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Funding of €1.725 million has been designated from the from the Higher Education Authority and allocated to the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) to ramp up Ireland’s progress in implementing an open research ecosystem.

The RDA 2022 Council Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for three open Council positions. To ensure balanced geographical representation, applications are being sought from the regions of “The Americas” and Oceania.

The RDA Council maintains the vision of RDA, ensuring the guiding principles of the organisation are maintained, and responsible for its overall oversight, success, strategy, and sustainability. Council members are expected to be “statespersons” committed to supporting the aims of RDA rather than promoting special interests, regions, domains or disciplines.

The Trustees of RDA Association AISBL are delighted to announce that Ari Asmi has been appointed Director of the RDA Association AISBL from 1 February 2022.

A long-standing, active member of RDA, Ari is fully committed to the RDA mission and core values, and brings significant experience and expertise from his pluriennial activities from both a community and infrastructure point-of-view.

EOSC Future is organising the second instalment of the RDA info share webinars on 12 January 2022 from 11.00 CET focusing on two new RDA Open Calls for domain ambassadors and maintenance facilities. Participants to the session will also learn about other upcoming RDA funding in 2022 and beyond.