Milestone in UNESCO’s development of a global recommendation on Open Science

Following an extensive global consultation, UNESCO on 30 September submitted a draft recommendation on Open Science to its 193 Member States, a major step in facilitating international cooperation and universal access to scientific knowledge.

As of December 2019, UNESCO set up a partnership for Open Science bringing together science academies, universities, young researchers, libraries, and publishers, in line with the road map adopted during the Organization’s 40th General Conference in November 2019. The Organization also mandated an Advisory Committee of 30 experts from all over the world to prepare a preliminary draft Recommendation on Open Science after a global consultation with experts, members of the public, nongovernmental organizations and agencies of the United Nations.