We were pleased to announce that Technopolis Group has completed the evaluation of Base4NFDI's structure and mechanisms. Working closely with the Base4NFDI team, particularly the Base4NFDI Office, Technopolis Group has assessed the social and technical governance of Base4NFDI in terms of its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and coherence.
Find the final external evaluation report by Technopolis Group below:
Background
In view of the complexity, but also the novelty of the processes for basic service development, Base4NFDI has committed itself in its project proposal to an evaluation of the decision-making processes and framework after two years:
"Given the novelty of its approach and to foster continuous adaptation and optimization of its structures, the young age and thus developing nature of the NFDI and its processes Base4NFDI, commits to an external evaluation of its governance and all decision-making processes after two years. The purpose of the evaluation is to objectively assess possible deficiencies particularly with respect to substantive and financial decisions. It will be handled by an external (likely commercial) provider with the appropriate experience in “programme evaluations” and no ties to any partners within Base4NFDI." (p. 102)
Based on the proposal text and the experience gained during the project so far, the following points are of particular interest:
These objectives are intended to ensure a comprehensive and targeted evaluation of the services and processes of Base4NFDI. The results of the evaluation will be used to propose improvements to the processes in the second half of the project to increase the efficiency and success. For this reason, all teams and stakeholders involved (Base4NFDI Team Members, TEC, NFDI Sections, Basic Services Development Teams and Consortia Members) are both data providers and target group of the evaluation.
In the following section, we would like to inform you about the progress and current status of the evaluation.
Evaluation timetable
Base4NFDI's response to the report
The next step was for the Base4NFDI team to discuss the results and recommendations with the relevant stakeholders, in order to determine how Base4NFDI can adopt them. The goal was to improve our processes in the second half of the project to increase its efficiency and success.
Find our response below:
