A workshop series organized by UNESCO, the European Research Infrastructure for biobanking and biomolecular resources (BBMRI-ERIC) and the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO/IARC). This workshop series is designed for early to mid-career researchers in the biomedical and medical sciences whose work involves, or will involve, the use of human biological samples and associated data for research purposes. It is particularly relevant for researchers who are currently working with, or planning to engage with, biobanks and biobanking infrastructures.