How will OGF-Europe and OGF-Global coordinate activities?
OGF-Europe and OGF will coordinate their activities through the ‘European Chapter of the Open Grid Forum E.E.I.G.’ (OGF.eeig, for short) which is a European-based legal entity (specifically, a European Economic Interest Grouping) designed to extend the OGF model to Europe in alignment with OGF’s mission, strategy and leadership to stimulate, co-ordinate and harmonise networked actions across Europe and globally. OGF.eeig is governed by an internal regulation natively ensuring synchronisation mechanisms with the OGF and managing structures to execute on expected synergies in Europe. More specifically, OGF.eeig has the mission of: (1) expanding active participation of European public and private individuals and organisations in the work of OGF; (2) channeling European achievements, priorities, requirements and policies into OGF’s global strategy for standardization and grid adoption; (3) delivering global Grid advancements, best practices and specifications to European scientific and com