Managers play a crucial role in research unit and centre activity
Any R&D institution initiative for change and improvement requires managers and directors to speak the same language as well as their alignment and commitment to securing a change of direction within the organisation.
GOSCI is a training programme that aims to promote the management of the changes that are essential to ensure major progress for Galicia’s scientific system. It will address GESCI programme contents from a technical perspective, focusing particularly on financial and management aspects.
Fundamental training to:
- Promote the efficiency and ongoing improvement of research centres / units.
- Contribute from management to excellence and the scientific-technological leadership of R&D institutions.

Programme
- Organizational structure of European and international research centres and institutions: RIKEN, CNRS, Max Planck, Fraunhofer, etc.
- Organizational structure of Spanish research centres and institutions
- The Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation system. Description, opportunities and limitations
- Main funding programmes at international and European level (Horizon Europe, Missions, MSCA,…)
- Strategy in the field of science. Vision and mission
- From diagnosis to strategy formulation. The action plan
- Strategy implementation. Internal and external communication
- The Balanced Scorecard. Usefulness, design, implementation and casuistry of centres
- Government bodies. Actors, roles and responsibilities
- The internal organization. Management, scientific and management structure
- Advisory bodies: Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and Business Advisory Board (BAB)
- Transparency
- The regulatory framework. State and autonomic legislation and own regulations applicable to the different legal forms that support research centres
- Excellence and Responsible Research & Innovation
- Economic-financial principles. Economic planning and management in a research centre. Fiscal aspects
- Economic-financial principles II. Economic-financial obligations in a research centre (public budget, annual accounts, audits) and how to articulate an Integrated Management System
- Competitive public funds. The regional, national and European funding environment (special reference to the ERC, SeO and ISCIII initiatives). Organizational structures that optimize competitive fundraising
- Private funds. Relations with companies and strategic alliances
- Fundraising in the field of R&D
- Development of an institutional fundraising strategy. Communication and marketing strategies
- Attracting and retaining talent. Calls and welcome programmes. Good practices
- Recruitment and selection
- Monitoring assessment and assessment site visit in HRS4R
- Gender balance and multiculturalism. Strategies for achieving gender balance
- Scientific and research career development
- Performance appraisal (individual versus research groups)
- Research project management
- Platform and infrastructure management
- Quality policies as an instrument to improve the functioning of research organizations
- Scientific integrity management
- Transfer project management
- Communication and scientific dissemination
- IP protection. Patents and other protection forms
- Scientific production and its bibliometric analysis: data sources and methodology
- Development of a Data Management Plan (DMP)
- Open Access and Open Data policy
- Workshop CREATION AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SPIN-OFFS COMPANIES: HOW TO OVERCOME THE FIRST BARRIERS (3 hours)
- Workshop LEAN START-UP AND AGILE ENTREPRENEURSHIP (4 hours)
- Workshop CREATIVITY : GENERATING DISRUPTIVE PROPOSALS FOR PROJECTS (8 hours)
- Workshop EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL (EIC) (3 hours)
- Workshop RESEARCH IMPACT ASSESSMENT STRATEGY (RIA) (3 hours)
- Workshop INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT (3 hours)
- Workshop HOW TO APPROACH PROJECTS ACCORDING TO THE SDGs (2 hours)
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Information of interest
Operational Management in Research Centres and Units (GOSCI)
Date
Start: 26/10/2020
End: 28/05/2021
End: 28/05/2021
Timetable
Frequently Wednesday afternoon and some Friday morning
Modality
Mixed: virtual and faceto-face
Languages
Spanish / English
Registration
FREE REGISTRATION. Training financed by the Galician Department of Education, University and Vocational Training
Limited places
25
Venue
Sede Feuga - Santiago de Compostela
Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n. Campus Vida. 15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
981 534 180
Registration form
Registration deadline 2/10/2020