Lessons Learned from the Research Software Journey

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development. The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims to provide European researchers with seamless access to FAIR data, services and e-infrastructures. The ambition is to improve the productivity of research in general. The implementation of EOSC is based on a long-term process of alignment and coordination pursued by the European Commission. The meeting brought together representatives of the three parties involved in EOSC: the research communities, the European Commission and the EU member states and associated countries (here represented by MESR). The Collège EOSC-France is deeply engaged in promoting EOSC activities and hosted the 5th edition of its tripartite event in September 2025. This year, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) was responsible for the event's organisation. The event took place on September 11 and 12, 2025 in Paris.