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There are policies and rules related to making data accessible, storing and sharing data introduced by a lot of institutions related to science and researches (like universities, research institutes, publishers and librarians). There is a list of exampled organisations helping to introduce FAIR rules, such as:

RDA | The Research Data Alliance

The research community organisation which aim is to create a space for a discussion and development of the infrastructure needed for sharing data freely and doing researchbased on them, created in 2013 from the initiative of the European Commission, National Science Foundation (USA), National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Industry and Australian Innovation Department. The need of free flow of research data between institutions and scientists worldwide is the basic idea of RDA. Its functioning is based on Interest Groups focusing on various sharing aspects, the exchange and data interoperability in individual science disciplines. There are also the so-called Working Groups focusing mainly on solving specific problems via creating documents the so-called RDA Recommendations.

CODATA | Committee on Data for Science and Technology

Is an international organisation located in Paris, founded in 1966 as one of ICSU several standing committees. CODATA statutory guidelines take into account: gathering, analysing and making accessible all kind of quantitative data resulting from experimental measurements and observations in disciplines such as physical, biological, geological and astronomic sciences. It focuses mainly on the problem of data managing, common for various disciplines, as well as on data used in different fields than those in which they were produced (inter  alia data dissemination for needs of science and industry). 22 national representations and 18 representations of scientific unions take part in CODATA works. CODATA operates via Task Groups and Working Groups, 2 Permanent Commissions and (currently) one Special Group.  

DCC | Digital Curation Centre

Which aim is to build the potential and to develop the ability of research data managing. DCC ensures expert guidance and practical help to research organisations which want to store, manage, protect and make digital research data accessible. The aim of creating DCC was to manage actively digital material produced by scientists and researchers. At first, the project of building the centre mainly concerned the protection of digital resources with the use of the appropriate documentation system and protecting data. It was a reply to a huge amount of digital data generated by British scientists. Over time, international trainings and conferences aimed at supporting knowledge and the best practices between data producers and users transfer were added to its main activity.