Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana (CTK) invites researchers to a workshop where you will gain practical skills for preparing a Research Data Management Plan (RDP).
The workshop will take place on Thursday, 2 April 2026, from 10.30 to 15.00 in the CTK conference room.
You will:
- learn about funders' requirements for handling research data,
- review useful resources and tools for preparing the NRPs,
- get practical experience of writing your own plan.
Various supporting resources will also be presented, including:
- online classroom An introduction to handling research data according to the principles of open science,
- Handbook on planning the handling of research data,
- ARIS-ova the draft NRP.
The workshop will be delivered by Mag. Irena Vipavc Brvar, Dr Sonja Bezjak, Kenan Kozlica, Dr Uroš Kunaver and Petra Durini.
Workshop programme
| 10.15-10.30 | Arrival of participants |
| 10.30-10.45 | Introduction and presentation of participants |
| 10.45-11.15 | Presentation of various resources: classrooms, manuals, NRDF forms |
| 11.15-12.00 | Preparation of the NRPF (Part 1) - group work (5 people) - Instructions for completing the table - Table with data file types and their characteristics - Reporting |
| 12.00-13.00 | Break |
| 13.00-14.00 | Preparation of the NRPF (Part 2) - group work - Guidelines for writing the NRPF (5 people) - Fulfilling the NRDF template (ARIS) - Reporting |
| 14.00-14.45 | Preparation for data publication in DiRROS and ADP |
| 14.45-15.00 | Closing debate |
The workshop is free. Places are limited to 20 participants, so you must log in via the following Links. Applications will be accepted until places are filled or at the latest until 30 March 2026.
Due to the nature of the work, we expect your presence throughout the event. We recommend that you bring your own computer to the workshop.
Organised by Social Science Data Archive and Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana under the umbrella of Open libraries and Project KNOW - Support for the implementation of open science principles in Slovenia.
The workshop is organised in the framework of Open libraries and co-funded by the Open Science Action Plan for the implementation of Action 6.2 of ReZrIS30. The KNOW project is co-funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

