Croatia

NOSCI Information

• Name: Croatian Open Science Cloud Initiative (locally HR-OOZ initiative)
• Description: The vision of HR-OOZ is to build a modern, high-quality, internationally relevant, and competitive science environment in Croatia based on the principles of open science that are harmonized and connected with the European research area (ERA) and relevant European initiatives. HR-OOZ Initiative has managed to bring together key stakeholders in creating required preconditions for the implementation, realization, and promotion of open science. It is the result of joint work of numerous stakeholders in the science and higher education system in Croatia. The Initiative was launched with the support of the Ministry of Science and Education and the Croatian Science Foundation.
• Website:
  • https://www.srce.unizg.hr/hr-ooz (Croatian)
  • https://www.srce.unizg.hr/en/hr-ooz (English)
• Date of establishment: September 3, 2021
• Set-up workflow: Hybrid
• Governance structure: Consortium
• Regulation: The HR-OOZ Initiative is governed by the Council. The Council of the HR-OOZ Initiative is responsible for the management and coordination of the HR-OOZ Initiative. The members of the Council are leaders of contracting parties or persons authorized by them to represent the institution in the Council. List of current members and alternate members of HR-OOZ Council is available on https://www.srce.unizg.hr/en/hr-ooz/councile. The constitutive session of the HR-OOZ Council was held at the Ministry of Science and Education on September 3rd, 2021. This event was the first step towards the development of a national open science plan and the establishment of the HR-OOZ. The director of SRCE, Ivan Marić, was elected for the president of the Council, and the executive director of the Croatian Science Foundation, Irena Martinović Klarić, Ph. D., and the director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, David Matthew Smith, Ph. D., were elected as vice presidents. This selection reflects three categories of institutions that are crucial for science system to function properly – policy makers and funders, researchers and service providers.
  The HR-OOZ Council has established two task force that are currently working on their goals. Task force for drafting the proposal of the national plan and policies for open science and Task force for defining the structure and principles of HR-OOZ.
• Documents: Rules of Procedure for HR-OOZ Council, Criteria for joining HR-OOZ Initiative, charter for Task force for drafting the proposal of the national plan and policies for open science , charter for Task force for defining the structure and principles of HR-OOZ, template for new task force formation.
• Number of the involved organisations: 31
• Members:
  1. 1. 1. Croatian Science Foundation
        2. Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
        3. Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
        4. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
        5. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
        6. Ministry of Science and Education
        7. National and University Library in Zagreb
        8. Ruđer Bošković Institute
        9. University North
        10. University of Dubrovnik
        11. University of Rijeka
        12. University of Slavonski Brod
        13. University of Split
        14. University of Zadar
        15. University of Zagreb
            • University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
            • University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
            • University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics
            • University of Zagreb University Computing Centre SRCE
            • University of Zagreb School of Medicine
            • University of Zagreb Faculty of Law
• NI4OS-Europe contact point: SRCE