Objectives

To identify fundamental fabrics, services, and resources needed to enable pan-European e-Science
To recommend resource sharing policy guidelines to:
- National Grid Initiatives
- Other regional & European e-Infrastructure projects
- Contribute to international policy forums
- Give input to other policy bodies e.g., ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures), NREN (National Research and Education Network)
To focus at first on eScience application user groups (as enablers of novel architectures), but also address wider application domains (e.g,. eLearning, eGovernment, eHealth, eCulture, eBusiness) within the ERIA (European Research and Innovation Area)
To identify, inform and promote Grid awareness among communities who can benefit from sharing resources
To address Governance issues of Grid deployment
To draw upon the experience of the NREN community (Structure, Operations, AUPs)