Open Access to Scientific Information and Research to be discussed in Berlin next month | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

"Despite rapidly advancing technological developments, fully open and accessible research and innovation has not been put into widespread practice until today. Appreciating the continuous persistence of the 'knowledge challenge', UNESCO’s Open Access programme is designed to foster the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to make peer-reviewed research accessible to all. Within the same context, UNESCO will co-organize with the German and the Netherlands National Commissions for UNESCO, a Regional Consultation on 'Open Access to Scientific Information and Research – Concept and Policies' on 20 and 21 November 2013. Third in its series, the Consultation will be hosted by the German National Commission for UNESCO in Berlin. The meeting for Europe and North America follows previous Regional Consultations on Open Access for Eastern and Central Europe and the Baltic States (5-7 September 2012) as well as Latin American and the Caribbean (5-8 March 2013). The consultation will convene some 35 high-ranking policy-linked experts and government representatives to meet the following objectives ..."