Our mission is to advance the growth of Ukraine’s knowledge-driven economy for the post-war recovery by reforming the country’s research and higher education system through advancing research assessment based on CoARA principles and prioritising Open Science (particularly regarding open research data).

Objectives include:

(1) Adapting the CoARA best practices to Ukrainian reality, especially for various research fields and career stages.

(2) Coordinating National efforts in CoARA principles implementation and related discussion while providing expert support to Ukrainian authorities

(3) Discussing and experimenting with (open) peer review as the central instrument for qualitative evaluation of research.