EIFL will host a working session on Financial sustainability planning for eight grantees of the ‘Collaboration for sustainable open access publishing in Africa’ project. The grantees are publishing 14 no-fee (Diamond) Open Access (OA) journals and are developing financial sustainability strategies and action plans for their journals. 

The working session will be facilitated by Rob Johnson of Research Consulting. It will cover the costs involved in Diamond OA publishing, funding and revenue sources, in-kind contributions, and approaches to developing financial sustainability strategies and action plans. Participants will share challenges they are facing in developing their financial sustainability strategies and plans and receive targeted support in the coming months.