{"id":8780,"date":"2021-01-14T14:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.go-fair.org\/?page_id=8780"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T14:07:48","slug":"go-fair-newsletter-january-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.go-fair.org\/resources\/go-fair-materials\/communications-materials\/go-fair-newsletter-january-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"GO FAIR Newsletter: January-February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear GO FAIR community,<\/p>\n

With the new year ahead of us we would like to hold still for a moment and take a look at our main achievements in 2020.<\/p>\n

GO FAIR was conceived just over three years ago mainly as a \u2018kick-start of EOSC\u2019, and rapidly became much more global than initially anticipated. Last month, the first General Assembly of the EOSC association<\/a> was held, and Suzanne Dumouchel, Vice Chair of the GO FAIR Executive Board and Klaus Tochtermann, Director of the German GO FAIR Office were elected in the Board of Directors<\/a>. Congratulations to both!<\/p>\n

Since its creation GO FAIR has gone way beyond the direct interests of the EOSC and Europe in general with offices in the US and Brazil and now plans underway in other regions, such as Africa or China.
\nOur GO FAIR community, composed at its heart of Implementation Networks<\/a> (IN), has grown into an active and agile community solving challenges as they practically arise and sharing best practices to advance the Internet of FAIR Data and Services together. Our most recent event, the International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020<\/a> co-organised with CODATA<\/a>, attracted over 1100 participants from all over the world to discuss international and cross-domain convergence around FAIR. If you were not able to participate or would like to revisit some of the sessions, the recordings are now being made available in this Vimeo channel<\/a>.
\nThe joint statement of Data Together<\/a> collaboration announced in 2020 is an important milestone towards FAIR convergence and cooperation of the CODATA, GO FAIR, RDA and WDS data communities in general.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, we will soon need to decide how to move forward in the new reality of an established EOSC, also taking into account that the initial GO FAIR project funding is coming to end. The GO FAIR Executive Board<\/a> (EB) recently discussed this with its secretary, and the general feeling is that we need to find ways for GO FAIR to continue in the years to come to support the vibrant community of INs while safeguarding the way FAIR guiding principles are implemented. Further meetings are planned with the EB, representing the IN community, to commonly shape the vision of \u2018GO FAIR 2.0\u2019.<\/p>\n

We are confident that we can collectively continue to build on the successful developments in GO FAIR and that we can consolidate the active INs into a continued bottom-up and community-driven approach towards an Internet of FAIR Data and Services.<\/p>\n

All the best,
\nLaurent Crouzet, Barend Mons & Klaus Tochtermann
\nStrategic Directors, GO FAIR Initiative<\/em><\/p>\n

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Did you know\u2026 GO Read<\/h2>\n

In this section you will learn about Implementation Networks<\/a> that have recently acquired \u201cactive\u201d status, recent IN activities and opportunities. This way, we ensure that you always stay on top of things happening in the \u201cGO FAIR\u201d family.<\/em><\/p>\n

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