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BUILDING GLOBAL BRIDGES TO ENABLE LOCAL SUCCESS IN OPEN SCIENCE & RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT

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THE RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE�A GLOBAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVE

RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting, 14th May 2024

Regional Engagement

Hilary Hanahoe, RDA Secretary General

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RDA Vision

Researchers and innovators openly share and re-use data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society

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RDA Mission

RDA builds the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing and re-use of data.

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RDA Guiding Principles

  • Openness
  • Consensus
  • Inclusivity
  • Community-driven
  • Harmonisation
  • Non-profit & technology neutral

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Who: The RDA Family

Individuals

(14,200+)

“a strategic think tank to enhance a constructive dialogue and collaboration on themes relevant to data science and to present the latest research results in many areas”

Organisations

(85+)

“one of the few places where researchers and data managers / information professionals directly interact and collaborate to develop solutions and best practices”

Nations / Regions

(35+)

“a global perspective to assist in sharing best practices, experiences and common needs to achieve efficiency and reduce duplication of efforts”

Create groups, collaborate & generate outputs

Adopt, Implement, Customise

Localise (linguistically & culturally), network

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RDA REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

RDA Regional engagement an instrument to add value to the RDA community by increasing engagement with national level data professionals to engage with international counterparts and to offer support to national level decision makers to achieve the international cooperation and engagement priorities. The regional partnership framework is integral to the recommendations and priorities defined in the RDA Financial Sustainability Plan and the RDA Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028.

https://www.rd-alliance.org/regional-membership/

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THE VALUE OF RDA REGIONS

- Knowledge of local stakeholders

  • Insights to national / regional landscape
  • Showcase national / regional excellence to global community
  • Identify activities & outputs / products of value locally
  • Access to a global forum to discuss Open Science, Research Data Management issues and opportunities
  • Inject Multilingualism to RDA

https://www.rd-alliance.org/regional-membership/

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REGIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Promote events and training on best practices in research data management, open science.
  • Promote local adoption of RDA recommendations.
  • Promote the participation of local researchers in RDA working groups.
  • Participate in training activities promoted by RDA and the insertion of RDA communities.
  • Promote training in research data management, strategic plan for data management, open science for researchers in region.
  • Organise regional / national RDA events
  • Promote the local excellence on a global level.

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RDA REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT BENEFITS

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Research Data Alliance (2022): RDA Regional Processes Document, Version 2.2 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00059

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Hilary Hanahoe

SECRETARY GENERAL

RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE

email: hilary.hanahoe@rda-foundation.org

Twitter: @hilaryhanahoe

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-0328-3419

Web: www.rd-alliance.org

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RDA Global Community

14,500+ VOLUNTEER DATA PROFESSIONALS

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email: enquiries@rd-alliance.org

Twitter: @resdatall

Web: www.rd-alliance.org

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RDA REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK CATEGORIES

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  • Interested region:
    • Interest in joining RDA as a national / regional partner
    • No dedicated group (web space)
    • No MoU or Partnership Agreement
  • Engaged Region:
    • National / Regional group (web space) publicly available
    • No MoU or Partnership Agreement
  • Committed Region:
    • National / Regional group (web space) publicly available
    • MoU for national group signed or under definition
    • No financial or in-kind contribution commitments
  • Partner region:
    • Partnership Agreement with RDA Foundation
    • Financial and/or in-kind contribution commitment
    • Dedicated group (web space)

Research Data Alliance (2022): RDA Regional Processes Document, Version 2.2 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00059

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RDA REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STATUS

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Partner:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Europe
  • France
  • The Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Committed:

  • Ecuador
  • Costa Rica
  • Ireland
  • Portugal

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Engaged:

  • Austria
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latin America
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Region of the Americas (RoTA)

Interested:

  • Belgium
  • Colombia
  • Panama
  • Peru

Research Data Alliance (2022): RDA Regional Processes Document, Version 2.2 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00059