The skills and training college

To support the development of the scientific skills inherent to open science

• To contribute to the creation of shared foundations for skills (through basic and continuous training) to help scientists encourage open science, particularly young researchers and research support staff;
• To identify the skills applied to all dimensions of open science throughout the whole research process;
• To identify the possible obstacles and stumbling blocks to access to the skills necessary for more open science;
• To take part in a study of the concepts involved. The aim is to highlight the plurality of approaches to identify problems which are specific to disciplines, digital practices, etc.

To support the development of best practices

• To identify initiatives in other countries, particularly in Europe, which have the same objectives (the identification of skills, the definition of professions, surveying training programmes) and to ensure links with such initiatives as much as is possible;
• To promote exchanges of best practices particularly those centred on projects implemented by researchers;
• To propose initiatives to pool training tools and material;
• To provide information for the CoSo website to help the community appropriate the right resources and methods;
• To support local actors (training departments but also research teams) by helping identify their skill requirements by making access to information on French and European funding for training projects more readily available.

To take part in the development of skills to enhance and increase media coverage of open science to make it more understandable and visible

• To encourage and support communication between actors in science and towards civil society by highlighting the transversal skills necessary for collaboration between scientists, information or I.T. science experts, lawyers and communicators.