On May 4th will take place in Barcelona the II RRI Tools Conference organised by the Association of Public Universities of Barcelona (ACUP), the Catalan Association for Science Communication (ACCC), CERCA Institute, the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) and Obra Social La Caixa.

The conference will be the framework to present the first version of the European project RRI Tools’ Toolkit with more than 350 multimedia resources to implement RRI. These resources include international inspiring practices, manuals and guidelines on how to address the political agendas of RRI – open access, gender equality, ethics, public engagement, science education and governance, as well as, information addressed the different social actors, a tool for self-reflection and the possibility of being part of a community of practice at European level.

The activity will include participatory workshops to facilitate the interaction between attendees in a cooperative learning environment on RRI. Finally, participants will create working groups to discuss how to improve their own projects using the resources of the Toolkit. This is a multi-stakeholder event aimed at the research community, politicians and decision makers linked to R&I, industry representatives, the educational community and civil society organizations.

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an approach that anticipates and assesses potential implications and societal expectations with regard to research and innovation, with the aim to foster the design of inclusive and sustainable research and innovation. RRI implies that societal actors (researchers, citizens, policy makers, business, third sector organisations, etc.) work together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society.

Deadline for registrations: April 29th, 2016. More information HERE.