How the HRA Coordinates Its Activities
Activities of the HRA are conducted by numerous small, focused working groups comprising individual contributors from a wide range of organizations and interests. These Collaborative Action Groups (CAGs) identify and coordinate activities that are necessary to encourage the cultural and structural shifts needed to increase the quantity and quality of HIBAR research projects.
Current CAGs are focusing on these topics:
- Building awareness and understanding of the value of Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive projects, particularly co-leadership and shared decision-making
- Aligning incentives to enable Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive projects
- Building and sustaining cross-sectoral co-led partnerships
- Developing infrastructure to enable Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive projects
- Developing capabilities within individuals to participate in shared decision-making in Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive project research teams
- Nurturing communities that value and enable Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive projects
- Measuring and assessing the Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive characteristics of projects
Each CAG has assembled several small, short-term task groups, each focusing on a specific related task with a clear and near-term deliverable. The task group arrangement makes it practical for an individual contributor to find one or more specific tasks that suit their interests. This enables them to participate on a flexible basis as their schedule allows, and asynchronous work makes it more practical for people in different time zones to collaborate on HRA activities.