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PATTERN Kick-off Meeting

1st May 2023

The Consortium of PATTERN – Piloting pen and responsible Activities and Trainings Towards the Enhancement of Researchers Networks – is proud to announce the official start of this European initiative, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe research and Innovation programme.

PATTERN’s general aim is to promote the practice of Open and Responsible Research and Innovation (Open RRI) by developing and piloting training activities for researchers at all stages of their careers.

The training activities will aim, in turn, at strengthening their transferable skills and embracing a transformative process to improve the excellence of the research conducted, with a view to improve the capacity within the European Research Area (ERA) to tackle societal challenges and the interaction between science and society.

Eight main transferable skills, each covered by PATTERN Consortium partners, were identified in the context of Open RRI:

  1. Open Access
  2. FAIR data management
  3. Citizen Science
  4. Research Integrity
  5. Gender, non-discrimination and inclusion in research
  6. Dissemination and Exploitation of results
  7. Science Communication 
  8. Management and Leadership

 

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The structure of the project, composed of four phases, has the objective of taking into account the specificities of each organisation precluding the possibility of imposing Open RRI practices, starting from the Pilot Organisations involved in the project itself.

More specifically:

Phase 1 -Consolidation of knowledge: mapping and comprehensive analysis of the state-of-the-art of learning opportunities for researchers on Open RRI.

Phase 2 – Developing PATTERN Training Activities and Platform: based on the above mentioned eight transferrable skills, training modules are developed and made accessible via an ad-hoc platform.

Phase 3 – Testing PATTERN Training Modules: co-design and fine-tuning of PATTERN trainings with PATTERN Pilot Organisations to perfectly respond to the needs of end-users.

Phase 4 – Evidence for Policy Development: in the light of the experience and knowledge gathered PATTERN will develop a set of policy recommendations addressing institutions responsible for researcher training.

 

PATTERN is a 3,5-year-project led by APRE and composed of 14 partners and 5 affiliated entities from 13 countries with deep knowledge and experience of Open and Responsible Research and Innovation practices in their everyday lives which will guarantee the widest possible adoption and tailoring of PATTERN trainings according to the real needs of research funding and research performing organisations.

More information: https://www.pattern-openresearch.eu/

Pietro Rigonat, LOBA