1. Engagement in RDA from South-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region Objectives

2. Workshop Main Objectives Present the RDA initiative Investigate the further engagement of SEE, Med and Caucasus regions in RDA Regional activities to be presented: Proposing new ideas for existing or new RDA groups Adopting existing RDA outputs Brainstorm about the development of national and/or regional RDA initiatives 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region2

3. Expected Outcome A rough landscaping analysis of existing RDA interests in the region? Exploit Computer science expertise? Development of a regional RDA initiative? Universities & research centres, e- Infrastructure providers, SMEs, policy makers? Act as nucleus for the RDA initiative feeding people, ideas and skills in the RDA activities 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region3

4. Program Outline Session 1 - Welcome addresses and RDA invited presentations – keynote Session 2: Regional involvement in RDA activities and potential interest in the adoption of RDA initial outputs Region  RDA Sessions 3-4: Regional activities related to research data and big data Region  RDA Session 5: Panel – Regional RDA potential and development of a regional RDA initiative 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region4

5. Session 1 Session 1 - Welcome addresses and RDA invited presentations - keynote Objective: Welcome and present the main activities of RDA along with its initial outputs Keynote: Mark Parsons RDA Global Activities – Building social and technical bridges that enable open data sharing across technologies, disciplines and regions RDA Working Groups, clustering and initial outputs 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region5

6. Session 2 Session 2: Regional involvement in RDA activities and potential interest in the adoption of RDA initial outputs Objective: Present regional involvement in RDA working groups, along with potential interest in the adoption of initial RDA outputs. Region  RDA 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region6

7. Session 3-4 Sessions 3-4: Regional activities related to research data and big data Objective: Present concrete regional activities related to RDA including National, Regional or Pan-European Research Infrastructures with data management needs (e-Infrastructure, ESFRI or other RI projects). The key objective via this session presentations is to investigate new opportunities for data sharing. Thus, the focus should NOT be on the technologies and research themselves, but rather on the problems that can be addressed and the solutions that can contribute to data sharing and interoperability Region  RDA 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region7

8. Session 5 Session 5: Panel – Regional RDA potential and development of a regional initiative Objective: The workshop will investigate the development of a regional RDA initiative, getting together the major stakeholders in each country including research centres, universities, or even SMEs with interest and expertise in the area. Such stakeholders can act as nuclei for the RDA initiative feeding people, ideas and skills in the RDA activities. 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region8

9. Membership current status 81 members from the extended region 45 in Greece Participation from 17 countries (including Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia) No organisational members from the region ATHENA RC member of RDA Europe 1 member in RDA Global governance bodies: RDA secretariat; 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region9

10. RDA members in the region 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region10

11. Registration statistics Armenia1 Cyprus1 Georgia1 Greece56 Israel1 Turkey1 United States1 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region11 Country Academia/Research48 Government/Public Services6 Large Enterprise1 Small and Medium Enterprise6 IT Consultancy/Development1 Other2 Organisation Type 62 total

12. Panel topics Regional RDA potential Disciplines, Type of organisations (e.g. Research/Universities, SMEs) Views based on previous sessions Regional RDA initiative Act as nuclei for the RDA initiative feeding people, ideas and skills in the RDA activities 25/6/2015 Engagement in RDA from Southern-Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Caucasus region12