1. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS The CESSDA Experience: a Royal Mountain Road to Success

2. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS

3. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS

4. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS

5. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS

6. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS

7. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS To make access to data easier, especially across national boundaries To increase data usage To increase the volume of high quality cross-national & cross-comparative research The agenda is highly user-focused, aimed at facilitating and improving the SSH research communitys ability to: discover datasets and data-related materials in a cross-national environment; understand in detail the origin, methodology and structure of the data compare, link, integrate and harmonise data from different locations; connect research experts and share analyses, experience and knowledge; design new research instruments. preserve and maintain data collections over time; enforce confidentiality and intellectual property rights whilst still maintaining accuracy, security and open access to data sources;

8. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS Participant no.Participant organisation nameCountry 1 (co-ordinator)UKDAUK 2UKDAUK 3FSDFinland 4EKKEGreece 5SIDOSSwitzerland 6CISSpain 7TARKIHungary 8SDACzech Republic 9ADPSlovenia 10NSDNorway 11RODARomania 12ADPSSItaly 13GESISGermany 14DDADenmark 15CNRS-RQFrance 16DANSNetherlands 17WISDOMAustria 18DISCSweden

9. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS Organisation nameCountry BASSBelgium ESSDAEstonia CEPS/INSTEADLuxembourg ISSDAIreland KIISUkraine CPIJMYugoslavia USSMacedonia ESSDBEstonia LSZDALatvia DBSRRussia IISPRussia SSDABulgaria SASDBratislava AISSlovakia ASDPoland ISSDACroatia UBSerbia USAUkraine ICPSRUSA SSHRCCanada PSTF.Portugal National Research Councils National Statistical institutions international bodies Europe

10. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS WP 1 – Management and Co-ordination WP 11 – Technical WP 12 - Dissemination WP 2 WP13 & WP14 External WP 4 WP 9WP 5 WP 6 WP 3 WP 7 WP 8 WP 10

11. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS Legal tasks Governance tasks Financial tasks Strategic tasks

12. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS D2.1CESSDA Strategic Plan (2010-2015) D2.2CESSDA Business and Implementation Plan (2010-2012) D2.3Recommendations for RI legal framework D2.4Signature ready CESSDA RI Constitution D2.5Signature ready membership documents D2.6Best practice guidelines for CESSDA RI members. D2.7Signature-ready IPR documents D2.8Signature-ready EUL and TBAA documents

13. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS Working group on thesaurus management Working group on controlled vocabularies Working group on DDI 3.0 assessment Working group on documentation publishing Working group on Common Identifier and version control Working group on User-side functionality Working group on common logging, statistics Working group on Single-Sign-On system Working group on strengthening Working group on widening Working group on classifications and harmonisation Working group on CCCDB. Working group on QDB. Working group on data accessibility EUL and TBAA Working group on multiple data formats and types. Working group on data collection policy. Working group on SDC Meetings with CESSDA members and national funding bodies Meetings with stakeholders and potential strategic partners Audit of access arrangements to national statistical data Audit of existing CESSDA OAIS Audit of training opportunities Audit of CESSDA expertise Workshop on legal and governance issues Workshop on administrative, management and operational issues Workshop on Training and Professionalism. Workshop on interoperability Workshop on Harmonisation Workshop on Metadata Workshop on access, confidentiality and disclosure Workshop on grid technologies. Workshop on draft reports and recommendations Prototype testing

14. Strengthening the Infrastructure CESSDA Incorporated: You Got to Have Friends IASSIST 2007 BUILDING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA. McGill University Montreal, Canada Ken Miller ADHoIDPeSS UKDA/ESDS CESSDA Incorporated CCCC CC The Professional Network of Excellence