D5.1 Report summarising RI requirements and potential help that they can give to the new RI under what circumstances

The main aim of this report is to evaluate the Research Infrastructure (RI) landscape that the new EuroGO-SHIP RI will sit within, determine the requirements existing RIs have, and what services these RIs can offer the new research infrastructure. Over the last two decades, the European research infrastructure landscape has evolved from a handful of national and intergovernmental organisations into a mature system with panEuropean Research Infrastructures (RIs) prioritised through the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and many established as European Research Infrastructure Consortiums (ERICs). National and European Research and Innovation (R&I) facilities contribute by providing access to cutting-edge equipment, and laboratories, and it is now widely recognised that pooling resources between countries leads to an increase in capacity of wider technical expertise and advancement of scientific capabilities. In this study, activities focused on understanding the European landscape relevant to potential EuroGO-SHIP services. With the help of multiple marine related RIs, we explored the possibilities to leverage from existing servicesin the future and to create new ones where a need is identified. EuroGO-SHIP evaluated the potential of the existing RI Landscape to deliver proposed services identified by the Hydrographic community. This was carried out using a 2-stage process, where phase I was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 6 groups and phase II activities included a EuroGO-SHIP RI workshop (or online interaction) with 21 groups (including the 6 from phase 1). This report combines information collected in phases I and II and focuses on services EuroGO-SHIP can provide to the community and services across RIs that can benefit from closer cooperation.