1. Update RDA Secretariat 20 September 2017
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2. 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
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3. 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 -
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4. 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 -

5. Core Business Services of RDA
-> Run plenaries
-> Provide communication, collaboration, discussion tools for RDA, including the website, discussion support, 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. -

6. https://rd-alliance.org/ - https://twitter.com/resdatall