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The national implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) was the focus of a workshop held on 18 and 19 November 2024 in Berlin. The workshop concentrated on the collaboration of stakeholders, ensuring data quality, and the perspective of data users. Juliane Fluck and Iris Pigeot from NFDI4Health participated and discussed processes and responsibilities.

The Base4NFDI consortium develops and operates central services for the National Research Data Infrastructures (NFDI), enabling the sustainable and secure management of research data. On 20 and 21 November 2024, the first Base4NFDI User Conference (UC4B) took place at Fraunhofer Fokus in Berlin, with NFDI4Health participating.

FAIR – this term is familiar in everyday life, whether on the football pitch or in the chocolate section at the supermarket. Since 2016, people have also been talking about FAIR data in research. But when are data considered FAIR? Is there such a thing as UNFAIR data? And most importantly, how can I check my own data for FAIRness? 

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Symposium took place from 21 to 23 October 2024 in Berlin. EOSC is an initiative by the European Union aimed at advancing open and digital science across Europe. NFDI4Health hosted an Unconference on the topic of data literacy.

The 9th Health-RI Conference took place on 10 October 2024 in Utrecht. The focus was on the harmonisation of health data and the improvement of collaboration within the European Health Data Space. The event was crucial for the future development of an integrated health data infrastructure.

The consortium meeting of NFDI4Health took place on 7th and 8th October 2024 in Potsdam. We reflected on the past year and set the course for future projects and our role in Europe. The days were characterised by intensive collaboration and open exchange!