SERSCIDA je zamišljena kao strateški projekt za suradnju i razmjenu znanja između zemalja EU-a koje su uključene u rad Vijeća europskih arhiva podataka iz područja društvenih znanosti i zemalja zapadnog Balkana. Cilj projekta je stvaranje konkretnih rezultata i poboljšanje kapaciteta za razmjenu znanja i podataka prikupljenih kroz istraživanja u području društvenih znanosti između europskih zemalja i zemalja zapadnog Balkana.
The last Steering Board Meeting took place in Sarajevo, where our journey began two years ago. And this time the weather served us much better. Our host was the Center for Human Rights at the University of Sarajevo, coordinator of SERSCIDA project.
The forth visit of SERSCIDA partner's delegations was in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 11-13, 2013. The WP5 meeting was taking place in FORS, University of Lausanne.
The third visit of SERSCIDA Western Balkan country delegations is taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden 11-13 November 2013. The visit is taking place at the University of Gothenburg hosted by the Swedish National Data Service.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) is issuing a call for paper and session proposals for its annual conference, which will be held in Toronto, Canada on June 3-6, 2014.
Delegations from the three Western Balkan countries are visiting the UK Data Archive as part of the Work Package 4 - training and knowledge transfer activities between CESSDA member archives and future archives to be established in the Western Balkan countries.
The UK Data Service at the University of Essex has been awarded almost £5 million to form a new service for streamlining research access to Big Data collected by government departments and other agencies.
The money, awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will allow data experts at the University of Essex to ensure that researchers across the country can effectively and securely access large datasets for research that will directly influence policy and ultimately benefit the public.
The visit to the Slovenian Archive for Social Science Data Archive of the Universtity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (ADP) is dedicated to:
'Otvoreni pristup' se odnosi na praksu pružanja neometanog internetskog pristupa znanstvenim tekstovima. Budući da se sva istraživanja i inovacije zasnivaju na ranijim postignućima, učinkovit sustav za široku disperziju i pristup istraživačkim publikacijama i neobrađenim podacima može ubrzati razvoj znanosti. Deklaracija iz 2008. godine OECD-a navodi „da otvoreni pristup i neograničeno korištenje podataka promovira znanstveni razvoj i olakšava obuke istraživača“ te povećava „vrijednost javnih ulaganja u proces prikupljanja podataka“. SERSCIDA će se usmjeriti na potrebu za poboljšanim i otvorenim pristupom i dijeljenjem primarnih podataka prikupljenih kroz istraživanja u području društvenih znanosti, te će u isto vrijeme pokušati podržati oživljavanje postojećih državnih strategija i struktura te doprinijeti razvoju novih.