FAIRsFAIR at the EOSC Symposium 2019
10 February 2020

The annual EOSC Symposium is the premier event in the EOSC calendar and unites stakeholders around intense discussion over three full and stimulating days.  During the 2019 evemt, the FAIRsFAIR team actively contributed to five sessions around FAIR practices, FAIR metrics, FAIR skills and training, the certification of FAIR services, and semantic interoperability across infrastructures.  The proceedings from these sessions and the key takeaways from the ensuing discussions are presented in the report below.
Recommendations for Services in a FAIR data ecosystem
08 January 2020

The report by FAIRsFAIR, RDA Europe, OpenAIRE, EOSC-hub, FREYA, is an output of three workshops designed to explore, discuss and formulate such recommendations and is aimed at stakeholders in the scholarly world and particularly the EOSC Governance.
FAIRsFAIR Focus Group: University of Amsterdam
19 December 2019

Participants from universities across Europe gathered at the University of Amsterdam in November to dialogue about the development and implementation of data-related competences and the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data principles in higher education curricula.
The Netherlands gets its FAIR Share
09 December 2019

While all eyes were on Budapest during the week of the EOSC Symposium, there was a flurry of FAIR-related activity in the Netherlands. Marjan Grootveld from DANS provided this report.
Outcomes from FAIRsFAIR Focus Group: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
18 November 2019

Twenty-five representatives from higher education institutes gathered at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in October to share insights on the challenges associated with implementing FAIR principles. 
Outcomes from FAIRsFAIR Workshops at OSFAIR 2019
18 October 2019

Five workshops were co-organised by FAIRsFAIR,  OpenAIRE, FIT4RRI and EOSCSecretariat.eu during OS Fair 2019 in Porto, and united a variety of user perspectives around aspects of Open Science, scholarly communication in national settings, and FAIR implementation. The key learning points and outcomes are summarised here.
Highlights from iPRES 2019
17 October 2019

In September, more than 400 representatives from libraries, data repositories, and regional or national archives gathered at the EYE Film Museum on the Amsterdam waterfront for iPRES, the International Conference on Digital Preservation. The event was hosted by the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. FAIRsFAIR was also present. Marjan Grootveld (DANS) provided this report on highlights from the event.
FAIRsFAIR in Porto: Commentary
11 October 2019

FAIRsFAIR Champion and earth science data specialist Dr. Tobias Weigel comments on the proceedings at OSFair 2019.
Services to Support FAIR Data: From Recommendations to Actions
08 October 2019

Proceedings from the final workshop in the series Services to Support Fair Data: how services and infrastructures can better support the implementation of FAIR data principles. 
FAIRsFAIR Top RDA Working and Interest Groups
12 September 2019

Support to Data Repositories, Semantics and Data Policies: FAIRsFAIR partners recently analysed the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest and Working Groups to identify those whose priorities most closely match our own.  The FAIRsFAIR Top 10 is presented here.