Project Leader at the Slovenian Forestry Institute is Prof. Dr. Tom Levanič.
Project Duration: August 2, 2023, to June 30, 2026
As part of the project "Support for the Implementation of Open Science Principles in Slovenia" (SPOZNAJ), which has been selected for funding in the public tender of the Recovery and Resilience Plan titled "Adaptation of Public Research Organizations and the Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana to Operate According to the Principles of Open Science," the Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana and twenty public research organizations will align their operations with ReZrIS30, ZZrID, and the Decree on the Implementation of Scientific Research in Accordance with the Principles of Open Science. This alignment will ensure that their operations comply with the provisions regarding open science in the European Research Area. The project partners will conduct training sessions for various open science stakeholders, provide specialized training on handling FAIR and open-access research data, prepare a handbook on open science, and establish support mechanisms for open science within their respective organizations.
The project will greatly accelerate the adoption of open science practices among project partners and make a substantial contribution to the digital transformation of scientific research. Partners will collaborate to share knowledge and experiences related to implementing open science principles and disseminate them to public infrastructure institutes (IZUM, ARNES), public agencies (ARIS, NAKVIS), privately owned higher education and research institutes, researchers and experts from the commercial sector, private researchers, and the broader interested public. As a result, a significant portion of research findings in the form of publications will be accessible through Slovenian repositories, with increased public availability of research data anticipated as well.
As part of the project, project partners will conduct at least 30 public lectures on current topics in open science and organize 4 national events with international participation. Profiles of support specialists for open science and research data management will be defined, and a catalog of their competencies will be developed. A series of specialized training sessions will be held for initial specialists in these fields at consortium partners and other interested institutions, with support structures established at the beginning of their operations. Educational materials will be prepared for operating according to the principles of open science, with a focus on research data management, both in online and printed formats. The project will evaluate existing acts and processes at consortium partners, make proposals for formal frameworks for operating in accordance with the principles of open science, and carry out pilot adaptations. Awareness of the importance of open science will be widely disseminated among professional and general audiences.
The three-year "SPOZNAJ" project has a budget of €4 million (100% funding) and involves 21 partners, coordinated by the Central Technical Library of the University of Ljubljana (https://www.ctk.uni-lj.si/).
