In the Netherlands it is recognized that the transition towards an open academic culture requires a lively network of Open Science Communities (OSC-NL) focusing on peer-to-peer learning of OS principles and practices. In this proposal, the OSC-NL Board suggests to install an OSC-NL Executive Team that supports them, working on: 1. Improved knowledge exchange, community management and sustainability of our local OSCs 2. Professionalising the network 3. Expansion of the network This investment will act as a multiplier on current investments in local OSCs and will accelerate the transition to OS from the bottom-up.

Various tools and services are available for Life Science and Health data research, but users cannot easily find them or assess their quality. As a result, they are not used, or even similar tools are redeveloped. Together with developers, experts and users, we develop a toolkit for finding suitable tools and services. This is applied to existing tools and those under development, and can be used with new tools in the future. With examples, training, interactive work sessions and collaboration with established platforms and communities, tools and services become sustainably accessible to end users and (further) development cycles for developers.