EcoDoR: It’s already been three years since we received the certification!

Certified in December 2022 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Space, the EcoDoR Data Workshop—“Toward a Research Data Ecosystem at the Montpellier Campus”—has successfully launched several services designed to assist research teams in managing their research data:

• Scientists can submit their questions and requests through a one-stop shop launched last May and shared by EcoDoR’s 12 partners, with a joint team of responders.

• A checklist for reviewing data management plans, incorporating recommendations from the 12 partners, was also posted online in 2025, and the working group is now focusing its efforts on establishing a network of shared research data coordinators.

• A training catalog now lists the available resources for researchers, and outreach initiatives and training programs have been launched, including webinars (both live and recorded, available on EcoDoR’s Canal U channel), training on data management plans, and annual workshops…

Finally, new working groups involving all 12 partners are being established to focus on best practices for using electronic lab notebooks, on leveraging datasets, and, in the near future, on the unique characteristics of data in the humanities and social sciences.

The network of research data management support staff is growing stronger and facilitates constructive dialogue and the sharing of best practices, particularly during in-person meetings (a full-day event in January 2025, a morning session in late November 2025, etc.).

EcoDoR is also part of a national network that is constantly expanding and helping to shape local discourse.