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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Action plan on
making research data accessible<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Knowledge Exchange
publishes the report “A Surfboard for Riding the Wave - Towards a four
country action programme on research data”<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report not only offers an overview of the present
activities and challenges in the field of research data in <u></u>Denmark<u></u>, <u></u>Germany<u></u>,
the <u></u>Netherlands<u></u> and the <u></u><u></u>United Kingdom<u></u><u></u>
but also outlines an action programme for the four countries in realising a
collaborative data infrastructure. This report is a response to the Riding the
Wave report which was published by the High Level Expert Group on Scientific
Data. It was commissioned by the Knowledge Exchange Primary Research Data
Working group and was written by Leo Waaijers and Maurits van der Graaff.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">In the report four key drivers are addressed:
incentives for researchers, training in relation to researchers in their role
as data producers and users of information infrastructure, organisational and
technical infrastructure and, finally, the funding of the infrastructure. The
report offers recommendations for actions in each of these fields for the
partners and others, not only in the four partner countries, but also beyond
these borders.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Based on the overview of the present situation in the
four Knowledge Exchange partner countries, the report formulates three long-term
strategic goals:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; ">1.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Data sharing will be part
of the academic culture</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; ">2.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></font></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Data logistics will be an
integral component of academic professional life</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; ">3.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Data infrastructure will
be sound, both operationally and financially.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Robert Madelin, the director general of Information
Society and Media at the European Commission remarked on the report: "The
report is a very timely input. The European Commission is working on the
foundations for an Open Data Strategy for <u></u>Europe<u></u>
which will be very soon communicated to EU Member States and the European
Parliament. It is extremely useful to have with this report not only an
overview of what is taking place in four European countries, but of possible
actions for the future taking into account the importance of open data for the
European economy and society." <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report is presented today at the Knowledge
Exchange workshop “Research Data Management – Activities and
Challenges” in <u></u><u></u>Bonn<u></u><u></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report is available for download at: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">You will find the full press release and notes for
editors attached.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">On behalf of the Knowledge Exchange partners,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Anne Maja Wad</span></font><u></u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">KE Secretary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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