Onboarding, Deployment, Operational, Monitoring, 1+MG, B1MG

description: The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) is a deployment project, co-funded by the Digital<br> Europe programme. GDI's main objective is to realise the data infrastructure required by the 1+MG<br> initiative to share high-quality genotypic and phenotypic data across borders; the 1+MG Virtual<br> Cohort. Countries participating have committed to reach a concrete operational level before the end<br> of the project (progressing across different phases: onboarding, deployment or operational) which<br> will require them to fulfil technical and non-technical requirements. <br> In addition, the establishment of required technical capacity in each node has been identified as a<br> critical factor for the success of the project and the long-term sustainability of the data infrastructure<br> and the initiative. <br> This document presents the initial process and assets to monitor the deployment of the European<br> Genomic Data Infrastructure that will be initially focussed on:<br> ● the deployment of the technical expertise required to deploy and operate the European<br> Genomic Data infrastructure to share access to data across borders, building the technical<br> capacity to run the infrastructure beyond the end of the project, and,<br> ● the evolution of the European Genomic Data Infrastructure Nodes. GDI Nodes will transition<br> across different phases in their journey to be fully operational and integrated into the<br> European Genomic Data Infrastructure. <br> These monitoring processes and tools are aiming to support GDI Nodes in their journey by assessing<br> their progress on a quarterly basis and providing them with useful guidance and recommendations<br> to reach their individual objectives, as well as the project objectives summarised in the commitment<br> to have 6 nodes technically operational by 2024. This will be extended to 15 nodes by 2026 with<br> three additional nodes reaching deployment and two more nodes reaching onboarding. <br> A summary of the information collected every quarter will be presented to the 1+MG Group (in<br> addition to be shared with project participants) in order to gather the contributions and support of the<br> 1+MG Group on the direction of travel and their assistance in removing any roadblocks that could be<br> identified. This draft version will trigger the gathering of preliminary information from the GDI Nodes which will<br> provide feedback to improve the processes and assets that have been built to gather the information<br> and support them in their journey. Their feedback will be incorporated into the first release due at M6<br> (April 2023) that will be used to establish the baseline at the country level by M7 (May 2023). <br> The current scope and content of the quarterly report could be updated if there is a need to modify<br> it to better support the countries in their commitments or to facilitate reaching the overall project's<br> initiatives. For instance, monitoring of the volume of data available in the European Genome<br> Dashboard or via the 1+MG infrastructure could be implemented in the near future. GDI project receives funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme under grant agreement number 101081813.