[Jeremy Geelen]

Draft Agenda

Overview of Project

Funder-publisher policy alignment: what do we know?

A presentation on research conducted to date and existing information sources

Discussion: What additional approaches should we consider, and what other information sources should we consult, in the research phase

Engaging the community to develop the recommendations

A presentation on tools and networks that could be engaged in developing the recommendations, highlighting FAIRsharing resources and activities that could be used

Discussion: Thoughts and suggestions on how to engage the community

Next Steps

1. First group option
Data policy standardisation and implementation IG

Additional links to informative material
Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation IG: https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/data-policy-standardisation-and-imple…  
FAIRsharing WG: https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/fairsharing-registry-connecting-data-policies-standards-databases.html 

Are you willing to hold your session at multiple times to accommodate various time zones?
No

Avoid conflict with the following group (1)
Data policy standardisation and implementation IG

Brief introduction describing the activities and scope of the group
Co-chaired by representatives from the Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, the Japan Science and Technology Agency and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, with strong links to the RDA Funders Forum, the Research Funders and Stakeholders on Open Research and Data Management Policies and Practices IG aims to:  

Provide a venue for funders to bring forward issues for discussion with the broader RDA community; 

Develop deliverables useful to funders and, ideally, other members of the RDA community and research data ecosystem.

Building on BoFs at RDA Plenaries 10 (Montreal), 11 (Berlin) and 12 (Gaborone), the IG for Research Funders and Stakeholders on Open Research and Data Management Policies and Practices held its inaugural meeting at RDA 13 (Philadelphia), with subsequent meets at RDA 14 and 16. In advance of RDA 14, the IG developed and circulated a survey to research funders about open science policy, with the aim that the survey would inform the session discussions at RDA 14 and provide input into possible deliverables.

Estimate of the required room capacity
N/A

Group chair serving as contact person
Jeremy Geelen

I declare that I have informed the chairs of all the Working / Interest groups included in this joint meeting application.
Acknowledged

Meeting objectives
Collaborative session notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Doz9hu4Y8tytO8m22S0ZRMfaQcBFUaaHTIjAbkCe1Z0/edit?usp=sharing
At RDA P16, the Research Funders and Stakeholders on Open Research and Data Management and Practices IG and the Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation IG established that they would collaborate on a joint project to examine funder-publisher policy alignment and provide recommendations on how to improve this alignment. Following RDA P16, the FAIRsharing WG has joined the project to contribute to the implementation phase.
The project includes three phases: 

Research and Analysis: In this phase (currently underway), the team will conduct research into funder-publisher policy alignment. 

Recommendations to Improve Policy Alignment: In this phase, the team will engage stakeholders to discuss phase 1 findings and develop recommendations to improve policy alignment.  Recommendations will be developed through an iterative process of community input and review. 

Application of Recommendations: In this phase, the teams will disseminate the recommendations and explore the use of the recommendations as a basis for continued policy alignment. FAIRsharing will put these templates into action, making these (harmonized) policies discoverable and comparable.

The objective of the joint session is to engage stakeholders for input into information sources for policy research (for phase 1) and for suggestions on approaches and tools for engagement (for phase 2).  We will also welcome expressions of interest to take part in the project.  Following the session, we aim to develop an engagement plan for developing the recommendations in consultation with stakeholders.

Please indicate the breakout slot (s) that would suit your meeting
Breakout 8

Privacy Policy
1

Target Audience
The session will be of interest to funders, publishers, researchers, research administrators, librarians and data stewards, and anyone with an interest in open science policy.  The session will be of interest to members of various RDA groups, including:

CODATA IG on institutional strategies

Machine-readable DMPs

National Data Services

Exposing DMPs WG

Active DMP IG

DMP Common Standards WG

Discussion