FAIR Data Training and Community Building activities in the Netherlands

Poster presented at the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 17-20 June 2019, Lisbon, Portugal 

FAIR Data Training and Community Building activities in the Netherlands 

Interoperability, FAIR data treatment and training of researchers and data experts are themes that are core to the remit of the Dutch ELIXIR node. In line with these focal points, a significant  part of our training activities can be categorized as “FAIR Data Training”.

Highlights are:

• Helis Academy, a project targeting companies in the Life Science sector, that is set out to improve training the skills in Data Analysis & Stewardship for both new staff and existing staff (lifelong learning).

• Working on establishing  the competences and skills for the data stewards in the life-sciences, and develop tailored education (in aligned ELIXIR-funded and nationally-funded projects) 

• FAIR awareness, FAIR metrics and FAIRification trainings on different levels depending on the audience (in collaboration with our funders),

• the ELIXIR Data Stewardship wizard, in collaboration with Czech ELIXIR node

• ELIXIR-NL is leading the FAIR training Working Group of the ELIXIR Training Platform, with the goals of (i) making training about data FAIR stewardship available in TeSS (ii) making training resources FAIR 

Strongly connected with these training activities are the community building efforts we are undertaking for all of our significant themes (e.g. the national Data Stewards Interest Group), as well as our involvement  in setting up research support desks at the Academic Medical Centres in the Netherlands.