Speaker
Description
In agrosystem science, the transition to a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data future is essential for fostering innovation and collaboration. While technical developments provide the necessary infrastructure, the true challenge lies in changing ingrained habits and cultural practices. To address this, the FAIRagro initiative has developed a participation concept aimed at empowering community-driven change, incorporating various measures at both institutional and individual levels.
With this contribution, we would like to share insights from an intensive stakeholder and target group analysis, which forms the groundwork for FAIRagro's community engagement and participatory efforts. We also reflect on the effectiveness and impact of different measures and explore what is needed to make a meaningful contribution towards a FAIR data future in agrosystem science.
The measures implemented by FAIRagro include, among others, governance instruments such as the FAIRagro Community Advisory Boards (CAB), institutional participation through Use Cases (UCs), and individual interaction via FAIRagro data stewards from the Data Steward Service Centre (DSSC). Insights from these and other community measures and activities are presented, along with relevant indicators to evaluate their effectiveness and impact.
Preliminary evidence indicate that trust and ownership are fundamental for effectively advancing community-driven initiatives. The importance of being FAIR role models, or lighthouses, at the institutional level, and the influence of individual FAIR ambassadors, is often underestimated. These insights underscore the need for engagement that spans from individual interactions to institutional commitments and vice versa, with a focus on making FAIR principles tangible and experiential. Nevertheless, identifying meaningful key performance indicators continues to be a challenge and demands further collaborative efforts across various initiatives and the broader community.
In addition, please add 3 to 5 keywords.
community-driven, community participation, meaningful KPIs
| Please assign yourself (presenting author) to one of the following groups. | Expert panels, strategists and administrative stakeholders |
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| Please specify "other" | Sci project manager |
| For whom will your contribution be of most interest? | Expert panels, strategists and administrative stakeholders |
