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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear Anand ,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Many thanks for the spreading the good news!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hopefully, we'll hear more at the Science Forum in Pretoria next month where both JRC and RTD will attend and engage also on open science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Massimo DE LUCA
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Delegation of the European Union to South Africa
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">First Counselor - Head of Trade and Economics<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">No. 1 Green Park Estates, 27 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof, 0181<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 945 Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0027<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Telephone: +27 12 452-5220<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">E-mail:
<a href="mailto:Massimo.DE-LUCA@eeas.europa.eu">Massimo.DE-LUCA@eeas.europa.eu</a>
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<a href="https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/south-africa_en">https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/south-africa_en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 26, 2018 11:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CODATA International<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CODATA-international] The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Following a major effort by the European Commission, the Member States and the scientific community, the
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><a href="https://www.eosc-portal.eu/" id="LPlnk460734"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> was launched to provide a safe environment for researches to store, analyse and re-use data for research, innovation and educational purposes. The Commission presented the governance
structure and the portal to EU science ministers and future users at an Austrian EU Presidency
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><a href="https://eosc-launch.eu/home/" id="LPlnk999872"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">conference</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
in Vienna on 23rd Nov 2018 .</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud is at
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><a href="https://eosc-launch.eu/declaration/" id="LPlnk160606"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">https://eosc-launch.eu/declaration/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:14px"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Details at </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><a href="https://www.eosc-portal.eu" id="LPlnk679738"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">https://www.eosc-portal.eu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">My greetings to all colleagues who worked to make this possible.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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