CoARA National Chapter France

April 27, 2024

National Chapter's Objectives

The aim of the French chapter is to create a place for exchange on the initiatives and good practices promoting CoARA commitments in universities, research performing organisations, funding agencies, assessment authorities.To this end, the French chapter is in charge to:

Discuss on the best practices
Report and share information on ongoing work in French organisation and within CoARA, especially within the CoARA WG, coordinating the French participation in these CoARA WG
Coordinate an inventory of evaluation uses in the different organisations
Promote the action plan proposed by CoARA
Create synergy between people in charge of research assessment and research assessment coordination to avoid isolation in their functions.

Different French institutions are in charge of conducting evaluations of different types on research units, research projects, recruitment, career promotion, budgetary incentives and bonuses, etc… The French chapter intends to facilitate the exchange and sharing between the stakeholders in this complex landscape.

Events

Upcoming online plenary on 20 November 2025

The next CoARA France plenary, to be held online on November 20, 2025, will focus on two major themes related to the reform of research assessment.

A round table will address the links between social responsibility, ecology, and research assessment. It will explore initiatives and tools that aim to integrate environmental issues into scientific and institutional practices, drawing on concrete case studies and experiences.

The second part of the plenary will highlight how communities of practice are organized in Canada within the framework of the research assessment reform. It will showcase initiatives designed to enhance the discoverability of French-language scientific content and to develop shared practices in support of a more visible, open, and inclusive science.

The full programme will be published very soon on www.coara.fr

Recent Events

The CoARA France Café held on 25 September 2025 highlighted the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI), presented by Laetitia Bracco (co-coordinator of OSMI, University of Lorraine).

In a landscape where open science is profoundly transforming practices, research assessment needs tools to track progress and challenges in this evolution. This is precisely the aim of OSMI, which is working to establish an international common framework for monitoring open science.

Click here to learn more about OSMI!

Activities

The French National Chapter is strengthening its communication and visibility by implementing new tools to share its news, projects, and events with the community.

It is now active on social media, including LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/coara-chapitre-national-français) and Bluesky (@coara-france.bsky.social), and has created a ‘News’ section on its official website, centralising announcements, project highlights, and feedback on activities.

These initiatives promote exchange and participation, facilitate the sharing of experiences and best practices in research assessment, and enrich the collective reflection of the French Chapter.