Presentation of the current status of the elaboration of a Swiss National Open Research Data Strategy by a working group of swissuniversities. This group is acting in the framework of the Open Science mandate of swissuniversities. An «accompanying group» formed by representative of the Swiss research funding agencies (SERI, SNF), swissuniversities and the ETH is acting as governing body. The process is based on converging the needs of the research community at large, as expressed in panels; the ongoing initiatives in Europe and worldwide; and the existing Swiss framework and landscape.