Consulting

Our team brings together experience in research, training and community building, and works in Spanish and English with projects from Latin America and other regions of the world.

What We Offer

We design tailored proposals based on the needs of each project.
This is a non-exhaustive list of services, organized around our areas of work.

Research

  • Situation assessments and improvement proposals for projects and institutions.
  • Survey and data analysis with quantitative and qualitative approaches.
  • Studies on Open Science in Latin America with a global perspective.
  • Guidance on the responsible use of data for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Contextualization of academic, scientific and outreach resources for Spanish-speaking communities.
  • Support in seeking funding and writing proposals.

Training

  • Tailored courses and workshops, online or in person.
  • Training for teaching with active learning methodologies.
  • Design of evidence-based learning programs and materials.

Community

  • Organization and facilitation of gatherings, from program design to logistics.
  • Governance and sustainability of Open Science communities and projects.
  • Building communities of practice.
  • Participatory surveys and focus groups.
  • Accessibility guidelines for events and community activities.

Do You Have a Project in Mind?

Write to us at info@metadocencia.org

Experiences

Some of the projects we carried out together with other organizations.

LABI Meeting 2024 in Rio de Janeiro.
2024 · Community

Strengthening LABI's Community Governance

We supported the Latin American Bioimaging (LABI) network through a three-stage process. We carried out an assessment with interviews and an open survey of its community, accompanied the design of its governance model and reviewed the agreements needed to put it in place.

Read about this experience on our blog (in Spanish)
Invest in Open Infrastructure card with the title "Fondos de Infraestructura Abierta".
2023 · Research

Spanish Translation of the Open Infrastructure Fund Call

We translated into Spanish the materials (announcement and application form) of the pilot call of Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI), a fund for projects that strengthen the open infrastructure behind research. Teams across the region could then learn about it and apply in their own language.

IOI call translated into Spanish
Group photo of participants at the CZI Open Science meeting in Buenos Aires.
2023 · Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hybrid. · Community

First CZI Open Science Meeting in Latin America

Together with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) we co-organized the workshop "Accelerating Open Science in Latin America". Over two days, people from the scientific community across the region worked on their needs and on how to build capacities from and for Latin America.

More about the meeting on the CZI blog
"I am impressed by the professionalism, thoughtfulness and kindness of the whole MetaDocencia team. It has been a pleasure to work with you."
Carly Strasser Senior Program Director at CZI, after co-organizing the first CZI Open Science meeting in Latin America
"I want to thank you for the work you did. Beyond your conceptual and practical contributions, which allowed us to move forward a great deal, your warmth and kindness made this process truly enjoyable. I will miss these meetings."
Andrés Kamaid Researcher at the Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Institut Pasteur Montevideo, after the consulting work for Latin American Bioimaging (LABI)