WE ADVOCATE FOR OA AND OS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
Photo of two Open Access Week organizers and speakers in Estonia standing in front of their booth.
Open Access Week organizers and speakers in Estonia, a global event that calls for open access as the new norm in scholarship and research. Photo credit: Henri Kirs/Tartu Ülikool

THE CHALLENGE

The internet has provided the means for researchers to make their research results available to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Open access (OA), the immediate, online, free and unrestricted availability of peer-reviewed research literature, is becoming the new normal. More and more scientists are introducing open science (OS) practices into their work. Open science is an approach that makes research processes and data open and transparent at all stages, from planning to dissemination of results, and which encourages collaboration among researchers.

Key stakeholders in this evolving scholarly communication environment - researchers, students, research managers and policy makers, librarians, journal editors and publishers - need to understand how OA and OS support their work.

To help spread awareness, the EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) organizes national and institutional OA and OS awareness raising and advocacy campaigns. EIFL also plays a leading role advocating for OA and OS  internationally.

EIFL is a critical partner for the Open Climate Campaign, their expert knowledge and experience in open access from around the world, is key to accelerating progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving biodiversity.

- Cable Green, Director of Open Knowledge at Creative Commons

FACTS

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In 2002, EIFL was one of the original signatories for the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which coined the term Open Access'.

 

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EIFL played a key role in the development of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and is contributing to implementation of the Recommendation in partner countries and globally.