Designing an Open Science policy is one thing. Getting it adopted, implemented, and monitored inside a real institution is another. That gap is what the OpenAIRE Open Science Policy Training Programme was built to close, and the response to its first edition showed just how widely that gap is felt. A competitive and diverse first cohort We received 64 applications for the first run of the programme. From these, 22 participants were selected based on evaluations by three independent experts. The ...

OpenAIRE successfully concluded another edition of its flagship five-day online train-the-trainer bootcamp for Open Science trainers. Organised twice a year, the bootcamp continues to provide a dedicated learning environment for professionals seeking to strengthen their knowledge of Open Science while developing effective, learner-centred training practices. As in previous editions, participant feedback was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting not only the quality of the content but also the hi...

A virtual unconference (also called a barcamp) is a participant-driven event where the agenda is created collaboratively by attendees rather than set in advance by organisers. Instead of formal presentations, participants propose discussion topics beforehand, and sessions are then scheduled based on interest. The format places strong emphasis on networking and peer exchange, which offered participants an informal space to connect and reconnect with their fellow OpenAIRE Open Science Train-the-Tr...

Authors: Gina Pavone and Emma Lazzeri, ISTI-CNR In 2020, the Italian NOAD started a new project on training. The initial idea was to design a set of events to show the way the general and cross-sectoral topic of Open Science was embedded in a particular discipline, delving into aspects and tools specific for a single research area. A first webinar for earth and environmental sciences was held in May: it was a single and introductory webinar on the principles and motivation of Open Science. ...

Take-aways from the workshop organised by the OpenAIRE Community of Practice of training coordinators    Blogpost by Rene van Horik, Ellen Leenarts (DANS) and Iryna Kuchma (EIFL) The topic of the workshop concerns issues related to the processing of personal data in relation to a training event. GDPR requirements must be properly addressed and personal data must be protected. Obviously a training event cannot be organised without having information on the background of t...

Long-term Archiving at the University of Vienna  The University of Vienna is one of the oldest and largest universities in Europe. Nearly 9,800 employees work at 20 faculties and centres, 6,800 of them are scientists. More than 90,000 students are currently enrolled and can choose from 178 subjects. Research and teaching have been carried out here since 1365. What is relatively new, however, is the professional maintenance and archiving of research data. The start of research data managemen...