The Italian National Chapter has launched a dedicated website in Italian to give visibility to all activities, events, and results of the CoARA community! Please visit the website at https://www.coara-italia.it/

Another key milestone for the Italian NC is the translatoin of the ARRA into Italian, which is an important step for the creation of a shared culture for reform on the national level. The translation can be accessed at the following link: https://zenodo.org/records/13629063

Click the below links to find relevant resources from the Italian NC:

Presentation of the Italian National Chapter Exchange Forum 2024

Italian National Chapter Full Proposal

ARRA Italian Translation

Italian NC Dedicated Website

The main aims of the Italian National Chapter are to (i) enable mutual learning, share best practices, and raise awareness of best responsible assessment practices and indicators in the national community on the ongoing research assessment reform (CoARA commitments 7-8), and (ii) foster the discussion about the reviewing and development of assessment criteria, tools and processes for assessing research institutions, individual researchers and projects (CoARA commitment 6). This outreach effort will support the implementation of the reform at the national level and will contribute to attract more institutions and stakeholders to sign the agreement.

The main activities are focused on:

1. creating an active network among Italian institutions, promoting the alignment of the Institutional Roadmaps requested by CoARA, and engaging with the relevant political decision-making national body(ies)
2. establishing stable and bidirectional connections with the Working Groups, to explore the impact of their results on national practices and provide a feedback based on the experiences of the Italian communities on more specific topics
3. interacting and collaborating with the other NCs (direct contacts with the organisations proposing the Spanish, French and Polish NCs already exist)