BioData.pt CEO shows and tells about using impact assessment frameworks in the ELIXIR Portugal Node 

ELIXIR, the European Research Infrastructure for biological data, has been demonstrating its public value to  funders and international stakeholders. However, it became imperative to collect and communicate evidence of such value in a more systematic and detailed way. This urge converged on the publication of the article “Demonstrating the public value to funders and other stakeholders- the journey of ELIXIR, a virtual and distributed research infrastructure for life science data” in the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics Journal.

In the frame of the ELIXIR-CONVERGE Project and Staff Exchange Scheme, BioData.pt organized a pilot of the BioData.pt Workshop: “Assessing the Impact of Research Activities”, intended to be refined and replicated within the Portuguese Node of ELIXIR and shared with the research community.

The second workshop of the ELIXIR-funded Staff Exchange Project entitled “Empowering ELIXIR Nodes to measure and communicate their performance and impact” took place on March the 12th and was held in a conference call due to the current pandemics.

Convened by BioData.pt, the first workshop of the ELIXIR-funded Staff Exchange Project entitled “Empowering ELIXIR Nodes to measure and communicate their performance and impact” took place on January 30th, in Lisbon (Portugal).