Goals and action plan for the national strategy for data management based on the FAIR Principles (mandate period 2023-25)
Creators: name: Krogh Kruuse, Kirsten
name: Nygaard Bai, Bo
name: de Lichtenberg, Ulrik Nicolaj
name: Buss, Mareike
name: Ingvard Falck, Morten
name: Møldrup-Dalum, Per
name: Dragsted, Lars Ove
name: Grønbech Hansen, Jens
name: Hybschmann, Jens
name: Tessmer Andersen, Lindie
name: Belsø, René
name: Rank Møller, Jonas
name: Timmerman, Allan
name: Quick, Julian
name: Vestegham, Charles
name: Gro Nielsen, Ulla
name: Heijboer, Tjerk
name: Væring Larsen, Asger
name: Halvbjørn, Hans Henrik
name: Begtrup, Jens
name: Pedersen Tanderup, Nicolai
name: Arleth, Lise
name: Sørensen, Jakob
name: Larsen, Birger
name: Renner Hansen, John
name: Burkal Larsen, Tore
name: Lindberg, Børge
name: Andreasen, Morten
name: Boerman, Sandra
name: Lund, Haakon
name: Westh, Sara Marie
name: Vlachos, Evgenios
name: Hansen, Claus
name: Hüser, Falco
name: Zurcher, Sacha
name: Borg Burmeister, Nikolaj
name: Mihai, Hannah
name: Schlichting, Thomas
name: Severin de Fønss, Peter
name: Smith, Robert
name: Sinkjær Kjærgaard, Mads
name: Høj Jakobsen, Bjørn
name: Lee Brodersen, Janni
name: Tougaard Friis, Lasse
name: Specht, Michael
name: Bech Petersen, Jakob
name: den Boer Beckers, Susanne
name: Friis Hansen, Søren
name: Svendsen, Michael
name: Haas Svith, Simon
name: Fink Kjeldgaard, Anne Sofie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: FAIR data management
FAIR Strategy Denmark
Action Plan FAIR Denmark

description: As other countries in the EU, Denmark has chosen to adopt the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) as a framework for managing publicly funded research data (data management). The Ministry of Higher Education and Science, has therefore through the Danish e-Infrastructure Consortium (DeiC), developed a National strategy for data management based on the FAIR principles (FAIR strategy, which was published in 2021. The strategy applies to publicly funded research data, defined as the outcome of research financed by public funds or research conducted by public institutions, possibly with private funding included.

The FAIR strategy is simultaneously designed to serve as the political implementation of the Directive on open data and the reuse of public sector information, which extends the previous EU Directive on the public sector's information (PSI).

 As part of the strategy, The Ministry of Higher Education and Science established a reference group with the task of monitoring and coordinating the implementation of the strategy. The reference group was formed in 2021 and had its first mandate period from 2021 to 2022. During the initial mandate period, 5 working groups were formed under the FAIR reference group, focusing on data management policies and researcher support, data management infrastructure, financing, skills, and security. Over 60 experts from various academic fields, including representatives from Danish universities, foundations, as well as various public and private organizations, participated in this effort. In December 2022, the FAIR reference Group and the working groups submitted a report on the focus areas to The Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Subsequently, the mandate of the FAIR reference group was extended for an additional two years. Due to delays, this mandate period has been further extended until ultimo 2025.