Fabio Taucer is Deputy Head of Unit at the JRC at the Unit for Scientific Development. He is responsible for the coordination of all JRC 57 Research Infrastructures and for the implementation of the open access strategy to JRC experimental facilities. He is also responsible for the coordination of all standardisation related activities at the JRC, in particular for linking research and innovation with standardisation as part of the Joint Initiative on Standardisation. In his previous post at the JRC he matured a long standing experience in the management of transnational access to research infrastructures financed by DG RTD in the field of earthquake engineering.