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On Tuesday March 2nd the FAIRsFAIR National Roadshow series kicked off in the Netherlands. The event was organised in collaboration between LCRDM and DANS (FAIRsFAIR Project Coordinator).

On Thursday, March 25, three Dutch tools will be launched to keep digital information sustainably accessible. These are Wegwijzer Duurzaamheidsbeleid, Wegwijzer Voorkeursformaten and Wegwijzer Certification. DANS will present the workshop Wegwijzer Certification in Dutch.

8 March marks International Women’s Day. On this day, the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women are celebrated. National and international activities are organised to celebrate these achievements or rally for women’s equality.

As part of the FAIRsFAIR Week 2021, which takes place from 7 to 15 April, FAIRsFAIR will present an overview of the main results and solutions of the stakeholders and the FAIRsFAIR community for the integration of FAIR on 13 April.

The annual event of DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) will take place on 7-9 September 2021. This year the event aims to discuss the role of digital interfaces in the arts and humanities.

On April 1, Wim Hugo will take up the position of Chief Technology Officer at DANS, the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data.

Recently, representatives from the ten repositories that have been selected for the FAIRsFAIR Certification Support initiative joined an online support workshop. The objective of the event was to discuss long-term preservation planning in relation to the CoreTrustSeal requirements and share best practices.

The 2021 round of the Microdata Access Grant (MAG) call opened this week. MAG offers funding for research with CBS microdata to researchers at an ODISSEI member organisation. DANS also participates in ODISSEI.