In April 2026, the Higher Education and Science IT Shared Services Center (VPC), in cooperation with the Latvian Academic Library Association (LATABA), organised a webinar “Research Data Ecosystem in Latvia and the Role of Libraries”.
We are proud to announce that the national research data repository DataverseLV has officially acquired the CoreTrustSeal certification. This significant achievement internationally affirms that DataverseLV
The 26th plenary session of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) (RDA VP26) took place online from March 16–20. Gatis Lāma, a representative of the Latvian Data stewards network and data curator at Riga Technical University
From March 3 to 6, the 6th European Citizen Science Association conference (ECSA 2026) took place in Oulu, Finland, bringing together more than 500 participants to examine the diversity of Citizen Science in different contexts and its potential to reduce inequality
From March 16 to 18, the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis hosted the Training in Databases and Omics Data Analysis, a workshop focused on working with various biomedical and research databases, as well as on effective data retrieval and analysis
On 19 March 2026, an online seminar “Introduction to Data Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation” brought together more than 200 researchers, academic staff, and doctoral students from various institutions to expand their knowledge of personal data protection in research.
At the beginning of March, the international conference Alpine Privacy Days 2026 took place in Zuoz, Switzerland, bringing together experts in data protection, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence from across Europe.
In February of 2026, representatives of the Latvian Data Stewards Network – Elīna Peina from the Higher Education and Science IT Shared Services Center, Laura Badūne and Monta Simona Zeltiņa from Rīga Stradiņš University
From 5 to 6 February 2026, Paris, France, hosted the international training EP PerMed Training in Data Management in Personalised Medicine, organised by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)
On 4–5 February 2026, the international conference-exhibition AI & Big Data Expo Global 2026, organised by TechEx, took place in London, UK, bringing together more than 8,000 participants.
Funding
The website was developed within the framework of the Project No 2.1.3.1.i.0/2/23/I/CFLA/002 “Support for implementing Open Science, developing solutions for shared use of research data, and participation in the EOSC” with financial support from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Latvian state.
Funding
The website was developed within the framework of the Project No 2.1.3.1.i.0/2/23/I/CFLA/002 “Support for implementing Open Science, developing solutions for shared use of research data, and participation in the EOSC” with financial support from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Latvian state.
