Results of Workshop 5: Open Access advocacy through Academies of Sciences and other National Scientific Organisations
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-08
Summary:
"The participants of the Workshop listened to presentations from experts from UNESCO, the Academy of Science for South Africa (ASSAf), the European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) and the Association
of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and discussed how academies of sciences and other scientific organisations can further the case of Open Access, centering on the following questions: - How can Academies, public funders and other scientific organizations contribute to the development of an open science culture in their countries? - To what extent can good practices of promoting for Open Access by National Academies elsewhere inspire sister organisation in the global south? - How can UNESCO strengthen the promotional activities for Open Access of Academies in the global south in the framework of its Open Access Strategy?"