Training Platform

The ELIXIR Training Platform (TrP) is a key infrastructure  of Europe’s bioinformatics training landscape, aiming to strengthen national training programmes, grow bioinformatics training capacity and competence across Europe and beyond. Over the past decade, the TrP has actively collaborated with partners and experts to establish best practices, tools and standards, resulting in consistent improvement in the training quality and capacity across ELIXIR members. In its current 2024-2026 work programme, the TrP aims to consolidate these resources and achievements, intensifying support for stakeholders, and disseminating these resources more effectively. This initiative provides several benefits for stakeholders, offering strategic advantages by aligning training strategies across ELIXIR Communities, fostering cohesion and synergy to optimise training efforts and advance bioinformatics education and research across Europe. Central to this is SPLASH, a new digital hub, built around the training lifecycle that embraces the whole ELIXIR training ecosystem.  It guides training stakeholders through planning, designing, delivering, and evaluating training, all essential elements for fortifying a robust training strategy. It will showcase training resources and projects in ELIXIR, such as: Training eSupport System (TeSS)  portal, disseminating training events and materials. ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer programme,  building capacity in training skills.  Learning Paths,  spearheading the development of structured learning programmes. Training Metrics Database (TMD) , providing training impact metrics. FAIR Training,  spearheading the implementation of FAIR principles in training. Training Certification,  establishing a certification process for training. ELIXIR Training Lesson Template , ELIXIR’s template for authoring and publishing lessons. E-learning,  providing best practices for e-learning. ELIXIR-SI eLearning Platform  (EeLP), providing e-learning management systems.