The strength of a good project lies in the soundness of the data, the source documentation and the innovativeness of the approach. Let’s find out together how to document<\/p>\n
In the pages of our Guide, we have repeatedly emphasized the importance of staying up-to-date on trends in one’s industry and the approaches successfully taken by similar projects in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n This can be done in many ways, analyzed within other articles: <\/span><\/p>\n We now want to devote a new in-depth look at some of the tools for searching for quality documentation, research, and data to support (or demonstrate) our understanding of the context in European projects and to adopt the most effective approaches accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n We summarize those in this article:<\/span><\/p>\n The list is not exhaustive, but it is a starting point from which new ideas, insights, and additional sources of insight can arise.<\/span><\/p>\n We remain listening and are ready to supplement your advice on other sources of insights: write to us on our social channels <\/span>\n Facebook<\/span>\n<\/a> e <\/span>\n LinkedIn<\/span>\n<\/a>. Happy reading and good reference.<\/span><\/p>\n The European Commission has set up a special portal to bridge the gap between science and “policy,” collecting information from the scientific world that is useful for the development of policies, programs and projects (which are <\/span>\n complementary aspects of community action<\/span>\n<\/a>). The platform is called <\/span>\n Knowledge4Policy (K4P)<\/span>\n<\/a> and gives access to quality, relevant and scientifically sound publications and information curated by a dedicated <\/span>\n scientific team<\/span>\n<\/a> Of the European Commission. It offers a dedicated search engine (available from the homepage) and a very wide range of <\/span>\n thematic sections<\/span>\n<\/a>, ranging (just to give a few examples) from artificial intelligence to behavioral sciences, from microeconomics to technology transfer, from biodiversity to participatory democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n Although it has a similar name, Knowledge4Policy has a more strictly scientific and documentary approach than another very important portal, <\/span>Capacity4Dev, which we have already mentioned<\/span><\/a> and which is another excellent source of insight, focused on development issues but consisting of a very wide variety of subject areas and useful tools for many types of projects.<\/span><\/p>\n The science of dti and the use of data are today’s great frontier for those working in all sectors. Large private companies make data their key strategic asset, with particularly manifest results and impact on the lives of citizens. The effects of the “data revolution” may be no less disruptive for those working on projects with social and environmental impacts, and in general for those working on European projects (as we have <\/span>\n explained here<\/span>\n<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n The European Union is aware of this and has dedicated a platform to sharing large “datasets” that can be useful to those involved in European policy and projects. <\/span>Data.europa.eu<\/span><\/a>, the official European data portal, hosts more than one million datasets grouped into nearly two hundred catalogs, mainly “open data” from public sources throughout Europe (36 countries involved). Datasets and catalogs are searchable by country and subject through a special search engine. The portal also hosts:<\/span><\/p>\n CORDIS contains information on all EU-funded research and development projects. It offers thousands of articles, publications and information on specific topics and projects in various languages, providing support and inspiration to innovators in all fields and promoting open science in Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n Content is searchable through a search engine and organized into the following thematic categories: <\/span>Health<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Industrial Technologies<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Climate and environment<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Digital<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Energy<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Basic research<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Social research and society<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Food and natural resources<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Transportation and mobility<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Security<\/span><\/a> e <\/span>Space<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n They include some “<\/span>thematic packages<\/span><\/a>” of synthesis and insight, <\/span>video resources<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>podcast<\/span><\/a>, summary of the <\/span>project results<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>news<\/span><\/a> and a platform (<\/span>Horizon Dashboard<\/span><\/a>) that allows for a summary view of all past and ongoing projects in research and innovation, with information on partners, content, contribution and achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n The European Commission has a <\/span>\n large library usable online<\/span>\n<\/a>, for use by the staff of the Commission and other European institutions. It has a page dedicated to the <\/span>\n open access resources<\/span>\n<\/a>, which includes:<\/span><\/p>\n Deserving specific mention, insofar as they have already been mentioned elsewhere in our Guide, are the reference sites for consulting EU publications and news.<\/span><\/p>\n The portal of the<\/span>\n EU publications office<\/span>\n<\/a> gives access to a considerable amount of resources:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
A collection of data and bibliographic sources<\/b><\/h2>\n
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The Knowledge4Policy Portal<\/b><\/h2>\n
The EU data portal<\/b><\/h2>\n
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CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service).<\/b><\/h2>\n
The European Commission’s open access library<\/b><\/h2>\n
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EU publications and news portals<\/b><\/h2>\n