Open Science in Latvia

Latvia is actively moving towards the goals of open science, recognising its key role in developing national research and fostering innovation. Latvia has already made significant progress.

• Latvian Open Science Strategy 2021-2027: This strategic document sets out Latvia's commitment to open science principles and practices. The strategy is based on three pillars: open access to scientific publications, fair (FAIR) research data and citizen or amateur science

• Latvia's role in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): Latvia actively is actively involved in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) to develop a modern and secure digital research infrastructure fully integrated with EOSC

• Institutional policies for open science: More and more universities and research institutions are actively engaging in the development of open science by developing open science policies at institutional level and putting in place appropriate infrastructure

• DataverseLV repository: The DataverseLV research data repository has been set up in Latvia to serve as a central hub for sharing and long-term preservation of research data. The repository aims to promote an open data culture and data re-use

• Development of the Latvian data curator network: Latvia has a growing network of data curators, providing researchers with the support they need to implement data management and open science principles

These achievements demonstrate Latvia's commitment to building a strong open science ecosystem that will enable our researchers to actively engage in the global scientific community to foster new discoveries, innovation and knowledge creation.