Data competencies: training, education, qualification for researchers and data stewards

This presentation was part of the EOSC Symposium 2024 Unconference "Data competencies: training, education, qualification for researchers and data stewards".

Organisers: NFDI Section EduTrain, NFDI4Health, DALIA Knowledge-Base for FAIR data usage and knowledge graph

Training and education are important prerequisites for research data management and data science. At European level and within the EOSC, there are already a number of projects dealing with this topic, e.g. Skills4EOSC and ELIXIR/TeSS. At national level, the German NFDI addresses capacity building at both disciplinary and cross-cutting levels. In this unconference, we want to bring national and European actors together to raise awareness, share knowledge and perspectives, and encourage collaboration and discussion on alignment. Verifiable, trustworthy credentials will be a particular focus, as the responsible use of data within ethical and legal constraints becomes increasingly important.

After a brief introduction to the state of knowledge of different target groups such as researchers and data stewards on research data management and data science, a panel discussion addressed important issues for the further development of training and education for these target groups. The focus was on questions of verifiable qualification (certificate), e.g. to be allowed to work with sensitive data, suitable training and education formats and their international standardisation options.