Geo For All - Fw: Open Science in Africa and in South Africa

"The Science International Accord on Open Data in a Big Data World http://www.science-international.org/#accord was launched at the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) in December 2015.  It was fitting that the next edition of SFSA http://www.sfsa.co.za/ should see the launch of an African Open Science Platform intiatiative that seeks to put into practice the principles and enabling practices for Open Data and Open Science that are laid out in the Accord.

The Africa-wide initiative will promote the development and coordination of data policies, data training and data infrastructure.  An open science platform is conceived as an integrated set of arrangements that provides a policy, capacity-building and infrastructural framework for enhanced accessibility and impact. The initiative also focuses on the creation of national Open Science fora through which policies and coordination can be discussed and established.

The pilot phase is supported by the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST), funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF), directed by CODATA, the Committee on Dataof the International Council for Science (ICSU) and implemented by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) http://www.assaf.org.za/ ."