RRI Tools was a flagship project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Program (under grant agreement No. 612393). RRI Tools was set up to foster the development of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) across Europe by means of an ambitious training, advocacy, and dissemination programme. It´s wide European coverage was possible due to the exceptionally large multidisciplinary consortium of RRI Tools, consisting of 26 partner institutions active in 30 countries from all over Europe and led by ”la Caixa” Foundation (see more here).
The main outcome of the project was the development of an interactive digital platform - the RRI Toolkit - gathering a wealth of resources to help stakeholders across Europe in developing their understanding of, and capacity to put RRI into practice. Designed as an interactive, participatory Toolkit, open to the community, so that every actor can showcase their own practices and resources and get inspired by those of others.
The project officially concluded at the end of 2016. However, the project’s coordinator, ”la Caixa” Foundation, committed to maintaining the RRI Toolkit updated and running and it´s dissemination channels active for an extended period. The RRI Toolkit became a popular resource for the R&I community in Europe, and beyond. The platform had a loyal community of users and the RRI Tools channels brought together a considerable number of followers and community of action. Along these years we improved and expanded contents of the platform. Many new resources have been uploaded into the resource repository and many fruitful collaborations with different EU projects and other international initiatives have taken place.
With the launch of the 9th Framework Programme – Horizon Europe, the decision was made to shut down the platform. We take pride in the role that RRI Tools and the RRI Toolkit have played in fostering debate and advancing efforts toward a more responsible and open science system, serving as both a practical resource and a source of inspiration. Now, it is time for other Horizon Europe projects to take the lead.
