International cooperation is crucial to tackle major global challenges and research infrastructures are ideally placed to enable cross-border collaboration. This event builds on the outcomes of the recently concluded RI-VIS project to address challenges in the international cooperation of research infrastructures.
Scientific research is global in nature, as recently epitomised by the COVID-19 pandemic, international cooperation in research and public health is crucial to minimise loss of life and impact on global health and the global economy. Geographical diversity in climate, ecosystems and disease prevalence also provides a key motivator for international collaboration involving research infrastructures to maximise scientific discovery. The recently concluded RI-VIS project brought together research infrastructure stakeholders in different world regions: Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Australia, at bi-regional networking and partnering symposia to seed new cooperations between the regions. RI-VIS also analysed engagement between the regions and provided recommendations and guidelines for forming international partnerships between RIs. Now, 9 months on from the end of the RI-VIS project, we look at lessons learnt from the project and what has been achieved since, but also consider next steps and how bottlenecks identified during the RI-VIS project can be overcome. Moreover, speakers will also touch upon key challenges that both, third countries and ERICs are facing in the process of applying for membership and observer status in ERICs.
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