Support for the Adoption of Solutions
This type of support aims to support repositories in adopting solutions that will improve their trustworthiness. This mix of financial support and expert guidance will introduce best practices, tools, services, and other solutions and show how repositories can get to work to implement these for their own organisation. The solutions that will be offered will be curated to match with community needs, such as those indicated in the landscape survey. We will also align with ongoing developments in the landscape and other projects and initiatives to establish useful bidirectional feedback loops that help both repositories advance and developers improve their work.
For each solution that is selected to be offered, a clear description of the support will be provided on this page, including a description of the expertise that will be shared (and by whom), the work that is expected to be done by participants, any expected skills or knowledge participants should already have, and the final results that repositories will gain from their participation. For further information about logistics and the application process, please carefully consult the Frequently Asked Questions. For more information about our provisions for inclusivity, please visit the dedicated webpage. For any remaining questions, or suggestions for solutions to include in our open calls, please contact us at training-fidelis@postit.csc.fi
Open calls for the Support for the Adoption of Solutions
| Pilot round (2025 - closed) |
| The pilot support offers included : Enhancing Repository Transparency and Trustworthiness with TTRAM (Support 1), Core TrustSeal Support : Explorer Track & Pathfinder Track (Support 2), Develop your own FAIR EVA plugin (Support 3) |
| Open Call #1 (2026) |
| The first Open Call for the Support for the Adoption of Solutions will launch in April 2026. All information about the available support offers will be displayed here. |
| Open Call #2 (2027) |
| The first Open Call for the Support for the Adoption of Solutions will launch in March 2027. All information about the available support offers will be displayed here. |
Mentoring and peer-to-peer support programme
With the mentoring programme, FIDELIS aims to bring together different people in the community to support each other in advancing certain skills or tackling specific challenges. This approach of peer-to-peer support is one of the core elements the FIDELIS Network will thrive on, and it is an attitude that we will foster already in the project.
More information will come on the mentoring programme and the important information around participating in the programme. This will all be published on the website before the calls for participation are launched.
For further information about logistics and the application process, please carefully consult the Frequently Asked Questions. For more information about our provisions for inclusivity, please visit the dedicated webpage. For any remaining questions, or suggestions for topics to include in our open calls, please contact us at training-fidelis@postit.csc.fi
Open calls for the Peer-to-peer Mentoring Programme
| Open Call #1 (2026) |
| The first Open Call for the Support for the Peer-to-peer Mentoring Programme will launch in late February 2026. All information about the available support offers will be displayed here. |
| Open Call #2 (2027) |
| The first Open Call for the Support for the Peer-to-peer Mentoring Programme will launch in late January 2027. All information about the available support offers will be displayed here. |
Implementation Stories
All support activities derived from our open calls will conclude with the collaborative writing of an Implementation Story. One Implementation Story is written for each support offer by the FIDELIS support team and the participants, describing the main challenges encountered as well as lessons learned and provides key messages and advice to peers looking to improve their skills on the same topic, now or in the future. Implementation Stories were initially created by the FAIRsFAIR project, and later successfully continued by the FAIR-IMPACT project, to facilitate wider sharing of knowledge and practical experience between peers.
Explore the recently published implementation stories :
Mentoring and Peer-to-Peer Support Programmes FAQs
FIDELIS will offer at least four thematic support programmes that mentors can apply to participate in for each open call. Each thematic area will be broad enough to allow for a range of different kinds of knowledge and practical experiences to be proposed by potential mentors through the short application form.
Mentors are those who have some knowledge and/or practical experiences to share in relation to the selected theme. Successful applicants to the open call for mentors will work with a minimum of two members of the FIDELIS team and up to four other mentors to co-design and deliver the support programme to foster practical skills acquisition or knowledge exchange in the particular thematic area.
No! We want to have a broad range of experience represented in the mentors. You just need to have something useful to contribute to the topic.
Yes - successful applicant to the open call for mentors will receive 5000 euros.
You should apply in a personal capacity as it is your experience that we will be leveraging.
You can apply by completing a short application form using the TRUST-Grants platform.
- Your application will be reviewed by three members of the FIDELIS team;
- The evaluation will focus on bringing together a range of experiences and viewpoints;
- We aim to ensure a good representation of different viewpoints so we will aim to ensure a good balance from different geographic areas, different repository types and levels of maturity, and different disciplines.
Mentees are those who will benefit from knowledge exchange by participating in the support programme.Please note that we believe all participants will have valuable views to share and there is an expectation that mentees participate actively so that knowledge exchange is bi-directional.
No. Mentees will not receive any financial support for their participation. However, participation in the support programme will be free for mentees.
- You can register your interest to join one or more of the support programmes as a mentor by completing a short form using the TRUST-Grants platform.
- You can use this webform to express interest in joining one or more support programmes as a mentee.
- Once the mentors have been selected, the support programme sessions will be co-developed with FIDELIS mentors. The programme details will be shared with these with those expressing interest so they can then decide if they wish to register to join. Participation in the programme for mentees is free.
Provisions for Inclusivity
FIDELIS is committed to provide training and support for the entire European repository landscape, allowing all to improve their relevant skills and potentially onboard onto the FIDELIS Network. In these efforts, we recognise there are parts of the community where underrepresentation in previous training and support activities, lower certification rates, and limited access to resources and development can be observed. Taking into account these factors, the FIDELIS training and support strategy includes specific attention to balanced representation and describes specific actions we will take to ensure this.
To facilitate increased inclusivity, FIDELIS aims to:
- actively facilitate increased representation in our training and support programmes of countries that have previously been less well represented, so their repositories can be strengthened and improve important skills
- actively facilitate repository networking throughout Europe and allow onboarding onto the FIDELIS Network by all countries.
- improve understanding of the unique challenges, needs, and questions that are prevalent in these areas and may be different from previously identified topics in the repository landscape.
To connect to the FIDELIS team in representation of your country, you can reach out to: training-fidelis@postit.csc.fi
