The workshop, organized in the context of the EU project EOSC EDEN-FIDELIS, brings together experts from across Europe to lay the foundations for a future European Expert Curation and Digital Preservation Network. Its aim is to share expertise and experiences, exchange best practices, and build a collaborative vision for advancing data curation and digital preservation.

The participants will actively contribute to two main outcomes:

• an initial draft of a strategic plan and roadmap for the Network, including its vision, mission and objectives,
• and an initial outline of a handbook, addressing roles, responsibilities and quality standards in data curation and digital preservation.

The background is the increasing complexity of digital research data: sustainable data curation requires not only technical standards and workflows, but also ongoing knowledge exchange across disciplines. This is where the planned Network comes in – with the goal of strengthening international dialogue and ensuring the long-term quality and reusability of research data. Ultimately, curation is an essential part of long-term preservation and thus of the enduring usability of digital objects.

The workshop will take place from 1 to 2 October 2025 in Leuven, Belgium. The EOSC-EDEN project addresses the state of the art in digital preservation, with its results feeding into the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), including tools for integrating trustworthy repositories and services.

Further information: 
about the workshop 
about Dr. Katharina Markus