The EOSC-ENTRUST consortium has expanded with two organisations from Switzerland joining the project as associated partners.
The EOSC-ENTRUST project aims to create a European network of Trusted Research Environments (TREs) for sensitive data and drive European interoperability. The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) and ETH Zurich have officially joined the project as associated partners. With the addition of Switzerland, the project now brings together 16 participating countries to create a common blueprint to unify the TREs landscape in Europe. A common TRE framework using shared standards will improve data management, access and analysis for researchers and providers.
The two institutions will contribute technical, operational and legal expertise in the sharing and analysis of sensitive data to the project’s Blueprint Work Packages, Drivers, TRE Forum, and development and implementation of use cases. Both partners have key roles in BioMedIT, the federated national TRE network for processing sensitive health data for research, which operates in the context of the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN; coordinated by SIB with the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences). SIB coordinates BioMedIT, while ETH Zurich provides the Leonhard Med TRE, the largest node in the network.
The inclusion of Swiss partners expands EOSC-ENTRUST’s European network and brings additional operational and technical experience in working between Trusted Research Environments to the project. It also strengthens the project's ability to deliver a trusted, interoperable framework for secure data access across borders.
Peter Maccallum, Project Coordinator of EOSC-ENTRUST
We are proud to contribute to the blueprint of Trusted Research Environments at the European level — building on our eight-year history of providing TREs at the national scale, which enable and foster secure sharing and analysis of sensitive data to advance science and healthcare.
Dr Davide Chiarugi, Director of the Personalized Health Informatics group at SIB and Technical Director of SPHN
At ETH Zurich, we see the value of combining cutting-edge technical infrastructure with clear governance frameworks and proven processes to support sensitive data research, as demonstrated by Leonhard Med, our reference Trusted Research Environment. By bringing together expertise from different countries, EOSC-ENTRUST can accelerate the development of trusted, scalable solutions that unlock the potential of secure cross-border research collaboration. We look forward to connecting this experience with the wider EOSC-ENTRUST community.
Dr Bernd Rinn, Section Head of Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich
Posted: 18 June 2026
