Remedy 1: Coordination at European level to harmonise data and licence policies by extending the use of existing technical standards

The remedy of adopting an open data policy means that once the data are submitted to the data archive/data centre, they are public for all users, including commercial users. This facilitates and stimulates the use of the data and stimulates the (combined) use of complementary data from different networks, hence a larger cost-effectiveness of the networks. To make this option acceptable for the data providers, the latter should get credit for their data. The funding organisations must be made aware of the use of the data, as an encouragement to sustain the data acquisition. Harmonisation of data policies facilitates the data access in data portals and for data users – stimulating the (combined) use of complementary data from different networks, hence a more beneficial use of the networks data.