Support for Establishment of National/Regional Social Sciences Data Archives
SERSCIDA is designed as a strategic project for supporting the cooperation and exchange of knowledge between the EU countries associated within the Council of European Social Sciences Data Archives (CESSDA) and the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) in the field of social science data archiving. The project addresses the issues of potentials of usage of information-communication technologies for the benefits of scientific research and exchange of knowledge as laid down in the call for proposals topic. The project aims to produce tangible results and improve the capacities for exchange of knowledge and data collected through research in social sciences between the European countries and WBC involved.
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The SERSCIDA Kick-off Meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first meeting of the operational phase SERSCIDA network gathered 15 participants in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where seven SERSCIDA partners, from the 7 partners: the Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences FORS, Goeteborgs Universitet (University of Gothenburg) from Sweden, University of Essex from the United Kingdom, Univerza v Ljubljani (University of Ljubljana) from Slovenia, Institut ekonomskih nauka (Institute of economic sciences) from Serbia, Filozofski fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb) and Centar za ljudska prava Univeziteta u Sarajevu (Human Rights Centre of University of Sarajevo).
The kick-off meeting was attended by the Open Access Policy Officer of the European Commission of DG Research & Innovation to highlight the role of the European Commission in the project implemenation and participate in the discussion. This was an opportunity for the SERSCIDA partners to work together in order to further define the thematic areas and themes that they will be working on together during the 30 months of the programme, to program their future exchanges, and to agree on outcomes from the project.
The agenda of the kick-off included:
- Discussion of Work Package operational plans
- Definition of list of external peer review experts
- Discussion of the Quality Assurance Plan
- Executive Steering Board Meeting
Photo (from left): Irena Vipavc Brvar, Janez Štebe, Alen Vodopijevec, Lejla Somun- Krupalija, Marijana Glavica, Bojana Radovanović, Aleksandra Bradić Martinović, Hans Jörgen MARKER, Bojana Tasić, Hilary Beedham, Aleksandar Zdravković, Brian Kleiner.
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Partners
- FORS Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences (CH)
- Institute of Economic Sciences Belgrade (SR)
- HRC Sarajevo University of Sarajevo, Human Rights Centre (BiH)
- University of Essex, United Kingdom Data Archives (UK)
- University of Gothenburg, Swedish National Data Service (SE)
- University of Ljubljana, Social Science Data Archive (SI)
- University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HR)
Open Access
'Open Access' refers to the practice of granting free Internet access to research publications and data. As all research and innovation builds on earlier achievements, an efficient system for broad dissemination of and access to research publications and raw data can accelerate scientific progress. The OECD Declaration of 2008 states "that open access to, and unrestricted use of data promotes scientific progress and facilitates the training of researchers," as well as maximizing "the value derived from public investments in data collection efforts." SERSCIDA will address the need for improved and open access to and dissemination of primary data collected through research in social sciences while at the same time trying to support reinforcement of the existing national strategies and structures, and to contribute to development of new ones.