Regional Engagement: History and Context Ingrid Dillo - RDA Council
The Regional Engagement project by Ingrid Dillo at RDA Council explores the organization's evolution, strategic planning phases, and focus areas in enhancing regional collaboration. It examines the journey from the launching phase to future directions, strategy revisit, and creation of subcommittees for sustainable growth and engagement. The efforts towards building social and technical bridges for open data sharing reflect a commitment to fostering a resilient and impactful RDA organization.
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Regional Engagement: history and context Ingrid Dillo, RDA Council RDA P12, Gaborone, 06-11-2018
2013-2015: launching phase community-driven organization with the goal of building the social and technical bridges to enable open sharing of data Founders: European Commission National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology Australian Government, Department of Innovation
2015-2017: Future Directions phase RDA should be an agile organisation responding to change while continually planning for an impactful future Council charged a small planning group to lead a future directions strategic planning activity for RDA: workshop, engagement activities, survey report outlining activities or initiatives to advance: external communications member engagement general coordination of the organisation January 2016 Council approval
2017 -> Strategy revisited RDA well-known brand in the global science community, with a high reputation Rapid growth of the RDA organization in membership and activities Organizational limits are reached Landscape has evolved -> revisit of the strategy was needed to create a resilient RDA organization able to deliver its commitments and satisfy the community and stakeholders
Focus areas RDA Council Value proposition for the different stakeholders Growth management Financial and organizational sustainability Regional engagement November 2017: creation of 4 Council Subcommittees
Regional Engagement work RE Council Subcommittee, chaired by Fran Berman, produced a White Paper Complex topic with many aspects (financial, governance, etc.) March 2018 P11 in Berlin: Regional Engagement meeting: overview of regional perspectives, Council perspective small RE Task Force of regional representatives Start of a much larger conversation in which Council and regions worked together
Regional Engagement work March-Nov: regular calls regional representatives and Council members document outlining the relationships between RDA and the Regions, and a framework for the expectations and management of regional partners. June: draft framework reviewed by Council P12 Gaborone: open regional engagement meeting to present and discuss the draft framework document with a wider regional audience Many thanks to the RE Task Force members!!
