The National Committees Forum is a mechanism CODATA uses to engage with its national members, to discuss their strategy and activities and to understand the various priorities regarding data. Above all, CODATA seeks to foster cooperation among its national members and identify where national (funded and resourced) activities can be coordinated to help address international, disciplinary and interdisciplinary data issues.
The National Committees Forum was established to provide an important venue to discuss matters relating to National Committees and share advice and experiences. This is particularly useful to help new members forming national committees or to encourage collaboration among national committees. The NCs Forum was established in 2020 and has been holding regular, mostly monthly, meetings till the CODATA General Assembly in 2023.
As of August 2024, the NCs Forum meetings are becoming part of the CODATA Members’ calls cycle and will take place quarterly.
All National Committees are encouraged to invite their members and to regularly join the discussions with other national members, CODATA Executive Committee representatives and with the CODATA Secretariat.