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14. Jun. 2022

WBC-RRI.NET and Western Balkans Info Hub launch a newsletter issue together

An exhaustive exercise of mapping good practices, interviews, descriptions of opportunities, initiatives and possibilities for cooperation on Responsible Research and Innovation in and beyond the region has been launched on 12 June 2022. ZSI employees were responsible for its preparation. If you are not yet subscribed to the newsletter, please subscribe on the project website : www.westernbalkans-infohub.eu

 


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Welcome to the second edition of the Western Balkans Info Hub newsletter under the Horizon Europe POLICY ANSWERS project!  For sharing your news, events or any further information, please reach out to us at: info@westernbalkans-infohub.eu.

 

 
RRI stands for “Responsible Research and Innovation” - a concept promoted by the European Commission, that has emerged in recent years as a science policy framework, which seeks to align technological innovation with broader social values, and to support the institutional decisions concerning the goals of research and innovation in conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity. RRI encourages these stakeholders to reflect and anticipate how R&I may shape the future, to remain adaptive and responsive to change and the increased complexity.
RRI promotes diversity and inclusion as well as openness and transparency in the development of Research and Innovation (R&I) policies, programmes and activities. RRI aims to engage publics and responsible actors (researchers, citizens, policy- and decision makers, business, third sector organisations and others) in the science and innovation field, to produce ethically acceptable, sustainable and socially desirable research and innovation outcomes in line with the values, needs and expectations of the European society.
The RRI approach has developed over the years and the term implies that societal challenges should be a primary focus of scientific research while indicating the methods by which that goal should be achieved. In such a context, Responsible Research and Innovation involves holding research to high ethical standards, ensuring gender equality in the scientific community, investing policy-makers with the responsibility to avoid harmful effects of innovation, engaging the communities affected by innovation and ensuring that they have the knowledge necessary to understand the implications by furthering science education and Open Access.
 

Enhancing R&I ecosystems in the Western Balkans through RRI.
Aligning technological Innovation with Social Values.

 

 
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RRI’s rationale is that science and technology have the power to transform the future. Therefore RRI must involve the public, take into account gender issues, promote scientific and ethical education, and thus create a governance model for science. A number of RRI good practices exist in the Western Balkans: the WBC-RRI.NET project is an optimal initiative to cooperate with...
 

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