Taking action to make Data Open or FAIR
Our efforts around Open / FAIR Data centre on arming policy-makers with the information they need, providing much-needed guidance on multiple fronts – and addressing the cultural issues that create barriers. More specifically, this involves:
- Facilitating the Council of Open Science Coordinators (CoNOSC) creating a safe space for national policymakers to share and build ideas, develop policy and discuss how to implement policy effectively
- Conducting research in the European Open Science policy arena to inform Europe’s Open Science policy makers of policy developments in Open and FAIR Data, and Open Science concerning research data in Europe, also through our work with FAIRSFAIR.
- Providing guidance to research performing organisations, their libraries, data supporters and senior management through briefings on topics such as the difference between Open and Fair Data, evidence in the open data citation advantage, how to use open data policy to increase research efficiency or the role of Open Data in research integrity
- Helping to stimulate cultural change in research institutions through SPARC Europe’s champions programme, and through a new showcase : Europe’s Open Data Champions, based on Europe’s Open Access Champions