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In this report, we provided a summary of the work conducted in the e-IRGSP5 in the area of collection, aggregation and publication of policy and cost-related information/metrics/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In the first place, we have defined the audience to which it is addressed, being mainly funding agencies and policy makers in the area of e-Infrastructures, EU-funded e-Infrastructure projects and managers, along with individual users/researchers. We also outlined general rules, which lead to the definition of indicators that fulfil its role. The internal methodology and analysis tracks process we conducted isthen presented. The analysis of the problem is very difficult and comprises many levels. It resulted in an approach composed of three tracks where different perspectives are considered: information from projects, literature review and H2020 goals and impacts. Project investigation, interviews, literature review, conference discussions show us that many projects are not prepared for discussion especially in the area of interest of this project, namely policy and financial aspects. While technical and operational indicators in many cases are decently recognized in the projects, the policy and financial metrics seem to be less relevant and analysed. Especially financial information is very hard to retrieve from projects and even more difficult for the e-Infrastructures, including their national components. However, some basic level information is required for accountability and transparency, which may also contribute to assessing the effectiveness of the funds spent and the ultimately the competitiveness of e-Infrastructures in comparison with commercial commodity services. It is noticeable that many of the measurements presented by projects as KPIs are only metrics. External experts have been involved in the project work, including a professional accountant with experience in e-Infrastructures. The external financial and policy experts, supported us in our work, and guided us with numerous suggestions. The proposed methodology for the collection of such indicators is then presented; a three-stepapproach for setting and collecting indicators is proposed, which is aligning the defined metrics withimpacts and goals determined by funding institutions, in-line with the e-IRG KPI framework document . The first step is the specification of high-level goals of the involved actors (including mainly the e- Infrastructures themselves, the funding agencies and the end users), second, the classification of goals into broad categories and third, the harmonisation of indicators and a basic categorisation of KPIs. Next we provide a proposed of list of metrics divided into three categories: H2020 generic, applicable for most of the EU funded projects and e-Infrastructures, eInfra genericmore specialized on e- Infrastructures but still general, and eInfra specificserving as examples more-oriented on specific eInfra projectsactivities. Financial metrics are also provided in a similar approach, which allow economic-oriented monitoring. We are concluding with the set of recommendations on future developments and the evolution of the European e-infrastructures landscape and associated costs. |
