1st RATIONALE Management Committee meeting

On Sep-26, 2023 the inaugural Management Committee meeting of RAITONALE took place at the COST association premises in Brussels, Belgium. In this meeting part of the management committee met the first time and the RATIONALE network was initiated. After a presentation about the cost association given by our hosts, Inga Dadeshidze and Jeannette Nchung Oru, the RATIONALE Cost Action was presented by the primary proposer Ivo Rausch. Thereafter, the management committee elected the Action Chair and Vice chair, the Grant awarding Coordinator Laurynas Gilys, the Science Communication Coordinator Sasha Ivashchenko, the Education and Knowledge Transfer Coordinator Sandor Czibor and the WG leaders and co-leaders. The afternoon was dedicated to kick start RATIONALE with group work for refining the planed activities within RATIONALE.