When: June 18, 2026, 10:30–13:30
When: online

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC), in collaboration with RDA Europe, is hosting an online workshop focused on self-assessing research performing organisations’ capabilities to support research data management and the production and reuse of FAIR data.

Research performing organisations (RPOs) can play a critical role in enabling the researchers they employ to adhere with good research data management practices (RDM) and to ensure that the outputs they produce are FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable). RPOs’ ability to support researchers in these areas depends on the availability of hard and soft infrastructures as well as policies and joined up workflows. But, how do you know if your organisation is providing the right environment?

This half day workshop will introduce participants to the concept of self-assessment of their organisations’ capabilities to support RDM and the production and reuse of FAIR data. The workshop will introduce two methodologies that can be used to carry out self assessments: the Digital Curation Centre’s Research Infrastructure Self Evaluation Framework (RISE) and the Assessing capability maturity and engagement with FAIR-enabling practice (ACME-FAIR) rubrics developed through the FAIRsFAIR project. The workshop will provide participants with practical advice on implementing a self-assessment effectively, interpreting the results, and planning for improvement.

The participation fee is GBP 260 per person. A discount is available when two or three participants from the same institution attend.

The training is organized by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) – a UK-based organization providing tools, training, and consultancy services for managing, planning, and preserving digital research data. Co-organizer Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a global community connecting researchers and data professionals to enable open and effective data sharing across disciplines and borders. The European office of RDA supports regional communities and advocates for European priorities in open science and data stewardship.

More information and registration details are available here.

Last updated on June 1, 2026