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During the Public Event of FAIRsFAIR on 26 January, Ingrid Dillo, Deputy Director at DANS and coordinator of FAIRsFAIR, and William Kilbride, Executive Director at Digital Preservation Coalition, discussed why long-term preservation is important in relation to FAIR. The blog about the debate is now online.

As is well known, Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) established a working group Responsible Management of Research Information and Data (RMRID) in the early 2020s. The working group recommended the construction of a so-called Open Knowledge Base (OKB) for research information, which largely fulfils the same function as NARCIS.

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association was founded in 2020 and aims at advancing Open Science in Europe. In order to coordinate and steer the implementation of the EOSC, community based Advisory Groups and corresponding Task Forces covering key areas of implementation have been created. 

On February 3, a dialogue will be organised on the development of a framework of principles and guidelines for the establishment of a South African Open Science Cloud (SAOSC). On behalf of DANS, Ingrid Dillo and Louise Bezuidenhout will share their expertise.

On 8 February the online meeting ‘RDA in the Netherlands’ will be organised by LCRDM, SURF and DANS. It is meant to connect those in the Netherlands who are active and/or interested in RDA International.

The Polifonia project has released a video introducing the nine experts of the Polifonia team, including Andrea Scharnhorst (DANS).

The book “The Trouble with Big Data” (Jennifer Edmond, Nicola Horsley, Jörg Lehmann, Mike Priddy) explores the challenges that our society faces with big data.

Within the Levend Verleden route of the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA), several interesting funding opportunities have opened up. These are the call for Small Projects and the call within the programme line Research along Routes by Consortia.