OA Working Group formed in Kyrgyzstan | EIFL

"Universities in Kyrgyzstan have established an Open Access Working Group to promote open access and advance scholarly communication in universities across the country.  Establishment of the Working Group was one of the outcomes of open access training that took place at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in June 2022, involving over 25 representatives from major public universities. The training, over two days, was part of a project supported by EIFL and implemented by EIFL’s partner, the Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium. The project was titled,‘Building a foundation for Open Access development across universities in Kyrgyzstan’.  The Working Group comprises library directors, research officers, and administrators from universities in six regions: Osh State University, Jalal-Abad State University, Batken State University, Issyk-Kul State University, Naryn State University and Talas State University, and the capital city, Bishkek (Arabayev Kyrgyz State University; Karasayev Bishkek State University; AUCA; International Medical University and OSCE Academy)...."