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            * Association of Libraries of Czech Universities 
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            The Association of Libraries of Czech Universities (ALCU) is an association bringing toget

            of most public universities in the Czech Republic. The Centre is actively involved in its 
            Working Group [ URL "https://www.akvs.cz/en/working-groups/"]  and its staff members have 
            of the group’s leadership since its re-establishment in 2022. The group focuses on advanci

            at both the institutional and national levels and regularly organizes the Open Science Wee
            contributed to the development of the document Opportunities and Challenges of Open Scienc
            Republic [ URL "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20055415"] , which was produced within the 





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            * Czech Data Steward Community 

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            The Centre initiated the Czech Data Steward Community [ URL "https://www.datasteward.cz/en
            to be actively involved in its activities. The community brings together professionals eng

            data management and open science in the Czech Republic, providing a platform for sharing b
            supporting one another in day-to-day work with research data. Within the community, we con
            for example, to the preparation of the Beginner’s Guide for Data Stewards [ URL "https://w

            media/3795275/guide_ds_10012025_en_v_1-2.pdf"] , and we help organise regular in-person co
            meetings. 




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            * EOSC Initiative in the Czech Republic 
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            The Czech EOSC Initiative promotes good practices in research data management across scien

            communities. As part of the Initiative, a National Data Infrastructure is being developed 
            platform for sharing, managing and accessing data and computing resources for research pur
            Centre collaborates with the initiative and, within the National Repository Platform [ URL

            openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-17.html#4"]  project, is particularly involved in training acti
            methodological support for research groups interested in building repositories within this
            We are also engaged in cross-cutting working groups [ URL "https://www.eosc.cz/en/working-

             operating under the initiative. 




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            * CZARMA 

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            The Centre collaborates with the open science working group [ URL "https://www.czarma.cz/e
            groups#open-science"]  of the Czech Association of Research Managers and Administrators (C

            addresses open science primarily from the perspective of research project support and the 
            research funders’ requirements. 




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            * Research data management working group (WG-RDM.cz) 
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            As part of our collaboration with other Czech institutions engaged in research data manage

            actively participated in the activities of the Working Group for Research Data Management 
            "https://web.wg-rdm.cz/"] ). Its goal was to help create an environment aligned with the F
            and compatible with the requirements of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). 

            The working group ceased its activities in 2021 and was replaced by the cross-cutting work
            "https://www.eosc.cz/en/working-groups"]  established within the EOSC Initiative in the Cz




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            * International Association of Universities (IAU)
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            The Centre participates in the Expert Group on Open Science [ URL "https://iau.global/eg-o

            science"]  of the International Association of Universities (IAU) which has long been dedi
            the promotion of open science in the context of the development and role of universities i
            societies around the world. A key output of the group is the comprehensive report Open Sci

            Challenge for Universities [ URL "https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64ca66e5f086975ce
            t/67f4e152120deb3a0e4bd888/1744101717409/2024_Open+Science+The+Challenge+for+Universities.
            serves as a practical guide to implementing open science best practices at different types

            and provides an analysis of the challenges that may arise during implementation.