Impact Steered Operation and Management of Research Infrastructures -- Between February 13 and 16, 2018, the ResInfra@DR project will organise a training for trainees from three target groups: policy-makers from programme owning and funding authorities, active RI operators and coordinators, and potential or active RI reviewers. Approximately 30 participants will come from 11 Danube region countries (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine).

The training will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, and will be organised as a mixture of plenary sessions, lectures and interactive work in groups.

The central aim of the training is to improve the knowledge and build capacity of participants for:

• coherent ex-ante evaluation of RI establishment or upgrading;
• monitoring of existing RIs;
• assessment of (expected) socio-economic and other impacts of RIs;
• identification of RI investment opportunities;
• conducting RI reviews in the Danube macro-region.

As a secondary aim, the macro-regional networking of RI experts shall be supported as well.

The training is primarily aimed at current research infrastructures practitioners, who wish to enhance their skills and capacities in planning, monitoring, managing and evaluating of research infrastructures, and share their own experience and knowledge with peers from other countries.

The training applicants had to fulfil the following requirements in order to be eligible for participation:

• They must be from one of the Danube macro-region countries (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). Participants from German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg can also apply, but no financing of their participation is possible (they need to cover their own travel and accommodation costs).
• To be able to contribute professionally towards further development and wider use of research infrastructures in their countries and the Danube macro region.
• In advance, they had to demonstrate a basic knowledge about the research infrastructure landscape in their countries.
• Fluency in English (oral and written communication) is obligatory.
• A commitment to participate in the entire (4 days) training workshop must be ensured.
• Applicants have to fill in the online survey, which served as a basis for the final selection of participants.
  
  Learn more about ResInfra@DR partner ARC fund hosting this training: www.arcfund.net
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