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+---
+title: "HIFIS Evaluation: First feedback"
+title_image: jingda-chen-4F4B8ohLMX0-unsplash.jpg
+data: 2022-10-06
+authors:
+  - jandt
+layout: blogpost
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+categories:
+  - News
+excerpt: >
+  After three years of ramp-up, HIFIS underwent a thorough evaluation by an international expert commitee.
+  First results are very positive, and we will adapt our roadmap and next action points according to the feedback.
+  Stay tuned!
+---
+
+# Evaluation after first years of ramp-up
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+HIFIS, the Helmholtz-wide platform for federated IT services, underwent a thorough review during August and September 2022, with the [major event taking place at the coordinating centre DESY from Sept 29-30](https://events.hifis.net/event/450).
+
+The evaluation commitee represents national and international institutions and collaborations, such as the
+[European Open Science Cloud](https://www.eosc-portal.eu/)
+and multiple more.
+External viewpoints, e.g. from
+[Open Science Office](https://os.helmholtz.de/en/),
+[Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration](https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/),
+[NFDI](https://www.nfdi.de/), and
+[DFN](https://www.dfn.de/),
+as well as in-depth discussions with members of the [HIFIS Scientific Advsory Board]({% link structure/members-sab.md %}),
+helped the reviewers to obtain a possibly complete picture of the landscape where HIFIS is embedded into, and its interfaces to other digital initiatives.
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+
+## What has been presented
+
+During two day's sessions, the [progress of HIFIS](https://events.hifis.net/event/450/timetable/#20220929.detailed), as well as the
+[plans for potential future development](https://events.hifis.net/event/450/timetable/#20220930.detailed),
+have been presented and discussed in detail.
+HIFIS has been establishing the technical and procedural frameworks to allow all Helmholtz Centres to seamlessly share digital resources with all Helmholtz and collaboration partners.
+Meanwhile, more than 20 cloud services have been brought online, with more than [11k users registered, numbers strongly rising](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hifis/overall/kpi/kpi-plots-ci/-/jobs/722376/artifacts/file/plots/202102_Backbone/plot_2.pdf).
+HIFIS education courses were received comparably well, with more than [14k overall participant hours so far](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hifis/overall/kpi/kpi-plots-ci/-/jobs/722376/artifacts/file/plots/pdf/software_workshops-plot_3.pdf).
+
+## Initial feedback
+
+According to the preliminary response by the reviewers,
+the achieved progress of all three HIFIS clusters has been rated excellent.
+Multiple of the future plans of further strengthening the HIFIS portfolio have been strongly supported.
+The enthusiasm of the HIFIS team, spanning practical and efficient cooperation throughout Helmholtz, has been especially acknowledged.
+
+The full review report is expected to be finalised in the next weeks.
+Further, we will derive action points for HIFIS, adopting our next steps and [roadmap]({% link roadmap/index.md %}) according to reviewer's suggestions.
+
+### Stay tuned
+
+On **Nov 18, 09:30 until noon**, we will hold an online [**Post Review Meeting**](https://events.hifis.net/event/565/).
+All Helmholtz and HIFIS stakeholders are invited to discuss with us the results and next steps.
+Please [register](https://events.hifis.net/event/565/registrations/571/) to take part and receive detailed information in time.
+
+## Comments? Suggestions?
+Contact us anytime if you have any suggestions or questions: <support@hifis.net>