The main challenge addressed by the federated B2SAFE service is the lack of a seamless data transfer mechanism between different institutions, which has hindered collaboration and research progress. The ability to share data sets across borders and institutions is essential for researchers to build on each other's work, ultimately leading to more impactful and innovative research. Besides the technical solution that we put in place, there are still challenges from legal and governance perspectives that need to be addressed for sharing data such as having risk assessments and data-sharing agreements between centres.
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