UNESCO General Conference adopts Open Science Recommendation

The UNESCO recommendation on Open Science has been unanimously adopted in its entirety by Member States during the Science Commission plenary.

The road to the Open Science Recommendation being adopted commenced with a resolution from the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 2019, where 193 Member States tasked UNESCO with the development of an international standard-setting instrument.

That instrument, the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, has now been adopted by Member States at its 41st General Conference.