1.1 Membership

The eduGAIN Futures Group membership is open to:

• Any staff member of an eduGAIN Identity Federation.
• Members of the eduGAIN Service staff, including eduGAIN Security Team, Operational Team, Support Team and Secretariat.
• Recognised stakeholders from the wider eduGAIN community that are accepted by the group.

New members that do not work for an eduGAIN Identity Federation must receive the approval of two participating Identity Federations before being added to the group.

Members must be able to commit to attending eduGAIN Futures Working Group meetings on a regular basis, providing input to the eduGAIN Futures Working Group deliverables and support the implementation of the proposals developed in national federations and eduGAIN.

1.2 Goals

• To review the REFEDS Baseline Expectations document and make proposals for changes to eduGAIN to support the baseline.  
• To identify key issues with current eduGAIN service provision and make recommendations for improvements (e.g. support mechanisms for CoCo and R&S, lack of service offer to Service Providers). 
• To review the governance model for eduGAIN and make recommendations for improvements.
• To cross-reference proposals with other working groups and the eduGAIN service teams.  

Out of scope:

• Direct policy revision - this work will be carried out based on the recommendations of this group.

1.3 Timeframe

It is expected the eduGAIN Futures Working Group will start work in November 2021 and complete it’s proposals by April 2021. Depending on the recommendations of the group, the timeline may be extended to help support implementation of changes within eduGAIN. 

1.4 Support

The Working Group will be supported by the eduGAIN Secretariat.  Tools available:

• GÉANT wiki for minutes and documentation for the group.
• eduGAIN Slack channel: 
• Working Group mailing list: