Update RDA Secretariat 20 September 2017 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall

RDA worldwide growth rd-alliance.org/about-rda Total RDA community members 6070 130 Countries 130 Countries Steady growth in individual membership 130 countries Europe and US still large due to support from big projects   www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall rd-alliance.org/about-rda CC BY-SA 4.0

30 Working Groups & 58 Interest Groups When we look at the work of RDA, we see that the number of groups is also still going up: an impressive 88 in total 30 WGs 58 IGs Disciplinary spread: OECD Frascati classification Humanities and medical and health sciences are lagging behind: fortunately we are now seeing a number of new initiatives in these domains, f.e. BoF digital humanities.   Total 88 groups: 30 Working Groups & 58 Interest Groups https://rd-alliance.org/ - https://twitter.com/resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

The Work and Business of RDA Open and effective data sharing is necessary to advance research, innovation, and economic growth. The Work of RDA is done by the community building the social and technical connections or bridges that come together to form a global data sharing infrastructure. The Business of RDA is to support that community and facilitate the building and using the bridges that enable open sharing of data First of all, thank you all for coming to Montreal and attending this plenary.   Thank you also for your support of RDA. I know that your support comes in many ways. A number of you directly support RDA with funding You also encourage your communities to engage with RDA This support in words and deeds is vital both for: the work of RDA—the WG/IGs the business of RDA—everything that is needed for these groups to work: the facilitation, the processes, the mechanisms So let me give you a brief update For those of you who are new to RDA; newcomers session tomorrow morning https://rd-alliance.org/ - https://twitter.com/resdatall

Core Business Services of RDA -> Run plenaries -> Provide communication, collaboration, discussion tools for RDA, including the website, discussion support, email support, remote meeting support -> Facilitate and advise on the creation, operation, and outputs of the groups -> Endorse the outputs of groups and support Recommendation adoption and dissemination of outputs -> General Operations: Ensure organisational governance Administer the global organisation Undertake business development and fundraising Reporting to stakeholders: Membership, Funders, Organisers, etc. https://rd-alliance.org/ - https://twitter.com/resdatall

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