The EOSC Node Latvia, coordinated by the Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Centre, will provide Latvia’s national entry point to the EOSC Federation.
The Node will support the integration of Latvian research data, digital services, and expertise into the European Open Science Cloud. It will help Latvian research organisations and infrastructures make their resources more discoverable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable across national and European research environments.
As a national Candidate EOSC Node, the EOSC Latvia Node will focus on building core federating capabilities, supporting secure access to research services, enabling the discovery of national research outputs, and strengthening Latvia’s capacity in FAIR data, research data management, and Open Science.
To establish an operational national EOSC Latvia Node with core federating capabilities and onboard Latvian repositories and services so their outputs become discoverable and usable through the EOSC EU Node and other EOSC Nodes.
The EOSC Latvia Node will increase the visibility, accessibility, and reuse of Latvian research outputs in the European research ecosystem. It will support Latvian researchers and institutions in connecting national resources with EOSC and in adopting interoperable, FAIR-aligned practices for data and service provision. The Node will also help reduce fragmentation in the national research data and services landscape by supporting common approaches to service discovery, access, metadata exposure, and onboarding into the EOSC Federation.
FAIR data
The EOSC Node Latvia will provide access to FAIR research data and metadata through selected national and thematic repositories, including:
- DataverseLV, Latvia’s national multidisciplinary research data repository.
- RSU Dataverse, supporting medical, health, and social science research data.
- CLARIN-LV, providing Latvian, Latgalian, Livonian, and other language resources.
Metadata discovery will be open wherever possible. Access to specific datasets may be open, restricted, or controlled depending on repository policies, institutional requirements, licensing conditions, ethical considerations, and legal obligations, including requirements related to sensitive or restricted data.
Scientific use cases
- Federated authentication and secure access to Latvian research services
- Aggregation and exposure of national research services through service discovery mechanisms
- Discovery of research data and metadata from Latvian research organisations and infrastructures
- Onboarding of selected Latvian resources into the EOSC Federation
- Support for cross-border research collaboration through trusted digital services
- Support for data-intensive and reproducible research workflows
- Development of national expertise and support mechanisms for FAIR data and research data management
Deliverables
- EOSC-compliant AAI based on Latvian Academic Identity Federation and eduGAIN
- National Service Catalogue
- DataverseLV metadata exposure
- RSU Dataverse metadata exposure
- CLARIN-LV metadata exposure
- FileSender and NextCloud services
- Interactive notebook and compute environments
- Project Charter for the EOSC Latvia Node
- Stakeholder and community engagement plan
- Documentation supporting interoperability, access, security, and compliance with EOSC Federation requirements.
Technical status
Ongoing
- Federated AAI
Planned
- Onboarded service catalogues National Service Catalogue; DataverseLV; RSU Dataverse; CLARIN-LV)
- Application workflow management
- Service monitoring
- Service and research product accounting
- Order management
- Helpdesk
- Management system
Interactions with other EOSC Nodes
How to access the Node
Rules of Participation
Access policies vary by service. Metadata discovery is open wherever possible, while data deposit, data access, and use of specific services follow the relevant repository, service, institutional, legal, and ethical requirements.
Federated authentication is based on interoperability among the Latvian Academic Identity Federation, eduGAIN, and EOSC AAI/MyAccessID.
Access points
To be provided by VPC / EOSC Latvia Node.
Node capabilities
Federated services
- National Service Catalogue
- Federated AAI
- FileSender
- NextCloud
- Interactive compute environments
- Federated AAI based on the Latvian Academic Identity Federation, eduGAIN, and EOSC AAI / MyAccessID interoperability
- EOSC Latvia Node Helpdesk
- EOSC Competence Centre for training, support, and guidance
- Service monitoring and service management capabilities aligned with EOSC requirements
- AI Researcher assistant in test environment
Data repositories
- DataverseLV
- RSU Dataverse
- CLARIN-LV
Compute and storage
- Interactive notebooks and compute environments
- National research network and storage capabilities
VRE
- Interactive compute and notebook environments
- Federated research environments supporting collaboration
File sync-and-share
- NextCloud
- FileSender large file transfer
Other
- National Data Stewards network
- Cybersecurity and compliance support
- High-speed research networking
- National Competence and Training Programme
- Documentation and support for service onboarding, interoperability, and EOSC compliance
Coordinating organisation
Node organisation
Coordinator
Iļja Afanasjevs (VPC)
Deputy Coordinator
Mikus Melderis
Operations Officers
Kristaps Oškalns
Ilja Afanasjevs
Cybersecurity Officer
Sarmīte Daņilova
Scientific/Community Officer
Kristaps Oškalns
Mikus Melderis
Legal/Procurement
Sandra Jurago
Communication Officer
Kristaps Oškalns
Contributing organisations
VPC, DataverseLV, Rīga Stradiņš University / RSU Dataverse, CLARIN-LV, Latvian Academic Federation, Latvian research organisations and infrastructures
