EIFL-OA focus for 2011

"In 2011 the main EIFL-OA focus will be on strengthening advocacy for open access, at the national and international level, by engaging in constructive and creative ways with research and student communities. Our activities will include: consulting and coordinating open access policies in the EIFL network; providing small grants (up to 4,000 USD) to support open access advocacy campaigns (see below); encouraging student engagement in the open access movement (in partnership with SPARC Right to Research coalition); and implementing the OpenAIRE project (see the Spotlight above). We will also continue to build capacities, and encourage and expand knowledge sharing throughout our network of EIFL-OA country coordinators, and beyond, with other communities of OA project partners and experts...."