"Partnership for Advanced Data in Europe (PARADE) is a consortium targeting to build efficient services addressing data management needs of multiple research communities. PARADE consists of several user communities and national partners, who work together to improve European collaboration in data infrastructures. The work aims at linking with various European initiatives addressing data with an intention to work together to build a pan-European collaboration."
"The 3TU.Datacentre has been in existence since 2008, a joint initiative by the three Dutch technical universities (Eindhoven, Twente and Delft) to make the data sets that originate from their research available to other scientists. This March, TU Delft Library signed a European covenant on behalf of the 3TU.Datacentre to improve access to research data on internet at the European level."