Outreach and Training

Welcome! If you are involved in outreach, communications, or training aspects of establishing a Federated EGA node, you are in the right place.

You might find this page useful if you are:

• a data steward
• a support officer
• an outreach or communications officer
• coordinating, organising, or providing training

By exploring these materials, you will be able to:

• Interact with FEGA communication channels
• Find FEGA outreach materials
• Share news and updates related to FEGA and its nodes

1. Engage communication channels

Internal channels

• The ELIXIR Federated Human Data (FHD) Community is the main entry-point for a Node interested in joining the FEGA Network:
  • Join the ELIXIR FHD Mailing List (select “Human Data”) to hear about the latest updates and events from the FHD community. You will need to log-in into the ELIXIR intranet.
  • Attend the ELIXIR FHD Community Calls to engage with the FEGA community.
• Federated EGA has mailing lists for various communications:
  • FEGA Strategic Committee mailing list (invitation-only): For discussing strategic planning and direction of FEGA.
  • FEGA Operations Committee mailing list (invitation-only): For reviewing operational performance and coordinating technical roadmaps.

External channels

• Follow the EGA Twitter account
• Mention Federated EGA by using:
  • the hashtag #FederatedEGA
  • a combination of hashtag and mention #Federated @EGAarchive

2. Incorporate communication materials

• FEGA logo (svg format)
  
  

3. Follow news and updates

• “Federated EGA Updates in 2022” (ELIXIR AHM 2022) (8 June 2022)
• “Working together towards a Federated European Genome-phenome Archive for Publishing and re-using sensitive research data” (15 March 2022)
• “Federated EGA: where are we now?” (ELIXIR AHM 2021) (11 June 2021)
• FEGA page on EGA website

4. What’s next?

Coming soon!