Report on the ELIXIR workshop organized with the rare-disease communities

In this second report on training workshops we first describe the workshops for the past year and planned future workshops for the rare diseases (RD) domain within the context of the ELIXIR-EXCELERATE project. Secondly, the results of the ELIXIR Training - Rare Diseases Training capacity and needs survey 2017 - are presented with suggestions for future training focus for the RD domain within ELIXIR community. For the both parts the aims were (1) to identify key training contacts/subjects in the RD community, (2) to identify specific training needs in the RD community and (3) to spread specific knowledge needed in the RD community. Events were either organised specifically with the Rare Diseases (RD) community, or aseparate stream/session for the RD community was co-organised around other events. Training workshops and courses were delivered in partnership with WP11‘EXCELERATE Training Programme’.