Community Managers Group (CMG)

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About

EGI members (NGIs, EIROs, RIs and institutes) can delegate contacts to the EGI Community Managers Group. The EGI Community Managers Group is an information sharing network about user engagement, training, technical support and partner liaison activities in the EGI context. Members of the network have regular meetings and an email list to share information about their activities, and to exchange success stories and best practices between the European and national/community/institutional landscapes.

The EGI Community Group is focused on sharing information about the following areas:

1. User Engagement:
   1. 1. Objective: The EGI Federation is the reference compute platform for and increasing number of data-intensive science projects
      2. Activities: 
         1. Promote technical solutions and services at events national and European level
         2. Identify new scientific communities, engage them and define a joint work plan
         3. Participate in the EGI Digital Innovation Hub as technology valorization instrument with industry
2. Training: 
   1. 1. Objective: Users and service providers have the necessary skills and competencies to take benefit of EGI Federation services in their research activities.
      2. Activities: 
         1. Jointly define and deliver EGI training programmes taking into account user community and EGI participants’ needs and leveraging existing networks
         2. Support for training within scientific communities
         3. National/European training structures and events
3. Technical Support (the EGI Competence Centres):
   1. 1. Objective: Meet the digital needs of users and service providers with technical consultancy and support 
      2. Activities: 
         1. Assist user communities and providers in co-development, piloting and adoption of technical solutions and services
         2. Setup joint projects
         3. Running EGI open calls
         4. Handle service orders through the EGI and EOSC Marketplaces
         5. Establish long term collaborations between providers and users
4. External Liaisons: 
1. Objective: Coordinate participation in European-level initiatives of common interest, such as EOSC, GAIA-X, EuroHPC, European Digital Innovation Hubs
2. Activities: Share information, coordinate common actions

A bit of history: 

Until mid-2021 EGI had an 'NGI International Liaisons' network (NILs). The Community Managers Group replaces the NILs with a broader scope that is open for both the NGIs and the Scientific Organisations of the EGI Council.  

Members

NGI delegates:

Scientific community delegates:

Institutional delegates:

Meetings

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