July 2024
Practice examples and further resources
Regulatory framework
European Digital Regulation
Digital Markets Act
Digital Markets Act
Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS)
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services
Interoperable Europe
The European Commission’s initiative to promote interoperability in the public sector.
Interoperable Europe Act
An EU regulation aiming to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
Study on the Open Data Directive, Data Governance and Data Act
Report on the impact of European data regulation on research
Study on EU copyright
Report on the impact of copyright regulation on research
Digital regulation that works for research and education
Article outlining the need for the EU to include universities better in digital regulation
GDPR
Good practices for personal data
Good practice guide for dealing with personal data by Belgian francophone universities
Privacy regulation, Oldenburg
Privacy regulation at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
Step-by-step guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
UiO privacy resources for staff
Privacy resources for staff at the University of Oslo, Norway
Policymakers
Publishers
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Digital Sovereignty
Digitale Souveränität
A collection of resources to digital sovereignty in German by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung
Heads in the clouds
An overview of universities’ migration to the cloud
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Academic Digital Autonomy – Insights from Karen Maex
Interview with Karen Maex about digital sovereignty
Protect independent and public knowledge
A speech by Karen Maex, Rector of the University of Amsterdam 2021
Sikt
Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research