PRO-Ethics D4.3 Results of workshop 1 with ethics committees and research integrity bodies

Abstract

Effective stakeholder engagement is essential if PRO-Ethics is to have lasting, sustainable impact. PRO-Ethics needs to draw on the expertise of organisations outside the consortium in order to develop a robust ethics framework and practical, usable guidelines for assessing the ethics of participation processes in innovation processes. Its wider impact also depends on results being taken up and used by organisations beyond the consortium. Work Package 4 is designed to ensure that key stakeholders are meaningfully involved in PRO-Ethics from an early stage and throughout the project. Task 4.3, dialogue with ethics committees and research integrity (RI) bodies, is designed to facilitate this process. This document describes the results of PRO-Ethics' initial steps to engage this key set of stakeholders. It presents findings from a set of interviews and a workshop conducted between July and September 2020. These activities engaged important stakeholder organisations for PRO-Ethics at both the national and regional levels, including the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO), the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), and the European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC, a PRO-Ethics partner), as well as academic institutions. DISCLAIMER: The present Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.