Mirror groups are a national reflection of the working groups set up by the 1+MG Initiative. The idea is that they nurture the work of the main working groups and translate the goals of the Declaration into each country. Due to the differences among countries, both in terms of research and innovation and health systems governance and in terms of approaches with respect to the 1+MG initiative, mirror groups are set up in different configurations.
This task will enable a mutual learning exercise and will help to fine tune the work of the different mirror groups. Moreover, it will help observer countries and those who have not yet joined the initiative to see how to step into the initiative in a structured and effective way or to set up their own structure.
To this aim, we will first analyse the different existing mirror groups, and assess its structure, composition, governance and operating modes. We will survey mirror group components on the benefits/obstacles encountered and compare against the work delivered by the related working group. Finally, we will take advantage of country visits and workshops organised in WP5, together with the 1M Genome working groups meetings – in particular WG1 - to promote a mutual learning exercise between those individuals invited to participate.
With this feedback, we will set up some guiding principles and identify best practices for the good set-up, running and coordination of mirror groups.
Participants: SCIII (Esther Rodriguez), ELIXIR Hub (Susanna Repo, Juan Arenas)
Participants' roles: ISCIII: perform the analysis of existing mirror groups, organise sessions of mutual learning back to back to Governing Board/WG1 meetings and develop a guide for mirror groups. ELIXIR Hub: contribute with their expertise on coordinating a network of national Life Science Nodes across Europe.