The National Open Access Desk of OpenAIRE for Italy organises, in collaboration with the ICDI Competence Centre, a course addressed to coordinators of H2020 and Horizon Europe projects, with the aim to address questions on Open Science and Open Access related to EU funds.

The course consists of 4 webinars, scheduled for February 2021. In each lesson there will be the opportunity for participants to openly discuss and to raise questions.

Course program:

2 February, 14.00-16.30 - Introduction

• How science works today, research evaluation, issues
• The Open Science alternative
• The European Commission and Open Science
• Services and support for researchers in Italy and Europe: ICDI and OpenAIRE
• Q&A and discussion (30 minutes)

4 February, 2.00pm-4.30pm - Open Access and Open Data

• What is Open Access to publications and how it works
• Open Data Pilot
• The importance of managing research data
• Q&A and discussion (30 minutes)

9 February, 14.00-16.30 - Research Data Management and DPM

• FAIR principles
• What is the Data Management Plan and what is it for
• Examples of DMP
• DMP tools
• Q&A and discussion (30 minutes)

11 February, 14.00-16.30 - Practical session

• Use of tools and services to comply with obligations
• Integrate good open science practices into one's daily life
• Q&A and discussion (30 minutes)

Further information

• openaire.eu