EU LAC ResInfra project partners have worked hard to tailor consortium efforts related to achieving goals and activities undertaken since the beginning of the project to meet the main expected impacts defined in the DoA. These impacts, related to the development of a stable framework of cooperation between the two regions, are in line with the impacts expected by the European Commission:
The objectives of the project and especially the objectives of the WP5 concerning the set-up of a fruitful relationship between EU LAC ResInfra and other initiatives such as the EU CELAC WG on RI, the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), or other groups related to RI such as the Group of Senior Officials on Global Research Infrastructures (GSO-GRI), the OECD, the World Science Forum (OECD-GSF) and the ESFRI paving the way to achieve the expected impacts.
EU LAC ResInfra supports and enhances the communication between RI (from LAC especially) and EU CELAC WG on RI members, motivating them to collaborate among them. LAC region was really well represented and we think that the project work was really effective.
On the other hand, form the EU perspective, the four project pilots are playing a key role in the development of the international outreach of the European research infrastructures' ecosystem and they will contribute to capacity building and RI human capital development in both regions in the next period of the project.
Finally, we cannot forget that the EU LAC ResInfra consortium was selected with the both technical and political expected project impacts and goals in mind. The consortia counts with a number of Ministries acting as policy makers, Research funding organisations and RI with the capability to propose future activities and roadmaps to the SOM or other institutions. In fact, it is foreseen that , at least during 2021, the project take over the organisation of meetings and other activities of the EU CELAC WG on RI.
In conclusion, through the implementation of the project activities, the EU LAC ResInfra Consortium has established privileged relationships with relevant organizations and key stakeholders across Europe and LAC. These privileged relationships represent invaluable assets to support EU-LAC dialogues and to achieve the expected impacts. The project’s activities have been of the utmost importance to first build and then solidify these connections and to further amplify the impact of EU LAC ResInfra.
