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This document explores possible means for sustaining the European Open Science Cloud beyond its initial phase which terminates at the end of 2020. This independent document builds on earlier strawman and tinman versions and the feedback received from the EOSC Executive Board, Governance Board as well as the European Commission (EC) and the stakeholder community on each version. It also takes into account the progress towards the EOSC goals as well as the outputs of commissioned studies. It considers the financing model, legal vehicle, governance structure under the planned European Partnership with the EC as well as the regulatory and policy environment of the EOSC. It recommends beginning with a first iteration to establish a Minimum Viable EOSC (MVE) addressing the needs of publicly funded researchers exploiting openly available data. Subsequent iterations expand the EOSC to address usage beyond openly available FAIR data and engage a wider user base including the public sector and the private sector.

The e-IRG Roadmap 2012 outlines a need for a European "e-Infrastructure Commons" for knowledge, innovation and science in order to meet the challenges of implementing the EU's 2020 Strategy. To implement such an e-Infrastructure Commons, a high degree of collaboration and standardisation is required. Furthermore, to provide users with leading edge services, a constant innovation at all levels is necessary. A certain degree of competition helps to ensure high quality of services and effective service provision. As a living ecosystem, an e-Infrastructure Commons must be flexible and able to change dynamically, efficiently, and in a future-proof manner. e-Infrastructures for research will only provide real value if they can provide services which are way ahead of what commercial providers can offer. In order to achieve all this, an ecosystem of different organisations is needed, both at the national and international levels, each with their own focus but also with effective coordination between them.