Report on the establishment of an international curriculum for professional development in digital data services for the social sciences

Report on exploration of the value of, and appetite for, an internationally recognised and moderated professional qualification in digital data services for the social sciences. Such a curriculum will promote a common academic basis for state of the art data curation and ensure the global outreach of the acquired knowledge within CESSDA archives. Professionals interested in data curation will have the opportunity to intensively study data curation throughout the data life cycle and practice in a hands-on environment (through the CESSDA member archives), before moving on to sharing their knowledge in their own countries and institutions.