At a glance

At a glance

Organisation	Advisory council to the federal government
Members	8 elected representatives from the empirical social, behavioural and economic sciences and 8 representatives from data production
Term of office	3 years
Founded	2004
FDI Committee	Representatives of the 38 research data centres, accredited according to the German Data Forum’s guidelines
Funding	Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Tasks	Strategic development of the research data infrastructure Representing the interests of data producers and data users Advising legislators and science institutions Accreditation and evaluation of research data centres Connecting research data infrastructures on a European and international level Organising communication events, academic symposiums and the triennial Conference for Social and Economic Data (KSWD)

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