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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.

In March, Helis Academy will host the third edition of the FAIR data stewardship (for the life sciences) course. DANS is also part of the programme.

Which initiatives were honoured during the presentation of the Dutch Data Prize? What does their existence say about the state of FAIR data? And how does DANS view these developments? Read more in the article from the February issue of Informatie Professional.

On 27 January, Science Europe presented a list of evaluation criteria for assessing data management plans (DMPs). During this webinar, Peter Doorn gave a presentation.

“The project has fully achieved its objectives and milestones for this period and has delivered exceptional results with significant immediate or potential impact”. These are some of the absolute admirable words from the mid-term review of the European Horizon 2020-project FAIRsFAIR.

Since late last year, Dutch Sign Language (NGT) has been an officially recognised language in the Netherlands. On 13 October, the Dutch Senate approved the bill for the recognition of Dutch Sign Language (NGT). Data sets about sign language are also available in EASY.